HARRISON — The theme for this year’s Old Home Days is “Wild, Wild West.” Advance ride tickets for the midway will be available shortly after June 1 and may be purchased at The Market Basket and The Village Tie-up. Events will begin on Wednesday, July 7, and run through Saturday, July 10. A fireworks display […]
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Scribner’s Saw Mill and Homestead will open for summer tours
HARRISON — Scribner’s Saw Mill and Homestead will be open for tours and demonstrations from 1 to 4 p.m. starting Saturday, May 29, and continuing throughout the summer on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Visitors are invited to experience an earlier time period when families owned and operated small lumbering businesses. The […]
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Babe Ruth ballplayers struck by lightning
HARRISON — Two baseball players escaped serious injury Monday afternoon after apparently getting struck by lightning during a severe thunderstorm. Matt Woodbury, 16, of Fairfield and Travis St. Pierre, 15, both members of the Central Maine All Stars, were in a dugout at the Field of Dreams recreation complex off Route 117 when the storm […]
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Experimental sediment barriers on Harrison lakes look promising
HARRISON — Those hanging out on the water in the Friendly Village have likely noticed the floating blue curtain-like barriers, which project members say appear to be doing what they’re intended to do — filter out phosphorus and prevent it from entering the town’s lakes. The project — which studies Crystal and Long lakes — is a partnership […]