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Texas girl, 15, suffers amputation in boating accident

Doug Rafferty of the Maine Warden Service said the girl’s father was driving a speedboat pulling an inner tube when the boat hit a submerged rock inside an area marked with hazard buoys. The girl, Abby Mueller of Houston, Texas, flew over the front of the boat, which then drove over her. She was struck […]

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Sarty, his White Mountain Boys will play Lovell

LOVELL — On Thursday, July 19, Jonathan Sarty and his White Mountain Boys will take the stage at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts. Sarty has performed his Americana style, a blend of classic Americana, roots country and folk rock, to audiences of all ages throughout the United States.  A strong solo performer, he has produced multiple projects and fronted a variety […]

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Marcia A. Hamlin

PORTLAND — Marcia A. Hamlin, 81, of Rumford and Lovell, passed away at Maine Medical Center, June 15, after a courageous battle with a muscle disease. Marcia was born in North Conway, N.H., Nov. 14, 1930, the middle child to life-long Lovell residents, Marcus and Esther (Allard) Stearns. A 1949 graduate of Fryeburg Academy, she […]

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Originality gets a ‘Thumbs Up’ in this collaboration

The Celebration Barn Ensemble — Kavi Montanaro, Kelly Nesbitt, Amanda Huotari and Ian Bannon — will present “Thumbs Up” on Thursday, July 12, at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts in Lovell. The play follows 20-year-old aspiring writer Lexi up the Maine coast as she hitchhikes to Canada. LOVELL — “Thumbs Up,” the new Celebration Barn […]

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Keyboardist/jazz musician will play Brick Church

LOVELL — Keyboard virtuoso Dan Moore will perform compositions by Bach, and a good serving of boogie-woogie and jazz, on Thursday, June 28, at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts.  Moore, a jazz musician, has played at the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H., almost every night of the week since 1999.  He is also a storyteller who […]

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Rebecca ‘Becky’ Ring

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Rebecca “Becky” E. Ring, 90, of Main Street, Lovell, died Saturday, June 16, at Mineral Springs, North Conway, N.H. She was born May 19, 1922, in Bridgton, the daughter of Ceylon and Cora Potter Emery and was educated in local schools. She was employed for the Lovell Post Office for 27 […]

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Free supper at Congre. Church NORWAY — A free supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, June 15, at Second Congregational Church on Main Street.  On the menu this month is American chop suey, macaroni and cheese, veggies, rolls and dessert. Call the church at 743-2290 or www.seconch.com for more information. ‘Famous’ […]

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Duo will play jazz, folk and blues at Brick Church benefit

LOVELL — The Brick Church for the Performing Arts will welcome home singer-songwriter Heather Masse with Jed Wilson for an evening of jazz, folk and blues on Thursday, June 7. The concert will help raise funds to rebuild the church belfry. The duo performs in theaters and venues across the country, and has had spots on Garrison Keillor’s […]