LUDLOW, Mass. — An unwelcome marcher was set to join Ludlow’s Memorial Day parade. Police were working Monday to contain a bear spotted wandering along the route of the parade less than 90 minutes before it was set to begin. Sgt. David Belanger said the bear, which weighs about 200 pounds, was spotted wandering at […]
Memorial Day
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Buckfield remembers veterans
BUCKFIELD — People lined Route 117 to watch the annual Memorial Day parade and listen to music and speeches Monday under sunny skies. Bob Perry, a member of the John D. Long Post 58 of the American Legion, gave the address. He recited a poem titled “The Definition of an American Veteran.” “A veteran, whether […]
advertisement
Posted inRiver Valley
Residents turn out for annual Rumford Memorial Day parade
RUMFORD — Residents lined the sidewalks from upper Congress Street to the Rotary Memorial Green on Monday morning to watch the annual Memorial Day parade. Despite a weather forecast that predicted rainfall, the clouds held steadfast as the Mexico Police Explorers led several groups of veterans and residents down upper Congress Street, where they crossed […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Small volunteer army gathered to decorate thousands of veterans’ graves with flags
AUGUSTA — Mauno Kankainen, 89, and David Holmes, 84, both of Kingfield, carefully picked their way through the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery Saturday morning, bearing an armload of small American flags to decorate the graves of the service members buried there. They also brought the kind of can-do attitude that no doubt came in handy […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Memorial Day parade, service at Oxford
OXFORD — The annual Memorial Day parade will step off at 9 a.m. Monday, May 26, from the Oxford Elementary School at 79 Pleasant St. The parade will proceed down Pleasant Street, turn left onto King Street and end at the Anderson-Staples American Legion Post 112 hall at 169 King St. for a ceremony. The […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Buckfield veterans plan Memorial Day ceremonies
BUCKFIELD — The John D. Long American Legion Post 58 is organizing a Memorial Day parade Monday. It will begin at 9 a.m. at the Town Office on Route 117 and proceed to the town square for a ceremony at the monuments and to place flowers in the Nezinscot River in memory of veterans lost […]
Posted inNew England, sj-web
States discussing holiday weekend traffic
SALEM, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine State Police are going to discuss traffic patrols going on in the three states over Memorial Day weekend. A news conference is scheduled at 11 a.m. Thursday in Salem, New Hampshire, at the northbound rest area on Interstate 93. State police are discussing high-visibility patrols […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Wilton Memorial Day walk planned for Sunday
WILTON — A Memorial Day service and community walk will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at the monument on Main Street, Selectman Thomas Saviello said. Boy Scouts will raise the flag, then lower it to half-mast and the Old Crow Band will provide music, he told selectmen on Tuesday. A wreath will be […]
Posted inOxford Hills, sj-web
Memorializing their own: Local vets think about service & honor
SOUTH PARIS — It’s impossible to miss Gil Turner’s house. That’s not because of its unusual color, a light green, or because it has a pool in its fenced-in backyard. Rather, it’s distinguished by a tall pole on which an American flag snaps in the wind. It’s fitting that Turner should have that flag flying […]