OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Historical Society will revisit Jugtown during its next program Thursday, Sept. 26. The PowerPoint presentation will be held at 7 p.m. in the Community Hall on Route 121. According to Jean Hankins, the program is based on a similar one presented by her late husband, David Hankins, in 1996. “In the […]
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Naples man impaled in dirt bike accident in Sebago
SEBAGO (AP) — Officials say a 32-year-old Maine man has been hospitalized after being ejected from his dirt bike motorcycle and impaled by a small tree. The Maine Warden Service says Scott Kilton of Naples was riding with four other friends on the narrow-gauge railroad all-terrain vehicle trail system in Sebago when he struck a […]
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Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge OXFORD — Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge club met Aug. 16. A 9 & 1/2 table Mitchell movement was enjoyed. Finishing first in flight A N/S were Mike True, Auburn, and Mike St. John, Westbrook; second, Eilene Potvin, Cundy’s Harbor, and Della Starbird, Oxford, who also were first in flight B; third, […]
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USM spring dean’s list additions
PORTLAND — The following students were inadvertently omitted from the submitted University of Southern Maine’s dean’s list for the spring semester. Full-time Greene: Morgan Gilbert. Hiram: Everlyn Staples. Lewiston: James Aldrich, Jasmine Hussey, Guy Lemelin. Naples: Alice Sanborn. New Gloucester: Leah Rottari, Joselle Blais. Norway: Sarah Tuominen, Olivia Kolar. Poland: Harley Kerr. Sabattus: Kassandra Ritchie. […]
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John ‘Jack’ V. Strong
1947 – 2013 TURNER — John “Jack” V. Strong of Hebron, 66, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 3, at his Turner home, surrounded by family and friends. Jack was born in Lewiston on May 15, 1947, the son of the late Vivan E. and Madora (Gagnon) Strong. He was raised on the family farm […]
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Rome bus crash kills at least 37
ROME (AP) — A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffic, killing at least 37 people, said police and rescuers. Flashing signs near Avellino, outside Naples, […]
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Local students graduate from Cheverus
PORTLAND — The following local students graduated from Cheverus High School Class of 2013 on June 2: Gray: Zijue Jessamine Huang, Paige Allyn Severance, Tyler Jake Small, Christian Timothy Verreault, Tracey Ellen Whitmore. Lisbon Falls: Zachary J. Walker-Elders. Naples: Gradeigh Dorian Cameron. New Gloucester: Michael Millington Lyons. — Baccalaureate awards Zijue Jessamine Huang was given […]
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Students named to president’s list at Southern New Hampshire University
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The following students have been named to the president’s list for the spring 2013 semester at Southern New Hampshire University Auburn: Corrie Bernatchez, BA psychology; Amanda Cullen, BA creative writing and English; Brandy Fulcher, BS business administration. Bridgton: Jennifer Laurent, BA psychology. Durham: Sandra Milliken, BA psychology. Lewiston: Derek Giasson, BS computer […]
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Well done – Students named to dean’s lists
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Kathleen S. Pickel of Buckfield made the “A” dean’s list for the spring 2013 semester at Wagner College, indicating a 4.0 GPA for the semester. — ONEONTA, N.Y. — Hartwick College senior Ashley Hunt of Naples, daughter of Barbara and Darryl Hunt, has been named to the spring term dean’s list. […]
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Naples Paddle Art Auction features local artists
NAPLES — The Naples Public Library will hold a Paddle Art Auction from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Naples Country Club. Twenty-four one-of-a-kind works of art, painted on ash canoe paddles, will be available for bidding. Contributors include talented local hobbyists as well as many professional, widely exhibited artists. Each paddle […]