New England Celtic Arts will present Canadian Celtic/folk ensemble Ozere, at One Longfellow Square in Portland on Tuesday, May 16; at Green Church Concerts in Mexico on Wednesday, May 17; at Old South Congregational Church in Farmington on Thursday, May 18; and at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath on Friday, May 19. Curtain at 7 p.m.at all locations […]
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Richard P. Clark
1939 – 2015 ONTARIO, Calif. — Richard P. Clark, 75, of Ontario, Calif., passed away on Thursday, March 19, in Ontario after a lifelong battle with lung disease. He was born in Lewiston on May 25, 1939, a son of Raymond L. Clark and Mary Olehowski Clark, He graduated from Edward Little High School in […]
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Islesboro police assist Canadian Space Agency in retrieving wayward research balloon
ISLESBORO — It’s not every day the Islesboro public safety department receives a call from the Canadian Space Agency, asking for help finding a wayward high-altitude research balloon. But that’s exactly what happened last Saturday, according to Public Safety Director Fred Porter. The stratospheric balloon was launched Friday, Sept. 19, from a base in Timmins, […]
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Oxford receives bids for sewer plant equipment
OXFORD — Three bids to provide equipment for the town’s planned sewage treatment plant were unsealed at the Town Office on Thursday afternoon. The planned state-of-the-art facility uses a series of fine screens, or membranes, to slough off solids before treating the remaining waste with UV light instead of a conventional chemical treatment. Vendors bidding on the […]
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Canadian teens were headed to New Brunswick, police say
FARMINGTON — Two Canadian teenagers who led police on a car chase early Tuesday morning were on their way to visit a friend in New Brunswick, Canada, when their GPS took them to the U.S. border crossing at Coburn Gore, an official said Friday. Investigators spoke to the 13-year-old girl from Pembroke, Ontario, who was […]