RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts’ 38th annual “Art in August” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, in the heart of Oquossoc Village. Artists’ exhibits will be in Oquossoc Park. This year’s offerings continue the tradition of presenting fine art and fine craft in the Rangeley Lakes […]
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Contents of Livermore schools to be sold Saturday
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 will sell furniture from the former Livermore Falls high and middle schools from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The school building is at 25 Cedar St. The high school was sold to Area Youth Sports on Monday. Chairs, tables, desks, lockers and file cabinets will […]
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The Fox School in Paris is on the market
PARIS — Selectmen voted unanimously this month to put the Mildred M. Fox School up for sale in hopes to get the historic building back on the tax rolls. The 1882 three-story brick building at 10 East Main St. is home to Oxford Hills Christian Academy, which rents it. Since talk of the town reacquiring […]
Posted inFranklin
Jay woman wants to find camel’s rightful home
JAY — Somewhere, a Nativity scene must be missing its camel, and Peggy Sheaff is hoping to remedy that. Sheaff, who recently moved to South Carolina but is spending the summer and fall in Jay, said she hopes she can find the rightful owners of a 4-foot-long, 4-foot-tall camel figure she bought at a yard […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn officials mull changes to garage sale permitting
AUBURN — City officials met informally with residents Tuesday evening to discuss proposed changes to the way the city deals with yard sales and agricultural barn sales. It was a scantly attended meeting, made up of only of Eric Cousens, Auburn’s deputy director of planning and development, City Councilor Belinda Gerry and the few residents […]
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Town to move forward with purchase of Upper Gloucester lot
NEW GLOUCESTER — After months of closed-session meetings, the New Gloucester Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed on March 2 to direct the town manager to execute the offer, purchase and sale agreement on a 4.48-acre lot and house in Upper Gloucester. The agreement with Roger Parsons, representative for the Estate of Natalie Parsons, includes 4.48 acres of […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Canadian paper company to purchase NewPage in Rumford
RUMFORD — A Canadian paper company is buying the Rumford Paper Company and a second NewPage mill for $74 million in cash. Catalyst Paper Holdings, based in British Columbia, announced the transaction. In addition to Rumford, Catalyst also will buy a NewPage paper mill in Biron, Wis. NewPage employs about 800 people at its Rumford […]
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Byron Historical Society to host three-day sale Aug. 29-31
BYRON — In an effort to bring some extra attention to their organization, the Byron Historical Society is hosting an indoor and outdoor yard sale from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 29 to 31, its building off Route 17. Resident Suzanne Noyes said the society attempted to hold an indoor yard sale a few weeks ago, […]
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Church lists upcoming dinner, sale, events
SUMNER — The Rev. Howard MacMullen invites the public to May events at the Congregational Church of East Sumner, 50 Main St. All events and proceeds benefit the mission outreach of the church, which includes church camp scholarships, local heat and home assistance, mission donations local and national, sponsorship of the Sumner Food Bank and […]
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Verso-NewPage merger could bring upheaval before prosperity
The proposed merger of Verso Paper and NewPage Holdings, announced on Jan. 6, sent shockwaves through the local and global paper industries. Verso’s stock shot up more than 570 percent, analysts started chattering about implications for the global paper market, and millworkers in Maine expressed hope the deal would improve circumstances for the more than […]