SABATTUS — Joline Bell is organizing trips for all seniors and seniors at heart. She has added more buses to accommodate more people. To reserve a spot, contact 207-375-4627. Bell is a member of and the trip representative for the Sabattus Seniors, New Auburn Seniors, First Auburn Seniors and Robin Dow Seniors. Thursday, May 24: Tribute to […]
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Posted inOxford Hills
Springtime treat in Paris
Laurie Bickford, left, and Tanner Bickford, both of West Paris, are served ice cream cones Wednesday afternoon at Norway/Paris Soft Serve on Main Street in Paris. Shop owner Brenda Fickett, foreground right, stands with her daughter Abby, who is serving a cone. Employee Stacy Hall is at far right. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Posted inFranklin, River Valley
It's beginning to look and feel like spring
Ice along the Androscoggin River in Canton melts under the sun Tuesday. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Welcome, dear sweet spring
A female beaver looks out from her 50-gallon tub of water as park superintendent Curt Johnson feeds her a willow bough at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray at noon on Monday. The beaver came to the park last fall and is kept indoors over the winter. She does have access to the outside. Park […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Springtime means fun in the pool, fresh eggs
It’s spring — and my geese and ducks are so happy! I dug out all the kiddie pools, cleaned them up and then filled them with water. They could hardly wait until the hose had finished its job. It’s been almost six months since they’ve had a little pool to splash and play in, and […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Skiing: Spring conditions always mixed bag
I don’t know how many times I have driven from Maine to Vermont, sometimes heading for northern areas and others to the southern part of the state. I have driven in all kinds of weather, from super cold to warm spring days, but never have I experienced a drive like we had a week ago […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Woodstock board hires part-time code enforcement officer
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to appoint Paris Code Enforcement Officer Fred Collins as the town’s part-time code enforcement officer, Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Thursday. The position had been in flux since Norway and Greenwood Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Whitman left the position in August 2014. Bethel Code Enforcement Officer […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Ali-Liston 50th: George Mattor, ‘go-fer’ in the Liston camp
The Phantom Punch at 50 Interactive guide to our stories, photos, audio and video | Audio: Listen to the radio broadcast from the fight | Video: Can you see the punch? | Interactive timeline of the fighters’ careers | Newspaper coverage & readers’ memories from 1965 On the night of Liston’s heavyweight title rematch against Muhammad Ali at Saint Dominic’s Arena, Mattor sat in the second […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Contest counts bulky waste in Auburn spring cleanup
AUBURN — The city will test to see how good residents are at estimating the weight of their trash with a new spring cleanup contest. Jaclyn Beebe, planner for the Auburn Public Services Department, said the city is taking guesses for how much bulky waste, in tons, residents leave at their curbs for city crews […]