UPTON — A parade, a children’s carnival, an auction and cake and ice cream are all part of Upton Fun Day on Saturday, Aug. 18. The festivities begin at 7 a.m. with Breakfast-to-Go in Upton Ladies Aid Building. The 9:30 a.m. parade will line up at Pat Kenyon’s home at 142 Thistle St., while walkers […]
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Funeral notices for Wednesday, Dec. 6
BAILLARGEON — Lucille A., 88, of Lewiston, died Saturday, Dec. 2, at St. Mary’s Hospital. Visitation at Fortin/Lewiston Wednesday, Dec. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Dec. 7, at 11 a.m. at The Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul (Lower Chapel), and committal will follow at […]
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College Football: Defense, special teams carry Bates past Colby
Bizarre plays cost the Bates football team one or two wins in what has been a frustrating season. The weirdness finally went the Bobcats’ way Saturday afternoon. After Colby was forced to kick an extra point a second time due to a delayed penalty markoff against Bates, the Bobcats’ Collin Richardson swatted it down and […]
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Bates football preview: Bobcats riding crest of historical winning wave
LEWISTON — Bates College receiver Mark Riley knows that he and 11 fellow seniors are blessed among football players in school history. All they’ve known are home games on beautiful, new artificial turf in front of glistening bleachers, and seasons with a winning percentage of .500 or better. How rare is the air where Riley and […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 243 calls from July 20 to 27. Among them were: * At 2:16 p.m. July 26, a deputy was requested to go to the Denmark Road in Brownfield in the area of the green bridge for people target practicing. The caller wanted them to stop shooting their […]
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Region 9 proposes draft budget, recommends two new vocational programs
MEXICO — The Region 9 School of Applied Technology board reviewed a draft budget Wednesday night that showed a slight increase. It also heard a recommendation to add two new vocational programs. The proposed 2015-16 budget of $2.26 million is up about $125,000 from the current year because of a 10 percent hike in health […]
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Upton group works to preserve Rich’s house on Rapid River
By Amy Chapman “It’s time to save the Winter House Museum,” declares a brochure published and distributed by the Upton Historical Society, and members of that organization are feeling the pressure of time as they work to raise funds to accomplish their goal. The Winter House, on the Rapid River in Upton, is part of […]
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Upton rejects fireworks ordinance
At last week’s Town Meeting Upton voters defeated a proposal to restrict the use of consumer fireworks. Nancy Thew had gathered 20 signatures on a petition to request an ordinance that would have limited fireworks use to July 4 and New Year’s Eve. While state law allows them year-round, towns may pass stricter requirements. Thew […]
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Listening politely
Upton residents Kenny Gibbons and Billy the dog listen to discussion at last Thursday’s Upton Town Meeting. Gibbons tended Billy while the dog’s owner, town Treasurer Deborah Judkins, asked and answered questions.
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Upton Historical Society plans trip to Dickinson Rich house
UPTON — Upton Historical Society will host a daylong tour of Forest Lodge and The Winter House where “We Took to the Woods” was written in the early years of World War II by Louise Dickinson Rich. The trip is planned for Saturday, July 19, from 8 a.m. to about 4 p.m. No rain date […]