This year at the Waterford World’s Fair the Waterford Grange was awarded the first place ribbon and a check for $150, second place and $125 went to the Harrison Grange, third place and $100 went to Rumford Grange and fourth place and $75 to the Norway Grange. Elaine Emery, superintendent of the Exhibition Hall, said […]
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Springer’s store in Waterford is closing
WATERFORD – Springer’s General Store is about to close. “We’re going with the wind,” said owner Joy Smith of she and her husband’s plan to spend time visiting family and friends in Florida and Ohio. Their daughter Jessica is a fashion design major at Kent State University in Ohio. The Smiths have owned the well-known […]
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Kids participate, place in Wee-Man Contest
WATERFORD — Eighteen kids participated in the Waterford World’s Fair Wee-Man Contest (which also is open to girls). Participants had to toss sticks of wood, turn over a rubber disc and carry two pails partially filled with sand. The contestant with the best time was the winner. Contestants were divided into two age groups, 8 […]
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New books at Waterford library
WATERFORD — Wateford Library has added the following new books. The library is open to all residents of Waterford. Hours are Monday 2-6 p.m., Wednesday 3-8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-noon and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fiction Double Tap, by Steve Martini; Dreams of Joy, by Lisa See; Love of My Youth, by Mary Gordon; Maine, […]
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Skillet toss
The Grand Champion ladies skillet thrower at the Waterford World’s Fair was Jenn McMahon of Otisfield with a distance of 55 feet. McMahon, left, is pictured with Faylene McKeen presenting the award, which included a $50 prize. Second place was Alysaa Senecal of Norway with a distance of 53 feet 1 inch; 3rd, Bonnie Boomsma-Hall […]
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Waterford man on Alaska mission
WATERFORD — Retired carpenter Sam Maruca is leaving Wednesday on his sixth mission trip to an Alaskan Eskimo village to build houses. The job in Crooked Creek is to replace homes swept away last March by an ice flow on the Kuskokwim River in the southwestern part of the state. The ice flow caused a […]
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Waterford cemetery repairs slated
WATERFORD — One of two wooden archways at the Elm Vale Cemetery in South Waterford will be shored up to preserve the historic structure. Bill Haynes, a member of the Elm Vale Cemetery Committee and town cemetery superintendent, said bids for the work are due in September. “The base is rotted,” Haynes said. The specs […]