AUGUSTA — Recipients of the 2011 Spirit of America Foundation Award for outstanding community service throughout Maine were recognized during an April 6 ceremony at the Statehouse. Auburn Volunteers in Police Service have helped the Auburn Police Dept. in a variety of ways. Bowdoin FHC, Inc. runs several community projects, including fundraisers for the fire […]
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Wayne C. Crowell
WAYNE – Wayne C. Crowell, born in Augusta on Dec. 27, 1946, died quietly at his home in Wayne on Tuesday morning, May 15, following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Wayne was brave in combat, a great husband, father, grandfather, friend, hunter and fisherman, who was always true to his word. Wayne loved […]
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Local musicians booked to raise funds for library
WAYNE — On Sunday, May 20, the Cary Memorial Library will present an evening of eclectic music at the Ladd Center. The University of Maine at Augusta’s vocal ensemble Envok will sing classic American songs in five-part harmony; and steel drum band Mad Anthony’s Pan Handlers will provide Caribbean sounds. The Camp Band, made up of local musicians Chris Cushman, Pam Green and […]
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Wayne Farmers’ Market to open for fourth season
WAYNE — The 2012 Wayne Farmers’ Market will open Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday, May 26. Market hours will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays through Sept. 29, at the green next to the Post Office. Many of last year’s vendors are returning with vegetables, meat, perennials, baked goods, wool, goat’s milk soap, blueberries […]
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M. Gwendolyn Moore
BEDFORD, N.H. — M. Gwendolyn Moore of Wayne, died April 11. She was born the daughter of Ozro and Minnie Parker, she lived in Wayne, during her early years, where her parents ran the Parker House. Gwen graduated from Winthrop as salutatorian of her high school class. During the war, she worked as a bookkeeper […]
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Christopher H. Stevenson
LEWISTON — Christopher Harold Stevenson, 59, of Wayne, devoted husband and father, longtime Wayne road commissioner and the owner of C. H. Stevenson Inc. excavating contractors, died April 2, after a brief illness. He left this life surrounded by his family in Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Farmington Memorial Hospital, Dec. 16, […]
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Franklin County arrest log
* Richard Ellrich Jr, 43, New Sharon, driving after suspension, March 29, no bail listed, Farmington Police Department. * Mark Kimball, 60, Wayne, gross sexual assault, March 29, no bail listed, Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. * Douglas Glidden, 23, Farmington, violation condition of release, March 29, no bail listed, Farmington Police Department. * Alex Hayes, […]
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Wayne man faces sexual assault charge
FARMINGTON — Bail was set at $1,000 Friday in Franklin County Superior Court for a Wayne man facing a felony charge of gross sexual assault. Mark Kimball, 60, made an initial video-conference appearance before Judge Paul Cote, who was in South Paris. According to court records, the charge stems from an incident Feb. 26 in […]
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KLT’s 10th Lyceum series to be on aquatic biodiversity
WAYNE — The Kennebec Land Trust recently announced its 10th Lyceum series, Maine’s Aquatic Biodiversity. During March biologists, ecologists and conservationists Dave Courtemanch, Eric Doucette and Merry Gallagher will present programs about biodiversity, plant communities, brook trout and our relationships to the natural world. Field programs and hikes on KLT conservation lands during the spring, […]