WAYNE — Steven Woodsum, U.S. Navy veteran, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Memorial Day service on Monday, May 29. The Memorial Day Committee is working with the 3rd Maine and the Maranacook High School and Middle School bands to create an appropriate reflection and observance. A schedule of events is as follows: […]
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Maine monument topic of presentation in Wayne
WAYNE — Cary Memorial Library will present a program on Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4. The program is free and open to the public. Retired biologist Paul Johnson will speak about Maine’s newest national monument, highlighting its features, especially along the East Branch of the Penobscot River. Since […]
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Pauline P. Botka
1925 – 2017 WINTHROP — Pauline Patten Botka, 91, of Wayne, died Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Heritage Rehabilitation and Living Center in Winthrop. Pauline was born in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Dr. Warren and Ferne (Worthley) Patten. She married Edward Botka in 1947. They made their home in Maine and Connecticut for the […]
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Norway man charged with choking girlfriend
PARIS — A Norway man has been sentenced to three years in prison for violating probation by assaulting his girlfriend after she refused to give him a ride home from a store. Wayne Scott Brown, 60, of Hayes Road, appeared before Judge Marie Woodman in Oxford County Unified Court on Feb. 29. In November 2012, […]
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Livermore Falls selectmen accept fire chief’s resignation
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen on Tuesday voted 4-0 to accept Fire Chief Tim “TD” Hardy’s resignation, which is effective Jan. 15. In his letter submitted Dec. 18, 2015, Hardy said, “Thank you for the opportunity to work with the Fire Department and town during the last few years. I gained valuable experience and worked with some […]
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Robert Charles gives foreign policy talk in Wayne
WAYNE — Paths toward defeat of ISIL and its worldwide terrorist activity were suggested by Robert Charles, a former official under U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, at a community meeting at Cary Memorial Library’s Williams House in Wayne on Sunday afternoon. Mistakes that were made early in the Iraq War were seeds of the “toxic mix” of […]
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Livermore Falls car stolen, found overturned in Wilson Pond in Wayne
LIVERMORE FALLS — A vehicle reported stolen from the Leeds Road on Sunday morning was found overturned in Wilson Pond in Wayne on Sunday night. The owner of a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am awoke to find the vehicle missing and called Livermore Falls Police Department at 7:49 a.m., Police Chief Ernie Steward Jr. said. The […]
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Pats pick up Wayne
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots players are looking forward to having veteran wide receiver and former rival Reggie Wayne on their team. “He’s a good player. He’s played at a high level for a long time,” fellow receiver Danny Amendola said Monday. “He played on some other good football teams. We’re excited to […]
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Expert delivers yardscaping talk in Wayne
WAYNE — At 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11, Wayne’s Cary Memorial Library will host Gary Fish speaking about yardscaping. He hopes to inspire Maine people to create and maintain healthy landscapes through ecologically based practices that minimize reliance on water, fertilizer and pesticides. Fish is manager of the pesticide programs at the Maine Board of […]
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Wayne Community Church lists Holy Week calendar
WAYNE — Pastor Ernie Farrar and the congregation at Wayne Community Church invite all to attend any or all of the following. The church is at 22 Old Winthrop Road. The Maundy Thursday service on April 2 will be a joint service at Green Street UMC, Augusta, at 7 p.m. Foot washing will be at […]