Entries by Website Editor

Virtual auction to benefit residents of Northern Light Continuing Care, Lakewood

Northern Light Continuing Care, Lakewood’s beloved May Day Auction is back in virtual form for 2022. It’s easy to participate—bidders can check out auction items and place bids from any internet connected device between May 9 and 13. Auction items include an Acadian supper for ten at the home of Lakewood ambassador Marie Cormier, a […]

OBITUARIES for Thursday, May 5, 2022

ELIZABETH BERARD AUGUSTA – Elizabeth “Betty” Berard, 68, passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Betty was born on March 10, 1954, in Waterville to Edgar and Yvonne (Jerome) Bouchard. Betty graduated from Waterville High School class of 1973. Betty worked for years at LaVerdiere’s Drug Stores and later Rite Aid and made countless friends […]

LETTERS: Fooled by Alpawich

To the editor: The article written by our faithful reporter Mary Grow, was certainly well written! I think that was the best April Fool that I have ever been fooled by. I hate to admit I was completely fooled, then I noticed the continued on page 15. I had to laugh at myself when I […]

LETTERS: Mills, legislature need to read Chief Red Jacket’s speech to Congress

To the editor: An open letter to Governor [Janet] Mills and the Maine legislators. Governor Mills threatened to veto and the legislature’s failure to act to restore sovereignty to the Maine Natives prompts this reply. Gov. Mills and the legislature should go back to this country’s archives and look up the speech, centuries ago, by […]

Madison American Legion Post & Auxiliary holds Military Child’s Table Setting ceremony

Tardiff-Belanger American Legion Post #39 and Auxiliary Unit #39, in Madison, held a Military Child’s Table Setting Ceremony following the Installation of Officers. The ceremony was performed jointly by Post #39 Chaplin, Rich Robinson, and Unit #39 Chaplin, Amy Washburn. April is designated as Month of the Military Child – a time to honor the […]

New Dimensions FCU awards two area high school students with scholarships

New Dimensions FCU has announced that Sage Clukey, from Winslow High School, and Thomas Dean, from Skowhegan Area High School, have been selected as New Dimensions FCU’s 2022 Scholarship Program winners who have earned $2,500 each for their first year in college. New Dimensions FCU awards scholarships to deserving high school seniors that demonstrate strong […]

FOR YOUR HEALTH: Vaccines Continue To Be Essential To Our Safety

Protect yourself and your family from COVID with a vaccine. By We Can Do This COVID-19 Public Education Campaign  (NAPSI)—After a few weeks without rain, most people don’t throw out their umbrella. Just because someone has driven thousands of accident-free miles, that doesn’t mean seatbelts should be abandoned. Similarly, health officials encourage people to think about […]

LETTERS: Supports Tuminaro

To the editor: Having known Jen Tuminaro for the last 7 years, I have witnessed many exemplary qualities of a true leader. We initially became acquainted when Jen organized and began directing a local campus of Classical Conversations – a classical homeschool program designed to support families home educating their children, through an intentional and […]