Legal notices PETITION FOR A PARDON STATE OF MAINE Augusta, April 17, 2025 Notice is hereby given that a Petition for a Pardon for Deborah A. James (Woodburn) who was convicted of the crimes Gross Sexual Misconduct (A) and Unlawful Sexual Contact (C) CR88-152, is now pending before the Governor and a hearing will be […]
An ingenious new rinse can provide relief from mouth sores and ulcers due to cancer treatment. (NAPSI)—According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more than two million new cases of cancer are diagnosed in the United States a year. If you or someone you care about is among them, take heart: These days, the […]
Endicott College, in Beverly, Massachusetts, has announced its Fall 2024 dean’s list students. The following students have met the requirements: Augusta Oliver Parker, English, Katherine Parker and Walter Parker; China Emily Clark, Nursing, Stacy Clark and Christopher Clark; China Village Hailey Hobart, Education, Deborah Hobart and Daniel Hobart Jefferson Elizabeth Greenleaf, Liberal Studies; Winslow Alexi […]
A total of 2,393 undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Worcester, Massachusetts, were named to the university’s fall 2024 dean’s list. The following students were named to the dean’s list for Fall 2024: Kaitlyn Henry, of Augusta, class of 2028, majoring in Computer Science; Lily Ker, of Waterville, class of 2027, majoring in […]
MARK S. KIERSTEAD WATERVILLE – Mark Stuart Kierstead, 80, of Waterville, died on Thursday, February 27, 2025, following a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1944, during World War II. He was the single child of Emily Beatrice (Kelley) Kierstead and William Fowlie Kierstead Mark was raised […]
SKOWHEGAN – Marilyn Houston Rogers-Bull, 95, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at the Cedar Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, in Skowhegan. Marilyn was born April 29, 1929, in the village of Flagstaff, the daughter of Dorothy Steven Jones and Benjamin Houston and step-father Clarence Jones. She graduated from Flagstaff High School soon to […]
Headmaster Jamie Soule has announced that Emmett Appel, of Windsor, a senior at Erskine Academy, in South China, has been selected to receive the 2025 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, recognizes a high school senior’s academic excellence, outstanding school citizenship, and leadership. Appel is a consistent high honors student in […]
Two seventh-grade girls won the annual Pi Day contest at Vassalboro Community School on March 14 – the same two who won as sixth-graders last year, in reverse order. The contest requires reciting from memory as many digits as possible of pi – an endless number defined as the “mathematical constant that is the ratio […]
by Peter Cates Gene Hackman Gene Hackman won an Oscar for best actor in 1971’s The French Connection yet interestingly was almost the last choice for the role of NYC Detective Popeye Doyle after it was turned down by Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum, Steve McQueen, Peter Boyle, James Caan, […]
SEND US YOUR BEST ICE OUT GUESS FOR 2025 Write down your best guess (one per person) and send it to The Town Line, PO Box 89, South China, ME 04358, or email us at townline@townline.org with the subject “ICE OUT 2025“. If more than one person guesses the correct date, a drawing will be […]