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OBITUARIES for Thursday, February 11, 2021

DOREEN L. SCOTT FAIRFIELD – Doreen Lyn Scott, 60, passed away suddenly on Friday, January 8, 2021. Doreen was born in Waterville on September 23, 1960. She was the daughter of Norman and Gwendolyn Scott. She attended Fairfield schools and graduated from Lawrence High School in 1978. Doreen loved to shop and was on a […]

Conservation district offers backyard composting equipment

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in cooperation with Maine Resource and Recovery Association, is again offering local residents the opportunity to improve soil and conserve water right in their own backyards at deep discount prices! It’s easy with the tried-and-true 80-gallon Earth Machine backyard composter and the 55-gallon Systern rain barrel. Both are […]

Area students give to those in need

Part of the mission of Maine Catholic schools is to accentuate the importance of service with the hope of building a lifelong commitment and appreciation in each student to give back to those in need. Last week, that lesson was on full display at schools across Maine during Maine Catholic Schools Week as students designed […]

POETRY CORNER: Fly Away

by Marilu Suchar Time just seems to slip away from us. The day of our birth and every year thereafter Just marks a measure of time I look back….. I see a little girl running barefoot Down a dirt road I watch her pick a dandelion To bring to her mom I count with her […]

Erskine Academy classes of 2010, 2011 and 2012

Erskine Academy has announced that the cumulative academic and health records for the classes of 2010, 2011 and 2012 will be destroyed beginning Monday, April 5, 2021. Federal regulations – under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) – stipulate that rights to these records transfer to students upon turning 18. As such, records […]