by Marilyn Rogers-Bull & Percy grams29@tds.net Solon, Maine 04979 Good morning, dear friends. Don’t worry, be happy! The annual Solon Budget Committee meeting was held at the town municipal room on January 21. Budget committee members present were Frank Ridley, Albert Starbird, Bruce Hills, George Williams, Mike Golden, Joseph Albuit, Donald Kenerson, Barbara Johnson, Eleanor […]
DIANE A. GREEN VASSALBORO – Diane A. Green, 67, of Vassalboro, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. She was born in Waterville on February 15, 1949, the daughter of Mark Proctor and Anita (Parady) Violette. Diane enjoyed spending time with her family having gatherings and cookouts at her home. She was a mother figure […]
In honor of their outstanding academic achievement, Emmanuel College, in Boston, Massachusetts, has named the following local students to the dean’s list for the Fall 2016 semester: Alexandra Gorrill, of Whitefield; Paulina Hersey and Katherine Thompson, both of Waterville.
The following students have been named to the dean’s list at the University of Vermont, in Burlington Vermont: Devin Beckim and Melissa Petersen, both of Augusta; Kayla Christopher, of Oakland; and Delaney Curran, of Skowhegan.
Disagree with obit To the editor: Why? When our son’s obituary was printed in your paper we were so saddened to see that you took it upon yourselves to rewrite what we had written for our hearts. God forbid that this should ever happen to us again but if it should be we would rather […]
The Albion Lions Club is sponsoring the 5th annual ice fishing derby on Lovejoy Pond. This will be held on Saturday, February 18, (Free Maine Fishing Day) at Roy Fuller’s camp on Marden Shore. There will be ice fishing demonstrations throughout the day, food, beverages, raffles. Entry tickets will be on sale until noon. The […]
by Mary Grow The Jan. 28 special town meeting to let China residents act on an ordinance to create a moratorium on retail marijuana businesses in town could not be held for lack of a quorum. China town meetings require 126 registered voters. With fewer than 100 assembled at 9:25 a.m., almost half an hour […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen heard two requests and one proposal at their Jan. 26 meeting. They granted one request and took the other two items under advisement. Board members approved Frank Richards’ request that they write a letter to the president of the Kennebec Water District (KWD) Board of Trustees asking the district to […]
GARDEN WORKS by Emily Cates Part 1 of 2 Why would anyone want to make this drink? I must confess that, for me, writing about gardening in the dead of winter is a challenge! Faced with little willing to grow in the garden (unless it’s super-hardy veggies under cold frames), I have decided to do […]
SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from a reader telling me about spotting a pileated woodpecker at her backyard feeders. For one thing, that is curious in itself because they are such isolated birds. They don’t like to to come out into the open. […]