by Marilyn Rogers-Bull & Percy grams29@tds.net Solon, Maine 04979 Good morning, dear friends. Don’t worry, be happy! The Solon Pine Tree 4-H Club has been busy in December and January. In December they adopted a family and gave them a Christmas dinner in December, collected items for the Somerset Animal Shelter, enjoyed a Christmas Party […]
by Debbie Walker I want to write about what I believe is a very simple subject. I thought it was anyway. I made the mistake of looking it up on the internet. Sometimes things just go a little too far. So I will tell you tonight what I captured from something called “Coffee Cups and […]
by Peter Cates Ralph Marterie Dancing on the Down Beat Mercury- MG 25171, ten inch vinyl lp, recorded 1953. Born in Italy, Ralph Marterie came to America at a very early age with his parents, where they settled in Chicago and his father landed a job with the Lyric Opera Orchestra. He was playing trumpet […]
by Jeff LaCasse Kennebec Water District Information and communications – ARI project, KWD, and China Lake As third party observers, KWD staff sees some facets of the ARI project on Outlet Stream from a different perspective than many ARI members. We feel we have information and access to some resources that we can share that […]
The following area students have achieved dean’s list status at the University of Maine at Farmington, in Farmington. Chelsea: Kassidy Frost and Tricia Tzikas; Fairfield: Katlyn Champagne, Holden Cookson, Katie LeBlanc, Hannah Tompkins and Lauren Wadleigh. Freedom: Christina Hall; Jefferson: Allison Fortin and Bridget Humphrey; Liberty: David Mallow; Madison: Alexis Lanctot and Rebekah Powell; Oakland: […]
The University of Rhode Island, in Kingston, Rhode Island, has announced the Fall 2016 dean’s list. The following students were named to the dean’s list within their area of study: Alexandria M. Jarvais, of Madison, majoring in Pharm D, and Rachel Cambridge Pratt, of Cornville, majoring in Kinesiology.
by Mary Grow With the local marijuana referendum behind them – voters on Jan. 9 approved banning commercial non-medical marijuana businesses in town – and 2017-18 budget work not beginning until February, Vassalboro selectmen had a short and routine meeting Jan. 12. Town Manager Mary Sabins has not forgotten the discussion of speeding through East […]
by Mary Grow China Planning Board members tabled both substantive items on their Jan. 10 agenda, including Parris and Catherine Varney’s application to rent out their barn at 701 Neck Road for weddings and similar events. The Varneys initially applied at the board’s Sept. 27, 2016, meeting. After an Oct. 11 public hearing and discussion, […]
PAUL LAFRENIERE ALBION – Paul Lafreniere, 80, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 1, 2017, at home. Paul grew up in New Hampshire and graduated from Manchester High School in 1955. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1962 aboard five aircraft carriers with the 94th Troop Carrier Wing. He then served in […]
by Danny W. Howard Now I know there are some folks out there who, for some reason, think that I have the tendency to stretch the truth every now and again. I don’t hardly know where they got that from. Why I say about half of what I write is the gospel truth, and if […]