JEANNE L. VANCE OAKLAND––Jeanne Lunette Vance, born April 4, 1924, died Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Jeanne was born and raised in Massachusetts, living most of her youth in Natick. She loved to walk in the fields near her home, picking blueberries and walking among the dragon flies and butterflies. She would pat bumblebees in late […]
Thanks to sponsors To the editor: Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s (KLSW) 70th Anniversary Environmental Education Fundraiser held on March 7, at Flatbread Company, in Rockport, was a great success. In addition to raising funds, the event celebrated the winners of this year’s K-6 Conservation Poster Contest on the theme “Healthy Soils Are Full […]
by Mary Grow The March 20 public hearing on proposed amendments to China’s TIF (Tax Increment Financing) document brought both explanations of the changes and a more nuanced view of the whole TIF process. Voters at the March 25 town meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m. at China Middle School, will accept or reject the proposed […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen met with representatives of the town’s three fire departments and China Rescue March 20 to discuss the emergency services stipends proposed in the March 25 town meeting warrant – an action South China Fire Chief Richard Morse told them they should have taken weeks earlier. Art. 20 in the town […]
Cody Devaney, an eighth grader from Palermo Consolidated School, part of RSU#12, recently qualified, for the second year in a row, as one of the top 100 fourth-eighth graders to compete in the Maine National Geography Bee, held at the University of Maine at Farmington. He won the school bee three years in a row […]
Excerpts from the book Eli and Sybil Jones: Their life and work, written by Rufus M. Jones, in 1889. Submitted by Neil Farrington. Sybil Jones was at work in the southern states during a part of the year 1860, and returned to her northern home only a few weeks before the attack on Fort Sumter. […]
This group of third and fourth graders won the PAL Hoops Classic at Lawrence High School recently. From left to right, Kylie Delile, Haylie Woods, Lilly Gray, Madisyn Niles, Makenzie McAvoy, Layla Dubois and Riley Paquet. The team is coached by Rob Gray and Olivia Gray. Photo by Central Maine Photography
The Waterville police and fire departments came together on March 9 for the ninth annual Battle of the Badges. Coming into the evening, each team had won four games. The police were happy to bring the gold ball back to the police department for the fifth time. The event is a fundraiser for the South […]
NOTICE Public Hearing Town of China Central Maine Power/China Lake Tax Increment Financing District Notice is hereby given that the Town of China Select Board will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, March 20, 2017 at 6:00 pm in the Town Office Meeting Room at 571 Lakeview Drive for the purpose of receiving public comments […]
Young Americans Dance Center team member Silver Picard, of Winslow, performed at the Battle of the Badges benefit basketball game between the Waterville police and fire departments, to benefit the South End Teen Center, in Waterville. Photo by Missy Brown, Central Maine Photography staff