by Katie Ouilette Y’know, WALLS, I guess one has to live through local history for as many years as I have to be able to share historic happenings. Yup, I just got discharged from Skowhegan’s Redington-Fairview Memorial Hospital after a week’s stay and I just have to write to all you faithful readers how fortunate […]
by Debbie Walker Sometimes I find things on the internet that just really tickle me. The words I am passing on to you today were in an e-mail sent to me by one of my buddies. I know he didn’t come up with all this wisdom and there is nothing else that tells me about […]
by Peter Cates Billy Vaughn Melodies of Love Dot DLP-109, 10-inch, mono LP, recorded 1955. As a name in the annals for easy listening from 1955 to 1969, Billy Vaughn (1919 – 1991) was a very successful arranger, orchestra leader and multi-instrumentalist, his saxophoning most memorable on such mega-hits as Sail Along Silvery Moon. Melodies […]
STATE OF MAINE KENNEBEC, ss. TONI M. FREDETTE, Plaintiff, V. MARY ANN FREDETTE f/k/a MARY ANN WENTWORTH Defendant SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION DOCKET NO: ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO PERMIT SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TITLE TO REAL ESTATE IS INVOLVED 688 AUGUSTA ROAD, WINSLOW, MAINE BOOK 12300, PAGE 133 A Complaint has been filed with the […]
The Margaret Chase Smith Library announced the topic of its 21st annual essay contest – drug abuse. As far back as 1951, Senator Smith warned that “one of the great threats to our country today is the preying of narcotic peddlers upon our children.” Since the 1980s, the nation has waged a war on drugs […]
The following Colby College students were named to the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2016-17 year, in Waterville: Celie Deagle, of Canaan, is a member of the class of 2017. She attended Skowhegan Area High School and is the daughter of Paul and Sharon Deagle, of Canaan. Caitlin […]
by Milt Huntington Conclusion (for part 1, please see Growing up in Augusta: Priceless) Down at the other end of the street was the old Colonial Theater where Class-A pictures were shown. On Sunday, after week-long previews of coming attractions, we would be rewarded with musical extravaganzas starring Esther Williams, Bing Crosby or Jane Powell in living […]
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.