by Debbie Walker Have you ever been involved in a conversation and realized you don’t really remember much of it?? It has happened to me. Sometimes I would be so engrossed in what my clients were saying…….at least that’s what I thought I was doing. However, truthfully, I was hearing things they wanted and my […]
by Peter Cates My Favorite Overtures Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Capitol, G 7251, mono edition of LP also released in stereo, recorded 1961. The Overtures contained herein are Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra and La Cambiale di Matrimonio – itself composed when he was 18; Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and Fair Melusina; […]
Submitted by the Taconnett Falls Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society Amy Morris Bradley was born September 12, 1823. She spent her youth in the family home in East Vassalboro. Her father’s cobblers shop was in the north section of the house. The main house consisted of two front rooms, kitchen, pantry and upstairs chambers. […]
by Katie Ouilette WALLS, if our faithful readers aren’t off to the stores, somewhere, and Christmas shopping, hopefully they are taking time to read about your suggestions this week. Oh, and while I’m on the subject of our faithful readers, you may have no idea how many of our readers are truly faithful. Wow, readers […]
TNT Dance Studio dancers performed a variety of songs this year, from Pit Bull to Sesame Street, at the annual Parade of Lights, in Waterville, on November 25. The parade brings Santa and Mrs. Claus to downtown Waterville for their perennial stay at Kringleville, located at The Center near Castonguay Square, downtown. Photo by Mark […]
by Dan Cassidy Sugarloaf Mountain opens the season with a new state-of-the-art Competition Center. The new facility was built this summer in the footprint of the old Gondola station that served the Carrabassett Valley Academy and the Sugarloaf Ski Club as its tuning and waxing facility, along with meetings and locker rooms. Dedication ceremony to […]
The China Road Christmas Park, in Winslow, is a family endeavor started a few years ago and has continued to grow. The park is filled with Christmas spirit and is a favorite of both young and old. It is open to the public on most nights, but it is recommended to check their Facebook page, […]
by Marilyn Rogers-Bull & Percy grams29@tds.net Solon, Maine 04979 Good morning, dear friends. Don’t worry, be happy! This week I’ll start off with a little news that I didn’t write about the women’s shelter in Solon before because of lack of space. This new building where the shelter is now behind the New Hope Church, […]
DONALD E. CARLL CHINA––Donald Edward Carll, 84, of China, formerly of Boston, died peacefully on November 10, 2016, at the Maine Veteran Home, of Augusta. He was the son of the late Stanley and Anna Carll, born in Boston on April 14, 1932. A Navy veteran and 1957 graduate of Coyne Electrical School, he went […]
Most of our birds are migratory. They come and go and you must be on the alert to see them at the right time and place. Most of our flowers have only a brief blooming period. You must look for them at a certain time of year if you wish to find them in all […]