by Debbie Walker Okay, so let’s play catch-up. Time has been flying by too fast. I am getting up to about 45 degrees in the mornings. I’m not happy about this. I’m really not ready to see all the leaves fall and the snow fly!! So…. I have been volunteering for a first grade class. […]
by Peter Cates Bartok: Viola Concerto and Hindemith: Concerto After Old Folksongs for Viola and Small Orchestra; Daniel Benyamini, viola, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Orchestre de Paris; Deutsche Grammophon 2531 249, 12-inch vinyl LP, recorded 1979. Bartok’s very inspired Viola Concerto, which was completed by Bartok’s friend, Tibor Serly, after the composer’s death from […]
INside the OUTside by Dan Cassidy If you’re a skier who either lives or commutes to the western mountains of Maine or just enjoys reading great mystery novels, Widowmaker and Precipice, along with others by a local author are must read books. The seventh in a series of novels by author Paul Doiron, Widowmaker takes […]
by Katie Ouilette WALLS, you simply must tell our faithful readers about all you would talk about this week, if you could talk. I am amazed at all that has happened for you in just one week! Well, WALLS, you know me well and know, for sure, that this great-grandma absolutely loves to have busy […]
The Oakland, Williams, Messalonskee Alumni Association, which started in 1920 as the Oakland Alumni Association, held their annual banquet on August 13 at the Waterville Elks hall with 150 alumni and guests in attendance. Attendees ranged from Bernard Bulmer of the Williams High School class of 1940 to Amelia Gallagher who will graduate in the […]
by Mary Grow At their Sept. 19 meeting, China selectmen created a 13-item ballot for local voters Nov. 8. Voting – local, state and national – will be from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 8 in the portable classroom behind the town office on Lakeview Drive. After election of a town meeting moderator for […]
The following local residents have been named to the Spring 2016 Dean’s List at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. Justin A. Davis, of Palermo, a member of the class of 2019 and a political science and international studies major. Jenna M. Fongemie, of Augusta, a member of the class of 2016 and a biology major. […]
The story of Maine’s Historic Bridges is more faceted than you might think. Why are bridges located where they are? Who built them? Why do they look the way they do? Amanda Taylor, architectural historian, will provide a presentation based on the publication Historic Bridges of Maine: 350 Years of Bridge and Roadway Design. She […]
by Marilyn Rogers-Bull & Percy grams29@tds.net Solon, Maine 04979 Good morning, dear friends. Don’t worry, be happy! On Saturday, September 24, from 2 – 4 p.m., the Madison Historical Society will host speaker/author Louise Hunt who will give her history of being a Wabanaki woman growing up on Indian Island. She also will speak about […]