by Roland D. Hallee Dry conditions throughout the state have brought on low water levels in central Maine lakes. Webber Pond, in Vassalboro, has experienced water levels twice as low as is normal for this time of year. The water remains four inches below the spillway at the dam off the Webber Pond Road, when […]
Recycled Shakespeare Company is holding open auditions for Titus Andronicus on August 1 and 3 from 5pm-7pm both days. Auditions will be held in Fairfield Memorial Park, rain or shine. Co-directors, Emily Rowden Fournier and Jakob Sutton, will be casting all roles, and, as is Recycled Shakespeare Company tradition, any who audition will receive a […]
by Mary Lee Rounds There are probably less than 10 pharses in the U.S. that will turn your blood cold. “I want a divorce….,” “You are pregnant”… and “You have shingles…” The dreaded diagnosis most of us have heard of and know someone with them. I must be falling into that age group where it […]
CHARLENE E. MATHIEU OAKLAND––Charlene Eva Scott Mathieu, 86, of Hobe Sound, Florida, and Oakland, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2016. Charlene was born in Wytopitlock on January 11, 1930, the daughter of Walter and Eva Scott. She graduated from Clinton High School in 1948, and the Sisters School of nursing in 1951. She spent the […]
Never trust again To the editor: My husband and I own the Locust Grove, in Albion. We have a U-Pick raspberry and blueberry operation. Last Friday, an elderly lady came to pick blueberries. She filled some containers with blueberries and left them with her prescription sunglasses and went to pick in another section of the […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen spent more time on items not on their July 25 agenda than on agenda items. The major non-agenda topic was discussion with David Allen of the state Department of Transportation and two sets of concerned residents about perceived dangerous areas in China, the intersection of Alder Park and Dirigo roads […]
by Dan Cassidy Gabrielle Perkins is a petite 20-year-old ballerina from Oakland, who is headed to New York City to work with the American Ballet Theater Studio Company. The position will be with either American Ballet Theater main company, or other companies around the world. Perkins attended Messalonskee High School in her freshman year. She […]
On Saturday, May 14, on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) campus quadrangle, in Worcester, Massachusetts, 907 bachelor’s degrees were awarded during the university’s 148th commencement ceremony. Kyle Foley, of Madison, was awarded a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering.