Entries by Website Editor

Family Festival of Trees scheduled for Elks Lodge

Alfond Youth & Community Center and Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce combine efforts to present Festival of Trees this holiday season, continuing a proud tradition reinvigorated last season, with a change of venue to the Waterville Elks Lodge. Participation in this year’s event continues a fabulous holiday tradition. At the same time, money raised supports families […]

Fresh fruits for Christmas (2023)

The Living Communities Foundation, which runs the Palermo Community Center and the Palermo Community Garden, and hosts the Palermo Food Pantry announces that they are, once again, teaming up with Florida Indian River Groves to bring you freshly-picked oranges, grapefruit, and mandarins shipped anywhere in the contiguous USA to arrive before Christmas! What a sweet […]

OBITUARIES for Thursday, November 9, 2023

YVETTE G. POULIN WINSLOW – Yvette Gloria Poulin, 88, passed away on Friday, October 20, 2023, at Androscoggin Hospice House, in Auburn. Yvette was born in Waterville on August 2, 1935, daughter of Harold and Cecile Roy. In October 1954 Yvette married Reginald H. Poulin. They had five children, Steven, Roger, Joyce, Bruce, and Christine, […]

China election results (November 2023)

The unofficial returns from the November 7, 2023, municipal election for the town of China are as follows: For select board: Chadwick = 931, Marquis = 810. Planning board: District 3/ Mather = 996, Alternate At Large/Tripodi = 978 Budget Committee: Chairman/Rumpf = 1,037, District 1/Maroon = 1,062. All races were uncontested. All write in […]

EVENTS: Lincoln County Dems to discuss dark money in politics at Nov. 16 meeting

 The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will hold its next hybrid meeting on Thursday, November 16, at 7 p.m., at the American Legion Post #42, 527 Main Street, in Damariscotta, and online via Zoom. The main program will feature a discussion on dark-money funded extremist groups that are active in Maine politics. The guest speaker […]

Glidden family honors WWII soldier from Palermo

Submitted by Patricia Glidden Clark Saturday, September 30, 2023, family members of World War II soldier from Palermo, Malcolm Leroy Glidden, honored his memory with a gathering at the Malcolm Glidden American Legion Post #163, in Palermo. The presentation was put together by Post Commander Paul Hunter with documentation that he researched and obtained from […]

FOR YOUR HEALTH: Lung cancer screening saves lives

Submitted by MaineGeneral Medical Center November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Though lung cancer remains the deadliest cancer in Maine and the U.S., catching lung cancer early increases the chance of survival by 20 percent. MaineGeneral offers low-dose CT (LDCT) screening, an important tool that can save your life. Patients urge others to get scanned […]