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Issue for July 6, 2023
Waterville American Legion installs new officers
O n June 12, 2023, American Legion Post #5, in Waterville held its installation of officers. The past National Commander Tony Jordan installed the elected and appointed officers for 2023-2024. His installing chaplain was Bob Jordan…
Val Bard is Legionnaire of the Year
Bourque-Lanigan American Legion Post #5, in Waterville, selected Val Bard as Legionnaire of the Year for 2022 in recognition of outstanding leadership and service…
Town News
Planners hear two applications for self-storage units
CHINA – China planning board members began their June 27 meeting with sequential public hearings on two applications for self-storage facilities on Route 3, from Chris Harris and Lucas Adams…
A Summer Read: Fascinating new novel about Nazi hiding in post-war South America
(NAPSI) – A daring new novel called SOLIMEOS, by Rhoda Lerman, a critically-acclaimed author who passed away in 2015, imagines what life might have been like for Nazi officers and their families in South American exile after the Holocaust…
Name that film!
Identify the film in which this famous line originated and qualify to win FREE passes to The Maine Film Center, in Waterville: “May the Force be with you.” Email us at townline@townline.org with subject “Name that film!” Deadline for submission is July 6, 2023…
Vassalboro scouts hold Blue & Gold banquet
VASSALBORO – On Sunday, June 11, Vassalboro Pack #410 held its Annual Blue & Gold Banquet along with their Charter Organization, American Legion Post #126, at St. Bridget’s Center. The camping themed banquet saw the recognition of the 17 scouts within the unit as they advance in rank. It was a family celebration that discussed many of the highlights from the year and featured an Arrow of Light Ceremony, a Crossover Ceremony, and a Flag Day Ceremony…
Legion Aux. collects items during youth month
MADISON – The month of April is recognized as Children and Youth Month as well as the Month of the Military Child. In observance of both, members of the Tardiff-Belanger American Legion Auxiliary, Unit #39, Madison, collected many essential items such as clothes, Pj’s, toothpaste, toothbrushes, diapers, jackets, socks, hygiene products for the older children, coloring books, crayons, and toys….
New Dimensions FCU receives award
WATERVILLE – New Dimensions Federal Credit Union (NDFCU) has received CUNA’s 2023 Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award! Ryan Poulin, CEO accepted the award at the Maine Credit Union League’s Annual Convention awards dinner on behalf of the entire team and financial education department for their outstanding work around financial education…
BHB&T donates to numerous nonprofit organizations
CHINA – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees recently presented more than $19,000 in donations collected through the bank’s employee-driven charitable giving program, Casual for a Cause, to nine nonprofit organizations serving Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont residents…
SCHOOL NEWS
Carrabec High School 4th quarter honor roll
NORTH ANSON – List of honor roll students at Carrabec High School…
Sarah Jeanne Rodrigue named to Husson University online’s honors list
CORNVILLE – Cornville resident Sarah Jeanne Rodrigue, was recently named to Husson University Online’s honors list, in Bangor. Rodrigue was enrolled in Husson’s Bachelor of Science in accounting program…
Linnea Estes graduates From Cedarville University
SIDNEY – Linnea Estes, from Sidney, graduated from Cedarville University, in Cedarville, Ohio, in spring 2023 with an undergraduate degree in Nursing…
Local student graduates from RPI
BENTON – Drake Zimba, of Benton, recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York, with bachelor of science degrees in business and management…
Local residents named to Clark University’s spring dean’s list
CENTRAL ME – The following local residents were named to Clark University’s Spring 2023 Dean’s List, in Worcester, Massachusetts: Brexton E. Getchell, of Unity, was named to second honors. Anna Pellerin, of Winslow, was named to first honors. Caleb J. Sacks, of Palermo, was named to second honors…
Eastern student Olivia Bourque makes spring 2023 dean’s list
VASSALBORO – Eastern Connecticut State University, in Willimantic, Connecticut, recently released its dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester, in which nearly 1,300 students were recognized for maintaining high GPAs. Among them is full-time student Olivia Bourque, of Vassalboro, a sophomore who majors in Psychology…
Gavin Murphy named to University of Rhode Island spring 2023 dean’s list
WINSLOW – The University of Rhode Island, in Kingston, Rhode Island, has announced that Gavin Murphy, of Winslow, has been named to the Spring 2023 dean’s list…
FICTION: The House, part 12: THE BIG REVEAL (conclusion)
As the police and medical examiners were led closer to the possible gravesite they could feel the sponginess of the ground. On a whim, Dave backed off and started walking toward the Jebediah Hodges statue. The ground felt solid. He informed all of his findings…. by Peg Pellerin
Webber’s Pond
Webber’s Pond is a comic drawn by an anonymous central Maine resident (click thumbnail to enlarge)…
Local happenings
EVENTS: Shakespeare group to hold auditions
AUGUSTA – Recycled Shakespeare Company will be holding auditions for their theatrical production, The Poe Experience…
Listing of local town meetings
CENTRAL ME — Listing of 2023 local town meetings in central Maine. To have your town listed, please email us at townline@townline.org…
CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Life jacket giveaway
CHINA — China Four Seasons Club invites you to participate in their annual Water Safety Program for children and young adults 16 and under. The Life Jacket Giveaway and Exchange event will take place on Saturday, July 1, 2023, on Causeway Road, in China, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., or while supplies last… and many other local events!
2022-’23 Real Estate Tax Due Dates
Real estate tax due dates for the towns of Albion, China, Fairfield, Oakland, Palermo, Sidney, Vassalboro, Waterville, Windsor and Winslow…
Obituaries
CHINA – Ronald Young, 80, passed away on Tuessday, June 20, 2023. He was born in Albion, on July 19, 1942, the son of Winnie Hall Young and Warren S. Young… and remembering 3 others.
Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Caring for the poor – Part 2 (new)
KV HISTORY — This article will continue the theme started June 14, how central Kennebec Valley towns took care of their poor residents, jumping across the Kennebec River from Augusta and Sidney to Vassalboro, Windsor, Palermo and China. The focus will remain – mostly – on the 19th century… by Mary Grow
Up and down the Kennebec Valley: The story of Independence Day
KV HISTORY — According to Wikipedia, celebrating Independence Day on July 4 each year is most likely an error. The writer of the on-line site’s article on this national holiday says that the Second Continental Congress, meeting in a closed session, approved Virginia representative Richard Henry Lee’s resolution declaring the United States independent of Great Britain on July 2, 1776… by Mary Grow
Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Society of Friends in Vassalboro
QUAKER HISTORY — On Sunday afternoon, June 18, Joann Clark Austin, of South China, a semi-retired lawyer and self-described “fifth-generation China Quaker,” spoke on the local history of Quakerism at the Vassalboro Historical Society… by Mary Grow
Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Taking care of paupers
KV HISTORY — The earliest settlers in the Kennebec Valley, as elsewhere in New England, were for the most part able-bodied and self-supporting. But within a generation or two, a settlement would be likely to have residents who were unable to support themselves… by Mary Grow
Common Ground: Win a $10 gift certificate!
DEADLINE: Wednesday, July 13, 2023
Identify the people in these three photos, and tell us what they have in common. You could win a $10 gift certificate to Hannaford Supermarket! Email your answer to townline@townline.org or through our Contact page. Include your name and address with your answer. Use “Common Ground” in the subject!
Previous winner: Carrie McGrath, So. China
Town Line Original Columnists
SCORES & OUTDOORS
by Roland D. Hallee | If you’ve ever fished the Kennebec River, you will know that many species of fish inhabit its waters. From striped bass, large and smallmouth bass, and blue fish, to Atlantic salmon, and bait fish such as alewives and American shad. But did you know that there is another denizen of the deep lurking in those waters? It is the shortnosed sturgeon. And they are endangered…
LAKE LIFE TODAY
by Elaine Philbrook | Last week’s article covered what a “beneficial buffer” along the water’s edge could look like. This week’s submission is how to “slow the flow’ of water using a rain garden before it reaches the buffer zone…
SMALL SPACE GARDENING
by Melinda Myers | Whether you are making some late additions to your gardens or planning for the future include some hummingbird-favorite plants. Select plants and create combinations to attract and support them with a season-long supply of nectar…
THE BEST VIEW
by Norma Best Boucher | Listen up! You are the first to know. I am “officially” eccentric. I can see the raised eyebrows of the people who do not know me and the rolling of the eyes of the people who do know me. For the new people, just how eccentric am I? For my friends, I have crossed the line from oddity to eccentricity—there is no stopping me now…
REVIEW POTPOURRI
by Peter Cates | From August 1915, a ten-inch acoustically recorded shellac (Columbia A1882) presents Prince’s Band under the direction of Charles Adams Prince (1868-1937), Columbia’s highly-accomplished musical jack of all trades and a relative of former Presidents John and John Quincy Adams…
MY POINT OF VIEW
by Gary Kennedy | Well, Julie and I have arrived back home from our humanitarian mission in the South Pacific. Our plane trip both going and coming was a literal nightmare which took two days each way. Lay overs were the worst of it, sleeping in airport chairs, etc., is murder on your body…
FOR YOUR HEALTH
(NAPSI) — As you and your child look to the future, many questions may arise. One often lost in these planning discussions is what are the graduate’s health insurance needs…