Issue for October 13, 2022

Celebrating 34 years of local news

Local sports figures inducted into Legends Hall

Mike Roy, of Waterville, and Bethany LaFountain, of Winslow, are two of seven 2022 inductees into the Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honors. In addition, seven student athletes, including Brooke McKenney, of Madison Memorial High School, and Emily Rhodes, of Lawrence High School , in Fairfield, are this year’s selections. The Legends organization was founded in the 1990s honoring individuals who have contributed to athletics to provide additional support to Maine high school graduates who plan to continue their education and participation in athletics… by Mark Huard

Your Local News

Planners discuss revised commercial solar farm plan

VASSALBORO – Vassalboro Planning Board members spent the first hour of their two-and-a-half hour Oct. 4 meeting on a revised commercial solar farm plan, and the rest of the time on preliminary discussion of town solar regulations…

Local and state questions to be on Nov. 8 ballot

VASSALBORO – At the polls on Nov. 8, Vassalboro voters will make decisions on local ballot questions and state elections. The questions are presented on two sheets of paper, a two-sided local ballot and a two-sided state ballot…

OPINIONS: Let’s move as quickly as possible to renewable energy

from David Jenney (Vassalboro resident) Vassalboro will have a ballot item in November asking residents if they would like a 180-day, with conditions, moratorium on commercial solar arrays. I urge fellow residents of Vassalboro to vote no on the moratorium…

LETTERS: Swift a proven listener

from Jeanne Marquis (China) We have vital issues ahead in the 131st legislative session. We need Pam Swift MD with her decades of experience in women’s healthcare and agriculture for Representative in District 62. She is passionate about Health policy, Agricultural policy and Environmental policy. She sees these three areas as inextricably intertwined…

LETTERS: Changing vote to Hemenway

from Stephanie Guerry (Belfast) With only one month ahead of us to election day, we must now research and determine who our treasured votes belong to. I have decided to vote for Stephen J. Hemenway based on policy and principle beliefs solely…

LETTERS: Enjoyed M*A*S*H story

from Kitty Clair Gee (Chesterville) I really enjoyed reading the Story behind the creator of M*A*S*H. I lived in Waterville in the ‘50s and ‘60s and I remember Dr. Hornberger and Dr. Pratt very well. They were wonderful doctors. I also remember another, Dr. Clarence Dore. He was “one of a kind.” I look forward to your paper every week in my mailbox. Keep up the good work. Thank you…

EVENTS: SRLT moves nature series to Waterville

WATERVILLE – On October 19, in recognition of Halloween and Bat Month, Cory Stearns, from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, will speak about the important ecological role and status of the eight bat species that fly in Maine. Cory is the MDIFW small mammal biologist…

EVENTS: 26th annual Maine International Film Festival opens submissions

WATERVILLE – The Maine Film Center has opened submissions for the 26th annual Maine International Film Festival (MIFF). The Festival, scheduled for July 7-16, 2023, will be hosted at the Paul J. Schupf Arts Center, which will be the new home for the Maine Film Center, in downtown Waterville…

Brandi Meisner, selected for U.S. Chamber Foundation Education and Workforce Fellowship Program

WATERVILLE – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has announced Brandi Meisner, Vice President of Operations, at Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, was selected to participate in the seventh cohort of its premiere business leadership program…

AccuWeather forecast calls for winter previews in Nov. and Dec.

CENTRAL ME – This winter is indeed looking like a snowy one across most of the northern tier of the contiguous United States, but AccuWeather senior meteorologist Paul Pastelok says, there is more to the forecast than just snowstorms…

Efficiency Maine offers $100 rebate on home weatherization products

CENTRAL ME – Efficiency Maine kicked off a special promotion to raise awareness about resources that will help Maine homeowners and tenants stay warm and manage their heating bills during the upcoming winter heating season…

TEAM PHOTO: 2022 Waterville Youth Spirit Squad

WATERVILLE – Team photo Waterville Youth Spirit Squad, by Central Maine Photography…

Name that film!

Identify the film in which this famous line originated and qualify to win FREE passes to Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville: “There’s no crying in baseball.” Email us at townline@townline.org with subject “Name that film!” Deadline for submission is November 3, 2022…

Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Waterville historic district – Part 7 (new)

WATERVILLE HISTORY – The subseries on 19th-century Waterville businessmen continues in this article, beginning with Aaron Plaisted, born in 1831, and his family, and ending with Luther Soper, born in 1852. For variety, your writer added a medical professional (who was also a businessman)… by Mary Grow [1609 words]

Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Waterville historic district – Part 6

WATERVILLE HISTORY – This article is planned as the first of a three-part subseries in which your writer introduces readers to some of the businessmen (and other people) mentioned in the previous weeks’ descriptions of Waterville’s Main Street Historic District, and sometimes to members of their families… by Mary Grow [1464 words]

Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Waterville historic district – Part 5

WATERVILLE HISTORY – Returning to the 2016 enlargement of Waterville’s Main Street Historic District, the final two buildings included are the four-story Cyr Building/Professional Building, on the northeast corner of Main and Appleton streets at 177-179 Main Street; and the Elks Club, on the north side of Appleton Street… by Mary Grow [1727 words]

The story behind the creation of M*A*S*H

MAINE HISTORY – The show was based on the movie of the same name, which came out in 1970; and the movie was based on the novel MASH, written by Richard Hooker and published in 1968 by William Morrow & Company… by Mary Grow

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Nate Gray to address Vassalboro Historical Society

VASSALBORO — The Vassalboro Historical Society hosts Nate Gray, of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, for a talk on “River Herring Ecology and History”, at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16, at the society headquarters in the former schoolhouse, 327 Main Street, in East Vassalboro. Admission is free… and many other local events!

Webber’s Pond

Webber’s Pond is a comic drawn by an anonymous central Maine resident (click thumbnail to enlarge)…

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

MANCHESTER – Aileen Burhoe Wescott, 80, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022. Aileen was born on March 25, 1942, in Farm­ington, to Wal­lace and Ma­rian (Becker) Bamford. She graduated from Mt. Blue High School, in Farmington, and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine at Orono… and remembering 6 others.

Town Line Original Columnists

Roland D. HalleeSCORES & OUTDOORS

by Roland D. Hallee | It’s always a sad time of the year when we have to close up camp. That is a ritual my wife and I do every year on the last weekend of September. While taking a break during last Saturday’s “just gorgeous” day, we started to rehash the last six months. It has been a strange summer…

FINANCIAL FOCUS

by Sasha Fitzpatrick | Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” But as you chart your financial course, what steps should you take to help you keep moving forward to where you want to go?…

Peter CatesREVIEW POTPOURRI

by Peter Cates | Memory is a 2022 film starring Liam Neeson as a very skilled contract killer who is encountering ominous moments of forgetfulness and has an older brother already incapacitated by Alzheimer’s…

I’M JUST CURIOUS

by Debbie Walker | You know I hate to do this to you, but I think it best I pass this information to you before you need it. Yes, winter is fast approaching for you. In Florida, about the only thing coming are more days the temperature is just about perfect. Our worst day here would be like one of your nice fall days…

GROWING YOUR BUSINESS

by Dan Beaulieu | No matter what anyone tells you, business is not hard, being a good business person is not hard. Being a person who is respected and sometimes even esteemed is not that difficult. Being someone that others turn to in their time of need is easy…

SMALL SPACE GARDENING

by Melinda Myers | Whether your indoor garden has outgrown its location or you are looking to expand your garden, a bit of pinching, pruning or propagating may be the answer. Grooming houseplants keeps your indoor garden looking its best and plants contained to the available space. You can use some of the trimmings to start new plants…

LIFE ON THE PLAINS

by Roland D. Hallee | This week we will begin our historic stroll on the east side of Water St….

FOR YOUR HEALTH

(NAPSI) | Migraine can happen to anyone, even children and teens. About ten percent of kids aged 5 to 15 experience migraine. Heredity plays an important role in measuring the risk for migraine as most people who suffer from it have a family history of the disorder…