East of Eden, an eight-bedroom, 15,000-square-foot Bar Harbor mansion that is on the National Register of Historic Places, is going on the auction block. The 12-bath waterfront house that sits on nearly 9 acres of land fronting Frenchman Bay has been on the market for about two years, initially at $15.5 million and more recently […]
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Voices in Harmony Choir preparing for 19th season
The Voices in Harmony Choir’s 19th season has four choirs and are open for new singers. Choirs will learn songs from the movies for the Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 concerts with two professional soloists and musicians. Everyone is welcome to register to sing. Voices in Harmony is preparing for a 20th anniversary year in 2020 with […]
Waterboro selectmen amend costly driveway ordinance
WATERBORO – On Tuesday, selectmen amended Waterboro”s driveway entrance ordinance because they felt it was costing taxpayers too much money. In 2015, the Waterboro Board of Selectmen approved an ordinance that outlined the method for installing new driveways, detailing the permit process, construction standards and more. Under the terms of that ordinance, the owner of […]
Saco school board to appeal city decision
SACO — The Saco School Department is appealing the city’s order to move Pre-Kindergarten operations out of a building at 5 Willey Road, and in the meantime has a one-year alternate solution for the program. The School Department signed a 10-year lease that began on July 1 for a former day care building on 5 […]
Waterboro teen injured in Tuesday night crash
NORTH WATERBORO – A 17-year-old Waterboro youth was taken by helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland Tuesday night after his vehicle crashed on New Dam Road in Waterboro and caught fire. York County Sheriff William L, King Jr., said Dylan Tardif of North Waterboro is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. Late Wednesday afternoon, […]
Who is condemning Denmark?
Editor, Mark Aberletain stated in a recent Letter to the Editor that “we are now condemning Denmark because the prime minister there, Mette Frederiksen, expressed the sentiment that the country did not want to sell Greenland to the United States.” “Expressed the sentiment?” That characterization is not even close to accurate. The Prime Minister’s actual […]
Gary Scott Smith: Patrick Henry, Patriot
Among America’s amazing pantheon of founders, Patrick Henry stands out for his stirring speeches and fervent commitment to liberty, virtue, and small government. The Virginia planter, lawyer, and politician strongly denounced Great Britain’s political and economic control of the American colonies and played a leading role in the movement for independence. More controversially, Henry’s love […]
Hospice chorus seeks new members
YORK COUNTY — Harbour Singers, a hospice chorus serving Southern Maine, is accepting new members in September. Singing in small groups, chorus members offer the healing gift of song at bedside to people nearing the end of life, in care settings such as hospice, nursing facilities, or at home. The choral group has sung bedside […]
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