Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park offers nature programs on Sundays in January at 2 p.m. through Jan. 26. Programs start at the circle of benches at the end of the second parking lot unless otherwise noted, and may include walks, talks, and activities in a beautiful natural setting. Programs last about one hour, weather permitting. […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Chugging toward the New Year
Well, well, well. Holiday over, and we were not exactly models of nutritional restraint, were we? Look me in the eye. Don’t think I don’t know! Sorting through 04074-Land yellow sticky notes left on the refrigerator from 2013, we will chug, chug, chug one last time this year up the railroad tracks to tidy up […]
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EDITORIAL: Have a ‘magical’ 2014
With 2013 fading in the rear view mirror and 2014 just around a corner ahead, it’s time for Current Publishing’s annual New Year’s tradition, where we ask that most prognosticating of prognosticators – the Magic 8-Ball – a few serious and not-so-serious questions about the future. There are few scientifically based reasons to believe the […]
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Durham News – 12/25
Meetings Regular Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Wednesday closed and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561. After closing for Christmas, the Town Office re-opens Dec. 26 at 10:30 a.m. The office also will be closing on Dec. 31 at noon to the public for year-end […]
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Freeport News – 12/25/13
Guide dog program at Woman’s Club The Freeport Woman’s Club will meet at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17, in the meeting room of the Freeport Community Library. Guest speaker Kathleen Hayward will present a program about training puppies to become guide dogs for the blind. She will be accompanied by a puppy or two. Those […]
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Heart-attack spike: A sobering holiday tradition
The likely culprits, to no one’s surprise, are stress, cold weather and too much food and booze.
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Charity basketball tournament in Gorham seeks adult, youth teams
Registration is now open for Maine’s longest continuously running 3-on-3 benefit basketball tournament. The 20th Annual Dr. Noel Paradise Memorial Swish-Out and Junior Swish-Out Childhood Cancer Challenge will take place on Sunday, Jan. 26, at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Coordinated by Maine’s credit unions, teams of businesses, friends and family, and any […]
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Medic ignores own wounds, tends to others among carnage
With the four pieces of shrapnel lodged in his back and neck, Maj. John “Doc” Nelson, the 51-year-old chief medical officer for the Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion, saved an untold number of lives.
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Lakes Region Calendar- 12/20
Monday, Dec. 23: Heather Pierson and her husband, Shawn, are playing the music from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special at the Noble House Inn in Bridgton at 7 p.m. No tickets required, suggested donation is $10 per person. Please RSVP to [email protected]. Tuesday, Dec. 24: Standish Congregational Church UCC holds a Christmas Eve Service at […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: River Road runs through it
River Road in Windham is a popular thoroughfare for Windham residents as well as residents of other towns to travel to and from Westbrook. Unfortunately, its upkeep is the same as many other Maine roads where routine repairs would have kept it in good condition. In the recent past a skim coat of asphalt was […]