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SNAPSHOT: A mooving experience

Ethan Noordyk strings an electric fence Monday at Oaklands Farm in Gardiner before moving a herd of grass raised cattle to the new pasture. The field had several moist spots from recent storms but Noordyk and farmer Logan Johnston hung the wires and planned to move the beef critters ahead of rain forecast later this […]

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Penobscot dam destruction begins

INDIAN ISLAND — Bill Towsend is an old man now, at 84, but steady enough on his feet to walk down the muddy bank of the Penobscot River and watch as excavators smashed the defunct concrete fishway of the Great Works Dam.

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Big-ticket items top warrant

LITCHFIELD — Two big-ticket items — both for vehicles — are on the warrant for the annual Town Meeting, which begins 10 a.m. Saturday at the Litchfield Sportsmen’s Club.

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WEDNESDAY’S EVENTS

Barbershop chorus: Maine-ly Harmony Women’s Barbershop Chorus rehearsal, 6:30 p.m., Veterans Affairs hospital at Togus, Building 205, Room 112; all women are welcome; call 582-5523.

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Route 197 bridge will close June 18

LITCHFIELD — The Route 197 bridge over the Maine Turnpike will be closed for repairs and motorists detoured around it for about three weeks beginning Monday, June 18.