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Libraries sponsor Mr. Harley concert

Winslow and Waterville public libraries have joined forces to bring children’s performer Mr. Harley to Maine for a free family concert at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at Fort Halifax Park.

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Wood named Caregiver of the Year

FARMINGTON — Surgical Services Director Rebecca Wood was recently named Caregiver of the Year for Franklin Memorial Hospital according to a press release from Gerald Cayer, executive vice president. Cayer made the announcement during a recent manager’s meeting, praising Wood’s 14 years of service at the facility.

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Industry plans Fourth of July events

INDUSTRY — The Fourth of July activities will include the following; a boat parade at dusk on Friday; a Group Paddle will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday; fireworks will be Saturday at dusk (rain date: Sunday). Cost is $10 per vehicle.

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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “The Age of Edison” and “Unleashed”

THE AGE OF EDISON: ELECTRIC LIGHT AND THE INVENTION OF MODERN AMERICA By Ernest Freeberg Penguin Press, 2013 368 pages, $27.95 ISBN 978-1-59420-426-5   In the early 1880s the development of the incandescent lightbulb was “one of the signal achievements of our technological age,” according to historian Ernest Freeberg, sparking a widespread wave of invention […]

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Waterville’s Arts Fest postponed this year

WATERVILLE — Citing declining registrations and diminished sponsorship, committee members have decided to postpone this year’s Arts Fest, originally scheduled for July 27 in downtown Waterville, according to a Waterville Main Street press release.