ROME — Richard Hamlin LaBelle received Rome’s Boston Post Cane at a celebration held July 20 at the Rome Community Center. LaBelle was born Oct. 3, 1927, in Pearl River, New York, according to a news release from town officials. After serving in the Navy in World War II, LaBelle married Lois Mosher and settled […]
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Palermo Community Garden plans community cookout
Palermo Community Garden is set to hold a community cookout at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, behind the gray mobile home at 26 Veterans Way. The event will be held rain or shine. The menu includes pulled pork and cornbread, along with turkey, cowboy beans, garden-fresh salads and home-baked desserts. Tickets cost $10, or $5 […]
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Gardiner utilizes Project Canopy awards to beautify city
The Gardiner’s Gardeners have utilized Project Canopy awards to add flower gardens at the Waterfront Park, the overflowing planters lining Water Street, and added landscaping along the Cobbosee Stream and the Gardiner Commons. Funds from these grants helped Gariner’s Tree Committee complete a three-year master plan established to add 30 trees to the Gardiner Common. […]
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Community Day in Waterville set for July 27
WATERVILLE — The Colby College Museum of Art plans to host its annual Community Day from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 27. The museum invites members of the community on campus for a day of free art workshops, music, food, and interactive gallery experiences for people of all ages. Participants may create their own […]
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Musician Pete Kilpatrick plans Vienna Union Hall performance
Maine based singer/songwriter Pete Kilpatrick plans to take the stage at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at Vienna Union Hall. Kilpatrick grew up with a deep and resounding love of melody. With no formal training in music, he picked up the acoustic guitar at the age of 16 and began teaching himself how to […]
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Farmington-based United Way Packs for Progress underway
FARMINGTON — The United Way of the Tri-Valley Area is accepting applications for its back-to-school Packs for Progress program. To complete an application and for more information, visit uwtva.org. People should check out the new eligibility guidelines as well. The deadline for applications is Monday, Aug. 5. Pickup dates will be the week of Aug. […]
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Virtual co-parenting, blending families workshop offered
This workshop aims to support parents in developing a cooperative approach that benefits both the children and the adults involved.
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Commentary: Can Kamala Harris change a presidential race barely affected by a series of seismic events?
Donald Trump famously said in 2016 that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn’t lose any voters.” What sounded like an extraordinary exaggeration at the time has essentially been proven correct: Despite a cascade of disasters, defeats, impeachments, indictments and other events that would have derailed other politicians’ […]
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Maine’s public defense commission relaxes some of its attorney eligibility rules
In an effort to address the state’s public defense crisis, the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services voted to make it easier for some lawyers to get waivers for their experience and training requirements.