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    January 20, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: Smoldering snowmobile

    Firefighter Jim Lane examines the smoking remains of a snowmobile that burned in Fairfield on Thursday. Owner Justin Bouchard said he had done some recent work on head gaskets on the Arctic Cat and took it out for a ride. “It started up real easy and while I was running it, I saw smoke and flames and jumped off,” Bouchard said.

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    January 10, 2012

    STILL LIFE: Cleaning the sheet

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    January 9, 2012

    SNAPSHOT: Fishing fun

    Rob Liberty of Fairfield checks one of his ice traps as his son, Connor, skates to him holding a fish he caught Sunday on Messalonskee Lake in Oakland. Rob Liberty said the ice was nearly five inches deep. “This (fishing) beats sitting on the couch,” he said.

  • Published
    January 3, 2012

    In Thorndike, gutted church doesn’t deter congregation

    THORNDIKE — The fire that destroyed the Thorndike Congregational Church did not stop the parishioners from having Sunday services.

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    January 3, 2012

    Church members reaffirm desire to rebuild after fire

    THORNDIKE — The fire that destroyed the Thorndike Congregational Church did not stop the parishioners from holding Sunday services.

  • Published
    December 29, 2011

    Blaze leaves Thorndike church in ruins

    THORNDIKE — The century-old Thorndike Congregational Church was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, and trustees say they will rebuild.

  • Published
    December 29, 2011

    Thorndike church destroyed by fire

    THORNDIKE — The century-old Thorndike Congregational Church was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, and trustees say they will rebuild.

  • Published
    December 15, 2011

    SNAPSHOT: Seeing red

    Harlan Benner carries a poinsettia plant through rows of flowers Wednesday at Sunset Flowerland in Fairfield Center. Benner said the greenhouse grew 6,700 plants and 15 varieties of poinsettias this season.

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    December 14, 2011

    Salvation Army needs bell help

    WATERVILLE — The Salvation Army could use a hand this holiday season. Many hands, especially ones attached to tiny red bells.

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    December 8, 2011

    SNAPSHOT: Salvage and repair

    Justin Smith throws burned lumber off the second floor of a home on Weston Avenue in Madison on Wednesday. The house sustained serious damage in an arson fire set Nov. 30, 2010. Co-owner Alan Ward said the house will be rebuilt after salvage work is complete and will be smaller. Ward did not know when the house will be finished.