Parade participation forms can be found of the chamber’s website.
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Winthrop has uncontested races, Mount Vernon voters to weigh in on comprehensive plan
Voters in both towns will have few choices to make when they turn out to the polls on Nov. 5.
A seal’s journey focus of Oct. 26 program in Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON — Marine Mammals of Maine, an animal and humane society in Harpswell, will share a seal’s journey at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, 344 Pond Road. The program will cover from stranding to release, and all of the obstacles in between. Seal basics will be discussed such […]
Writers of the Metroplex to begin meeting Oct. 16 in Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON — A new writer’s group, Writers of the Metroplex, will meet for the first time at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, 344 Pond Road, to decide how often to meet and to organize. Several area people who share interest in writing and sharing poetry, short fiction, and […]
Rising from the ashes in Mount Vernon
A week after Barn Boards and More’s Mount Vernon workshop burned, the company that salvages old barns and makes furniture is putting the pieces of the business back together in a different way.
Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber honors 3 businesses
Recognized were Knowles Lumber, D. R. Struck Landscape Nursery, Community Advertiser.
Dr. Shaw library story program to begin Oct. 9
MOUNT VERNON — Alice Olson, head librarian at the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, will conduct a four-week Wednesday morning story program from 10 to 11 a.m. through Oct. 30 at the library at 344 Pond St. The program will include story time and a craft. The theme will center around silly stories, autumn, scarecrows, and […]
MDIFW honors Mann, Smith for lifetime of outdoor achievement
AUGUSTA — Charlie Mann, of Winthrop, and George Smith, of Mount Vernon, were honored recently with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. The department commissioner Judy Camuso presented the award to Smith and Elaine Mann, Charlie’s widow, at the annual Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine banquet held Sept. 14. The […]
Mount Vernon man volunteers time repairing centuries-old headstones
As gravestones fell, Bob Grenier decided it was not right to leave them and has stepped up to repair the graves after a funding commitment by the town for equipment.
Impaired man summoned in Waterville for accompanying permittee is State Trooper
Daniel Murray, a Maine State Trooper from Mount Vernon, was summoned on Tuesday after being stopped by Waterville Police for accompanying a 15-year-old permit driver while intoxicated.