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Floyd Winnfield Enman (1926-2010)

By admin • Sep 6th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

FARMINGTON - Floyd Winnfield Enman, 84, of Farmington, passed away peacefully, Friday Sept. 3, 2010, at his home in Farmington.
He was born on Feb. 7, 1926, in New Sharon, the son of Samuel Newnhan and Suzzanna Enman. Floyd attended Farmington schools before being drafted in the U.S. Marines on May 18, 1944. He [...]



Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic winners announced

By admin • Sep 6th, 2010 • Category: Sports

RANGELEY - Congratulations go to all participants of the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce 17th Annual Golf Classic at beautiful Mingo Springs Golf Course. Teams enjoyed a wonderful post-game social hour, dinner and awards at the Country Club Inn with master of ceremonies, Rick Walker.



Falling into Fall

By admin • Sep 6th, 2010 • Category: Features, News

Photographer Tony Nazar captured early fall at the beaver pond behind Wilton Public Safety Building in Wilton.



Farmington group calls on senators to protect the Clean Air Act and act on climate change

By admin • Sep 5th, 2010 • Category: Happenings

AUGUSTA - Wednesday afternoon, in the midst of a heat wave strong enough to prompt a Maine heat advisory, a group of Franklin County residents met outside the offices of Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe to protest what they see as the senators’ inaction on the looming climate crisis.



Alaska Experience: Teacher’s report

By admin • Sep 5th, 2010 • Category: Features, News

By Tim Shumway

Quyana!

The Alaska Experience for 10 Mt. Blue Middle School students has come to an end. They are safely on their way back home after an amazing and exciting 10 days in the Last Frontier. It hardly seems possible that after more than a year of planning, fundraising, learning, and corresponding with our Alaskan counterparts, it has all come and gone.



Mt. Blue runners race to a first place

By admin • Sep 5th, 2010 • Category: Sports

FARMINGTON - Mt. Blue Cross Country Home Meet Results for Sept. 3:
5K vs: Mt. Blue, Boothbay, Messalonskee, MCI, Lawrence
Course Record: Melody Lam (9/8/09) 21:45.1
Girls:
1. Addie Cullenberg Mt. Blue 21:47
2. Meaghan Collier Mess 22:50
3. Gwen Beacham Mt. Blue 23:30
4. Rebecca Luce Mess 23:58
5. Emily Reed Mt. Blue 24:11
6. Louisa Stancioff Mt. Blue 24:18
7. Sophia Thayer Bbay 24:48
8. Liz Young Mess 24:55
9. Samara Garcia Law 25:21
10. Eliza [...]



Results for Carthage Splash Fun Day

By admin • Sep 5th, 2010 • Category: Happenings

CARTHAGE - First place for the second year in a row is The Webb River Valley ATV Club with the characters from Peanuts.



Letter to the Editor: Sisk and TransCanada

By admin • Sep 5th, 2010 • Category: Opinion

The Sisk project is back on the LURC drawing board. The LURC commissioners rejected their initial proposal for 15 turbines but now TransCanada has been given another go at their ill-conceived plan to expand their northern Franklin County wind turbine empire.
We hear the same arguments about jobs and green power time and time again but [...]



Phyllis Jones Thomas (1927-2010)

By admin • Sep 5th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

FARMINGTON - Phyllis Jones Thomas, age 82, of North Anson died on Sept 1, 2010 at Orchard Park Rehabilitation and Living Center in Farmington.

Phyllis Jones Thomas

She was born on Sept. 21, 1927 in Clinton, Maine the daughter of Harry and
Gertrude Frost Jones and was educated in the schools of Norridgewock.
She married Berlis Thomas in the 1950s [...]



Alaska Adventure Day 10: Aqutak, how to skin a rabbit and more

By admin • Sep 4th, 2010 • Category: Features, News

By Victoria Newbill

Waking up this morning was kind of hard. We had to wake up 30 minutes earlier than usual because we were planning on Skyping with the Cadillac Community eighth graders back at Mt. Blue. It was so nice seeing all my friends, and now I miss them even more.