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CONWAY — Former Selectman Mary Carey Seavey says she was not the subject of personnel complaints regarding a municipal employee that the town acknowledged this week following a right-to-know request filed by The Conway Daily Sun. Seavey's statement was confirmed by Town Manager John Eastman.
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JACKSON — Looking for a weekend that feels like a true community celebration?
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There's a new-ish "movement" that has entered our cultural vernacular and has been cultivating in the petri dish of our climate of political extremism. "Masculinism" is a socio-political ideology centered on men's issues, but it goes much deeper. Masculinism is not to be confused with mascul…
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CONWAY — For two students in MaineHealth Memorial’s Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program, the path to a health care career has been anything but typical.
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It is with deep respect and heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of Laurence M. Brownell “Grampy” of Center Ossipee, N.H., who departed this life peacefully on May 10, 2026, at the remarkable age of 105.
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FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Academy track team was back in action on May 8 with a meet at Wells High School in Wells, Maine. The FA girls finished second on the windy afternoon, while the boys from Fryeburg placed third overall. The two teams combined for 40 new personal records.
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CONWAY — Despite the weather raining “cats and dogs,” supporters of the Conway Area Humane Society still came out in full force for the annual Humane Hero Dinner & Auction held on May 14 at Cranmore Mountain Resort.
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MADISON — Tucked in the heart of the Eidelweiss community, 9 Oak Ridge Road sits on a quiet lot with a freshly graveled drive leading to a completely transformed exterior with new siding, trim, windows, doors and a standing seam metal roof, all done in 2022.
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Longtime Conway selectmen Mary Seavey and John Colbath unexpectedly resigned recently. Seavey, who was re-elected this April, had served on the board for 15 years, the past six as chair. Colbath was in the middle of his fourth term. Colbath simply said he was resigning for “personal reasons …
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JACKSON — Well, they always say it ain’t over till the fat lady sings — and whoever she is, she’ll no doubt be singing disco with Motor Booty Affair when they take to the stage at Black Mountain this evening for the final weekend of the long 2025-26 ski season, the longest in the independent…
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CONWAY — Fresh from this spring’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, vocalist and songwriter Maggie Koerner brings her soulful, intimate music to the Majestic Theatre on Saturday,.
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Baman Stone came to Fryeburg, Maine, in 1873 to be minister of Fryeburg’s Congregational Church, but just four years later, he was “uninstalled” — or fired, in common parlance. Too liberal, would be my guess, especially since he went straight from that posting to found a congregation of Swed…
