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CONWAY — Justin Chaffee’s story could be the plot of one of his own movies: a local kid with two lifelong passions — tennis and film — who tur…
CONWAY — A local man faces charges after allegedly slapping a teenage patron's head at the movie theater, then running from police and threate…
The 46th annual MaineHealth Memorial Hospital Golf Open took center stage at the Wentworth Golf Club in Jackson on July 16. The tournament was…
FREEDOM — Be it ever so humble, there’s nothing quite so sweet as Old Home Week.
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CONWAY — Justin Chaffee’s story could be the plot of one of his own movies: a local kid with two lifelong passions — tennis and film — who turned both into careers.
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Brooks William Wade was born July 19, 2026, at the Family Birthing Center at MaineHealth Memorial Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces.
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Excuse me while I disrupt the endless cycle of apocalyptic headlines to bring you a little hope. Of all the issues that I’ve ever championed, none has touched as many hearts as the ongoing effort to save the Lyman Mountain watershed and the cherished view of the Little White Church in Eaton.…
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TAMWORTH — In 2001, the Women of Tamworth made headlines around the world with a calendar that featured artful, whimsically posed nude portraits of local women to raise money for charity.
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Gerard “Jerry” Bergeron, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, surrounded by his family following a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. Jerry was born in 1950 in Haverhill, Mass., the son of Paul and Therese Bergeron.
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The 46th annual MaineHealth Memorial Hospital Golf Open took center stage at the Wentworth Golf Club in Jackson on July 16. The tournament was founded in 1980 by former Congressman Bill Zeliff and Jackson businessman Lee Harmon. Then and now, the goal for the tournament was to raise some fun…
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LOVELL, Maine — Rich and Gloria Kushel love the area around Kezar Lake at the foothills of the White Mountains at Maine’s western border. So much so that they’ve been buying hundreds of acres of undeveloped forest in recent years just to keep it that way.
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ALBANY — Exceptional craftsmanship meets mountain living in this stunning three-bedroom, 2.5-bath timber peg post and beam home.
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The Conway School Board voted to add a 2-by-6-foot digital display to the existing sign at Kennett High School at the entrance to Eagles Way. However, the Conway Planning Board will review the proposal before installation, though it’s not clear the board has the right to deny it because the …
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FREEDOM — Be it ever so humble, there’s nothing quite so sweet as Old Home Week.
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BROWNFIELD, Maine — Some shows are easy to recommend. Others become part of Stone Mountain Arts Center folklore. Freddy & Francine are firmly in that second category.
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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…
