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FRYEBURG, Maine — It seems like only a second ago, it was summer, yet here we are in autumn and snow is even in the forecast.
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By Kristen Santuccio
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EMMONS, West Virginia — He was a gangly, strapping youth, fired with idealism and ambition, hampered by a last name that was a synonym both for great wealth and grand theft. His breeding showed; he noticed an antique table here or a crocheted bedspread there. But his instincts showed, too: H…
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TAMWORTH — Twenty-five years after the launch of the Women of Tamworth Calendar, its original models return for Women of Tamworth: Then & Now.
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It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Barbara Cleveland, who died peacefully on Oct. 13, 2026, in Destin, Fla., surrounded by her children and best friend.
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HOLDERNESS — On the heels of a successful home meet, the Kennett High mountain biking team, along with stateline neighbors Fryeburg Academy, closed the book on the fall racing season with strong performances at the Northern New England Mountain Bike Championships St.John's Prep in Danvers, M…
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CONWAY — The first public hearing held by the Conway Planning Board on the town zoning ordinance rewrite took place last Thursday, Nov. 5. The proposed 128-page ordinance is intended to reorganize existing zoning regulations and eliminate redundant requirements but maintain currently permitt…
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BERLIN — Plans to raze the former Woolworth’s department store building at 121 Main St. are moving forward and with it, a step toward the remaking of downtown Berlin’s look.
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To alleviate traffic in North Conway Village, Conway selectmen floated the idea in September of extending the North-South Road, a concept first proposed 25 years ago when the road was built. Town officials this week presented the school board with options, one of which would extend it to Pin…
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CONWAY — The always treasured first sight of snow on the summit of Mount Washington greeted valley residents the morning of Friday the 13th, which, unlike seeing a black cat cross your path, is always a lucky sign of things to come.
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SUGAR HILL — The Weathervane Theatre presents “The Santaland Diaries” as part of its holiday season. Hailed by The Chicago Reader as “funny, foul-mouthed and festive,” David Sedaris’ satirical autobiographical comedy will perform at the Sugar Hill Meeting House on Monday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m., …
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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…
