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West Bethel
Mike and I took our Sunday morning walk along the West Branch, hoping to find some chanterelle and oyster mushrooms. We found two of the former, none of the latter. This is astounding, considering how much rain and warmth we&rsqu... xx0 Comments -
Bryant Pond
Bryant Pond By Alice Hoyt Sunday dinner guests of Ken and Alice Hoyt were Beth, Steve and Marybeth Hoover, James and Charlene Hoyt ... xx -
Locke Mills
This has not been a particularly good week. First, on Friday, I lost Garbo, my nearly 16-year-old cat. Andy brought her on the plane, along with Princess, from Washington state when he came here in 1996. She was about a year and a half old but she still looked like a little kitten... xx -
Bethel Aug. 5
Coming Up: Sundays at 4 p.m. – concert series on the Common which started Aug. 1. Sunday at 1 p.m. – Newry is hosting a hail and farewell reception at the Peaks Restaurant, South Ridge at Sunday River for retired selectman Steve Wight – (maybe he will get the Roger... xx -
West Bethel Aug. 5
Normal summer weather seems to be in force for now, without the excessive heat and humidity. But you know what they say: if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute. Mike and I drove out to the Mud City Road in the National Forest on Sunday morning, hoping to find some blackberries.... xx -
Upton Aug. 5
Pete Eames graded Back Street and Kenny Gibbons rock-raked it – I assume Barnes Road was also done, but I can't verify that because I haven't been off the mountain for a few days. Bobby Thompson and I shared the "foreman" position while Bob Brown and Joe Bernier put steel on Joe's ro... xx -
Hanover Aug. 5
Many folks may have noticed along Route 2 several fellows, a dog and the world. The world is a large ball with the earth painted on it. The dog's name is Nice. The two fellows are father and son, Eric and Ethan Bendl from Kentucky. They are walking their canvas world for diabetes awareness. The t... xx -
Gilead Aug. 5
The humidity seems to have left us for a little while. The nights are cooler and sleeping is a lot better. Progress on the removal of the old bridge over Wild River is coming right along. There were two sections removed when we drove by the other day. The traffic on the new road through to... xx -
West Paris Aug. 5
Perfect summer weather has been with us for two weeks. There is promise of at least another week of the same. People's flower gardens are in full bloom and are beautiful everywhere. Wild flowers cover the fields and roadsides. It seems a bit early but the goldenrod is everywhere tall and bright y... xx -
Mason Aug. 5
Snuffy had a rough week last week. On Tuesday morn we were awakened at about 5:30a.m. by Snuffy barking in the front yard. This wasn’t his usual gruff “Rouf! Rouf! Rouf!” It was more like, “Rouf!” pause, “Rouf!” pause, etc. I sprang from my bed to see wha... xx