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MVHS Second-Quarter Honor Roll

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The 2019-2020 honor roll for the second quarter at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro is as follows:

Community Luncheon

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A community luncheon will be held at noon on Thursday, Feb. 20 at the Waldoboro United Methodist Church, in the vestry. The church is located at 85 Friendship St., Waldoboro. The luncheon is free. No reservation is required.

Mid-Coast Audubon Bird Seed Sale Fundraiser

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It is time to prepare for spring bird-feeding as people eagerly anticipate the arrival of the colorful migrants. Mid-Coast Audubon will be accepting bird seed orders through Saturday, Feb. 22 to raise funds to support bird conservation and education programming.

Rubbish! A briefing in brief

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We’ve written previously that extended producer responsibility for packaging is being considered by the Maine Legislature. Such a measure would hold producers accountable for some of the costs incurred by municipalities for the recycling or disposal of packaging materials. An extended producer responsibility program would be implemented and managed by a nongovernmental stewardship organization.

Tour of Newcastle Maple Syrup Operation on March 1

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Not long after Europeans began settling in the Northeast, local indigenous peoples showed colonists how to tap certain types of trees in the spring to collect the sap. Though methods of collection and evaporation have evolved, the resulting sweet harvest is savored today just as it was then.

Nancy Caroline (Jackson) Overton Feb. 26, 1931 - Feb. 1, 2020

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Nancy Caroline (Jackson) Overton, 88, passed peacefully at MaineGeneral Hospital (Alfond Center for Health) in Augusta on Feb,.1, 2020, after a period of failing health. Born in Springfield, Mass. on Feb. 26, 1931, she was the adopted daughter of Willis T. and Lillian B. (Boucher) Jackson of Shrewsbury, Mass., where she grew up. 

Sally Fiske Hamilton Feb. 26, 1929 - Feb. 3, 2020

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Sally Fiske Hamilton passed away at Avita of Brunswick on Feb. 3, 2020 with her daughter Sandy at her side at the age of 90. Sally was born in Gardiner on Feb. 26, 1929 to LeRoy and Hazel (Merrill) Fiske, the youngest of seven children.

Sandra McCall April 5, 1934 - Feb. 2, 2020

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Sandra McCall, 85, of South Bristol, passed away on Feb. 2, 2020. In lieu of a funeral, Sandra wished to have her remains donated to science. Sandra was born in Pen Argyl, Penn. on April 5, 1934 to Dr. Richard and Irene Rex.


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