York Town News
"FROM THE FRONT" TO HONOR VETERANS ON NOV. 7 AND 14. Old York Historical Society and the York Public Library will present the first in a two-part Brown Bag Lunch Series, "From the Front," on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Presented in honor of Veterans Day, Old York Historical Society Executive Director Scott Stevens will read excerpts from letters home by two York men who volunteered for the First Maine Cavalry during the Civil War. Henry Woodward and Albert Moulton were friends, and their letters to relatives in York relate their progress from training camp in Portland to the battlefields of northern Virginia during the last year of the war, including Henry's wounding and capture in a raid on Richmond. The letters offer their experiences of camp life, training, combat and politics and aspects of life in York in the mid-19th century are also revealed. Then, on Tuesday, Nov. 14, the second program in the series will feature a panel of World War II veterans and homefront supporters who will share their experiences as part of Remembrances of Wartime, an oral history project conducted by Patricia Burke of Sentry Hill. Pictured are some of the Nov. 14 participants, Margaret Dixon, Nat Bellantone, Arthur Dixon, Paul Wentworth and Arthur Higgins. Both programs will be held at the York Public Library from noon to 1 p.m. and there will be time for questions and discussion following each program. Guests are encouraged to bring a lunch and memories of their own to share; Old York will provide a beverage. The programs are free; however, donations will be most gratefully accepted at the door. See the Nov. 8 edition of The Independent for more on this special event.
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BUILDING BRIDGES. After the toll the Mother's Day storm took on local roads, there was some good news for Cape Neddick residents last week as the massive culvert pictured here was delivered and the Department of Public Works could begin its restoration project on Logging Road. The project is expected to be completed in mid-November.
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GROWING FOR A GOOD CAUSE. York's own 4-H group, the Coastal Clovers, has been hard at work over the past six months raising their own vegetables to benefit The Table of Plenty here in town. Russ Osgood of Coastal Clovers explained that the project began early in the spring when the group members planted potatoes and onions and learned about cultivating them from local resident and York Police Sgt. Brian Curtin. The intent was to donate the produce to a good cause, Osgood said, and on Tuesday, Oct. 24, a bushel of potatoes was donated to the Table of Plenty. Pictured are Curtin and some of the 4-H members, Mackenzie Curtin, Fiona Leahy, Isabel Leahy, Julia Leahy and Grace Ciccarelli, digging the potatoes one week earlier. Now in its second year, this local 4-H group has displayed its work at the Acton Fair and Ossipee Valley Fair within the past year. 4-H is a learn-by-doing child education program sponsored by the University of Maine Extension and run by volunteers. You can find more on 4-H at www.umext.maine.edu/counties/york.htm or www.maine4h.umaine.edu.
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PROTECTING YOUR IDENTITY. Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe was at the York Senior Center on Thursday, Oct. 26, discussing the problem of identity theft and offering tips to seniors so that they can better protect themselves from this threat. Rowe, pictured here, spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at the center.
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