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MMS to Host 25th Annual Veterans Day Assembly ELIOT Marshwood Middle School (MMS) will mark a milestone this year as it celebrates its 25th annual Veterans Day Assembly on Friday, November 7, honoring veterans, active military members, first responders, and their families. The event will take place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the school, located at 626 Dow Highway in Eliot. Guests are invited to arrive at 8:30 a.m., when students and staff will welcome them in a re-
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The program will feature student-led tributes, including
speeches, musical performances, and video presentations dedicated to local veterans and first responders. Following the assembly, guests will be treated to a luncheon served by MMS students. Additionally, veterans and first responders are welcome to stay and share their stories and experiences in small groups with the students. The event continues a longstanding Marshwood tradition of recognizing the service and sacrifice of community members
who have served in the military or emergency response roles. The school community is proud to maintain this tradition and looks forward to welcoming guests from across the region. The Veterans Day Assembly is free and open to all veterans, military personnel, first responders, and their families. For more information, email kris.bisson@rsu35.org or mms. veterans@rsu35.org, or call 207439-2438.
Crime Novelist, Maine Author Gerry Boyle at Graves Library KENNEBUNKPORT As part of the Patsy Bray Mahoney Lecture Series, Maine author Gerry Boyle will visit Graves Memorial Library to read excerpts from his books “Hard Line” and “Robbed Blind” and discuss his writing process. The presentation takes place Saturday, November 1, 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the library, located at 18 Maine Street in Kennebunkport. “Hard Line” received a bronze medal at the 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). Published by Islandport Press, the book was honored in May 2025. Boyle’s character Jack McMorrow has been a featured main character in his books for more than 30 years. Boyle is a prolific author known for more than a dozen acclaimed crime novels, includ-
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ing the Jack McMorrow mystery series, which has been translated into six languages. Other McMorrow novels, including “Random Act” and “Straw Man,” have received the Maine Literary Award for crime fiction. Refreshments during the talk will be provided by the Graves Library Snack Team. Copies of the books will be available for purchase and signing after the program. Gerry Boyle was born in Chicago, where his paternal grandparents settled as young Irish immigrants. His parents moved to Rhode Island when Boyle was a toddler. He had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing there, surrounded by siblings and books. After gradu-
SEACOAST You came, you carved, you conquered Halloween. Now, what to do with those leftover pumpkins, gourds and apples? According to the U.S. Department of Energy, 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkin end up in landfills across the country, each year. Organic waste like pumpkins, apples, and gourds will not properly break down in oxygendeprived landfills. Instead, decomposition produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas which contributes to rising global greenhouse gas emissions. As an alternative to adding to landfill waste, here are some eco-friendly ideas to help get rid
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1999 but continued to write an occasional column until 2001. The ideas for many of Jack McMorrow’s adventures began
with Boyle’s experiences roaming around Maine looking for See GRAVES on page 12 . . .
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ating from high school in Warwick, RI, Boyle attended Colby College in Waterville, where he studied literature. He also wrote short stories and poetry. It was his first taste of writing – and of Maine – and he was hooked. Boyle left Maine for a time but eventually returned and landed a job with the Rumford Falls Times, a small weekly newspaper in the small mill town of Rumford. His beats at the paper included high school wrestling, for which he admits he was eminently unqualified. After a few months, Boyle started work at the Morning Sentinel, a daily newspaper in Waterville. He worked as a reporter before becoming a full-time columnist. He left the newspaper in
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of this year’s jack-o-lantern. Kittery residents looking to dispose of post-Halloween pumpkins, gourds and apples in a sustainable way can bring them to the Kittery Resource Recovery Facility (KRRF) and add them to the compost pile
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They can be turned into soups, purees, or mashes, or sliced in half to create a bird feeder or planter. Home gardeners may add pumpkins to their compost piles after removing seeds and any decorative material such as glitter, paint, stickers, or candle wax. Slicing the pumpkin into smaller pieces and burying them in the compost helps them break down faster. Provided the pumpkins aren’t moldy or filled with wax, consider donating them to a local farm for animal feed. While individual animal tastes vary from farm to farm, many pigs, chickens, cattle, sheep and goats will See PUMPKINS on page 12 . . .
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during Hazardous Waste hours: Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays, 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Composting is free to residents with a valid KRRF sticker. Uncarved pumpkins in good condition can also be repurposed for food or crafts.
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