JULY is National Ice Cream Month.....Time for a Visit to Your Favorite Local Ice Cream Parlor

 

JULY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH!!

CELEBRATE

by ENJOYING A CONE

from Your

FAVORITE

LEBANON AREA ICE CREAM PARLOR~

 

SCHOOL HOUSE ICE CREAM

253 Bakers Grant Road, North Lebanon, Maine

Find out More HERE

http://www.schoolhouseicecreammaine.com/

 

LICK ME ICE CREAM

1716 Carl Broggi Highway (Rt 202), Lebanon Maine

Find out More HERE

https://www.facebook.com/lickmeicecreamstand

 

and just over the border in Rochester, NH

LONE OAK ICE CREAM

175 Milton Road, (Rt 125), Rochster, NH

Find out More HERE

http://www.loneoakicecream.com/

 

and in neighboring Sanford, ME

SHAINE'S of MAINE ICE CREAM

1491 Main Street, Sanford, ME

Find out More HERE

http://www.shainsofmaine.com

 

 

 

 

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Announces Family Field Day on Swan Island.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is hosting a family field day on Swan Island in Richmond from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, August 1, 2015.
This event is designed to provide fun and learning for the whole family. Activities include fishing, archery, geocaching, orienteering, ATVing, trapping, firearms (both shogun and rifle), bird house building, paddling, a working dog demonstration and more! All equipment and instruction will be provided.
The cost to attend is $5.00 per person or $20.00 for a family. Participants will be able to complete six 50-minute sessions on topics of their choosing with a break for lunch.  This event is also a perfect opportunity to explore the island, a great place to hike, camp, and watch wildlife!
Ferry rides are provided to and from Swan Island and we strongly encourage participants to arrive early.

Registration is required; materials are available online at bit.ly/SwanIslandFieldDay
SWAN ISLAND GENERAL INFORMATION
Swan Island, known for its abundant and often quite visible wildlife, is actually an abandoned 18th and 19th century town called Perkins Township, and has long been recognized for its varied and interesting history. There are five standing homes that date back to the 1700s. The wildlife management area, about 1,755 acres in size, is located in the Kennebec River between the towns of Richmond and Dresden. The Island's public visitation season generally runs from May 15th through Labor Day (with limited access through the fall). There are ten Adirondack type shelters available for overnight use; picnic facilities for day use; modern bathroom facilities at campground; and drinking water.

If you wish to visit the Swan Island Wildlife Management Area, you must make reservations for the ferry and/or campground. You may access the island, for day use, via personal canoe or kayak without a reservation; admission fees may be deposited in iron rangers. All visitor fees are as follows: day use, 5 years and under – free; 6 years and older - $ 8.00. For overnight camping, 5 years and under – free; 6 years and older - $8.00 plus $20 per site per night.
Swan Island, the Steve Powell Wildlife Management Area, is owned and maintained by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Its operation and maintenance are supported by your fees as well as revenue from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, and federal monies under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Program.

To learn more about Swan Island Wildlife Management Area please visit Please visit our website at www.maine.gov/swanisland; or call 207-547-5322, and like us on Facebook!

Lebanon American Legion Hosts Monthly Spaghetti Supper This Saturday Evening.

 

IT's TIME AGAIN!!

for the

Lebanon American Legion

SPAGHETTI SUPPER

 

Saturday, July 11, 2015

4:30 - 6:30 pm

at the

FIRST PARISH

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Corner of Jim Grant and Center Road

Lebanon

featuring:

spaghetti, salad, garlic bread

dessert and beverage

also offered: hotdogs and beans

$7 for adults

Kids under 10 eat FREE

 

 

Project Semicolon; Designed to Represent and Support Loved Ones With Mental Illness or a Loss from Suicide.

A semicolon is a pause in a sentence, not the end of one.
That's why Amy Bleuel selected it for her mental health awareness campaign, Project Semicolon. The non-profit encourages people to draw (or tattoo) semicolons on their bodies as a way to represent and support those dealing with mental illness or loss of someone from suicide.

 

Bleuel's father committed suicide in 2003. Ten years later, she launched Project Semicolon in 2013.
"I wanted to tell my story to inspire others to tell their story. I wanted to start a conversation that can't be stopped, a conversation about mental illness and suicide so we can address it and lower those rates," she said.
The semicolon is intended to encourage people to keep going in life.
"A semicolon is used when an author could've chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life," according to a statement on Project Semicolon's website.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the USA, according to the most recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2013, there were 41,149 reported deaths from suicide.
The conversation Bleuel started took off and continues today with people taking photos of their tattoos and drawings and uploading them to social media with the hashtag #projectsemicolon or #semicolonproject.
"It's impacted people who struggle with self-harm, addiction and suicide, as well as people who have lost people from suicide and addiction. It's attracted everyone," Bleuel said.

YOUR Maine State Lottery Winning Numbers for Thursday, July 9, 2015

 

MAINE STATE LOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS

FOR

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

 

Lebanon Maine Truth Seekers is not responsible for any errors in reporting Maine Sate Lottery winning numbers. Lebanon Maine Truth Seekers is not affiliated in any way with the Maine State Lottery and provide these winning numbers as a courtesy to our page readers only.

 

DAY: 822

EVENING: 281

DAY: 3575

EVENING: 8296

 

5-7-8-36-47   LUCKY BALL 16

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and

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Juggler

 

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AFTER THE SHOW!!!

 

Town:  ROCHESTER, NH           

Date:  MONDAY, JULY 20TH 

Location:  ROCHESTER FAIRGROUNDS

Showtimes:  5:30 & 7:30pm 

Free Children’s tickets can be found at local businesses, 
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Don’t miss America’s favorite circus

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Lebanon Fire and EMS Chief Dan Meehan Announces Agreement With Milton NH.

The Chief of the Lebanon Fire and EMS Department, Daniel Meehan, proudly shares this letter from Chief Nick Marique of the Milton, New Hampshire Fire Department. I had the opportunity to speak with Chief Meehan this evening about the letter, and he was pleased that the ongoing meetings he has had with Chief Marique and the Town of Milton have resulted in such positive recognition of his EMTs and Fire personnel. Meehan first took the time to say that the hard work and dedication of all of his volunteers and paid staff are what have helped him to be able to show that the Department is dedicated and working to correct the errors of the past and are looking to move forward in a positive direction. Similar issues have been resolved with both Sanford Fire and Rescue and with Frisbie Memorial Hospital EMS in Rochester, NH, and Chief Meehan is waiting for written confirmation that the town's past debt for responses from those Departments have been resolved. The final paragraph of the letter mentions a little something that the two Chiefs have been hammering away at for some time. A dedicated Mutual Aid agreement that would benefit both towns, but that specifically would call attention to the area of Lebanon that borders Milton, NH. Recent articles in "The Lebanon Voice" have called for such a Mutual Aid agreement, but Chief Meehan says that the two towns have been working on this since the beginning of March, tossing ideas at one another and changing and rewriting the agreement so that both towns will benefit. In a conversation with Meehan this evening, he said that this is not a handshake agreement, but would be a written agreement between the two Departments that highlights exact actions and agreements each town would take. When asked if we can expect to see a new written policy between Milton and Lebanon Fire and EMS units by August 1st, the Chief made no promises, but said, "We're hoping!" Since accepting the leadership of the town's separate Fire and Rescue Departments in January 2015, Meehan and the members of his two departments have worked very hard to correct failing policies and financial mismanagement of the past. New training certification classes are once again being held in the Fire Station meeting room, several new EMTs are being trained using a $10,000.00 training grant from Frisbie Memorial Hospital, a combination of the two departments as of July 1, 2015, an increased and adequate budgeting of the department's needs, and new policies and staffing have been put in place. The letter from Milton should be considered a feather in both the caps of Milton's Chief Nick Marique and Lebanon's Chief Meehan. The excuse of Lebanon's debt from past Rescue Departments, and the acknowledgement of a working dedicated Mutual Aid Agreement for the two towns have been needed for a long while now. We're proud of Lebanon's Fire and EMS Department this evening!! Congratulations to every one of the hard working Firefighters and EMT's who have worked to bring the department around and put it back as a source of pride and honor for our town. Congratulations to Milton's Chief Marique and his department as well, I'm sure that he has been careful to insure that the agreement will be a benefit to Milton's residents.