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Montville held its annual town meeting on Saturday, March 30. The meeting was held in the Montville Town House, which is 197 years old. There were over 100 people in

On March 7, another meeting on school consolidation was held at Walker Elementary school. The chair of Regional School Unit 3s school board, Eleanor Hess, presented a slideshow describing the

Today Valentines Day is well known, though few people know its origins. The day is formally known as Saint Valentines Day, after the Christian priest Valentine.

In the modern area, having ice to cool drinks in the summertime seems a basic thing. However, until a century ago, the process of making and keeping ice to cool

Welcome to 2024! I hope the year has been treating you well so far. At the end of 2023, the assistant editor of the Republican Journal reached out to all

A few days from now hundreds of millions of people will celebrate Christmas, perhaps the most ubiquitous holiday in the United States. But despite being so widely celebrated today, the

Today, skiing, both cross country and downhill, is a very popular recreational activity. Local ski mountains such as Sugarloaf and Sunday River attract thousands of visitors a year, and some

Today, skiing, both cross country and downhill, is a very popular recreational activity. Local ski mountains such as Sugarloaf and Sunday River attract thousands of visitors a year, and some

I heard the Mount View Chamber singers perform at the Freedom Congregational Church on Nov. 29, as I have many times before. The Chamber Singers were founded in the late

The modern holiday we call Thanksgiving originated in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. One day in late November, some men in Plymouth went out “fowling” and shot a number of birds,