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[email protected] FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015 FREE Dayton www.waterbororeporter.com LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED Waterboro woman seeks DOT plans Mrs. Maine America title to replace BY SHELLEY BURBANK teen attending Massabesic High
[email protected] School. “I was able to beat the odds by bridge Chara Gannett of Waterboro working hard in school which led BY BRIGIT MCCALLUM hopes to be crowned the next to a full scholarship to college. I
[email protected] Mrs. Maine America in a pageant then went on to help start a local to be held in March at the Seasons business, A New Leaf Salon & A public hearing for discus- Event and Conference Center in Spa in Hollis. I continue to pur- sion of the replacement of the Portland. sue my passion for acting and Stimson Bridge that spans the “I was approached by the work hard to be a loving mother Little Ossipee River on Route 5 pageant director last year about and wife. Each time I speak with between the towns of Limerick running,” said Gannett during a group of young adults dealing and Waterboro was held on Jan. an email interview. “I had never with similar struggles, I can al- 14. Mark Parlin and designer thought about doing a pageant ways see at least one who is truly Devon Eaton, representatives of before and was unsure what it grasping what I’m saying. If by the Bridge Division of the Maine was all about. I have always been the end of the visit even one de- Department of Transportation, very involved in my community, cides to push forward to a brighter met with about 30 Waterboro and and I’m always looking for new future, I feel I have done my job.” Limerick residents at the Water- ways to expand my involvement As part of her campaign, boro Town Hall Annex.