CASCO — The Raymond-Casco Historical Society will present “Homemade Rug Making and Crocheting” with Anita Holmquist at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 9, at the Raymond-Casco Historical Museum, Route 302. The program is expected to be insightful and informative to rug making beginners and enthusiasts alike. Holmquist will display and demonstrate how to make Oriental “punched” […]
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Pouliot to perform cabaret-style for La Rencontre program
LEWISTON — La Rencontre will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. The center will serve chicken cacciatore with ziti, salad, Italian bread and chocolate cake. The cost of the meal is $8 a person. After the meal, Linda Pouliot will bring a cabaret-style performance of songs and […]
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Slide lecture to focus on making of vegetable seed bombs
NORWAY — Have you ever thought about where the clay and glaze for ceramics comes from? Rebecca May Verrill from Running With Scissors in Portland will give an MFA Thesis slide lecture and demonstration from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy. Verrill, originally from Otisfield, has moved […]
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Yard, plant sale June 7 RUMFORD — The Rumford Historical Society will hold its annual yard sale and plant sale on the grounds of the Lufkin School Museum in Rumford Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7. Rain date is June 14, but plant sale will be held rain or shine. For […]
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Jones Band to play for dances PARIS — A dance with music by the Jones Dance Band will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturdays, June 7, 14, 21 and 28, at the American Legion Hall, Church Street. Cost is $5. Clothing center open two Saturdays HARTFORD — The Hartford Community Church Clothing Center […]
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Golf roundup
Fox Ridge Matt Ouellette got a hole in one on the 210-yard, 16th hole using a 4 hybrid on June 1. Ouellette’s playing partners were Kelly Cates, Craig Chapman and Garett Copp. This is the 16th hole in one since we opened the course. Pins and Skins Gross skins: Perry Goodspeed #2 3, #11 4; […]
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Mechanic Falls library sale needs books
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Mechanic Falls Public Library Trustees are holding their annual book sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 7. It will be held in the Municipal Gym at the Town Office in Mechanic Falls. We are asking for donations. If anyone is cleaning out their bookshelves and would like to donate, […]
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Jancovic joins American Heart Association
SCARBOROUGH — The American Heart Association in Maine recently welcomed Meredith Jancovic as corporate events director. Her primary focus will be the Central Maine Heart Walk on Sept. 14 in Lewiston-Auburn with a satellite walk in Rumford on the same day. She will also be responsible for a Bangor social event as well as a […]
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Smith joins Skelton Taintor & Abbott
AUBURN — Skelton Taintor & Abbott announces that attorney Benjamin J. Smith has recently joined the firm. Smith was a staff attorney at the Maine Public Utilities Commission, where he advised the commission on utility and energy matters and also served as a hearing examiner in adjudicatory and non-adjudicatory proceedings. Smith focuses his practice on […]