BRIDGTON — The Bridgton Historical Society announces that its museum on Gibbs Avenue in downtown Bridgton will be open Tuesday through Saturday this summer, observing precautions based on the Association of Maine Archives and Museums’ COVID-19 Prevention Recommendations for Archives and Museums. There will be no more than five guests admitted at a time, they […]
July 2020
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Head Start gets funding through CARES Act
LEWISTON — Promise Early Education Center, 269 Bates St., has received $215,308 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The funds will support Head Start services to low-income children under the age of 5 in the Lewiston/Auburn area. Promise Early Education Center will utilize funding to provide summer programming to 45 Rising-K […]
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Rangeley Lakes Trust initiates Community Conservation Corps
RANGELEY — Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust has launched the Community Conservation Corps (CCC) this summer, creating jobs for people, continuing stewardship of conserved lands, and extending stewardship practices beyond the 14,000 acres of conserved lands. The CCC will further RLHT’s mission while increasing the region’s economic resilience by completing projects such as trail work, watere […]
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Fryeburg senior is named Mitchell Scholar
FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy has announced that Dawson Jones ’20 has been named a 2020 Mitchell Scholar, selected from more than 1,400 applicants. The scholarship was created in honor of former Sen. George J. Mitchell and marks its 25-year anniversary this year. Mitchell Scholars exemplify the characteristics of scholarship, leadership and commitment to the community […]
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Field hockey teams fundraising for breast cancer
Benefit field hockey event will take place virtually with fundraising happening in July
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July 4 Celebration
On July 4 I raised a glass of Tokay in honor of Calvin Coolidge. Although President Coolidge appears to have obeyed the Volstead Act during Prohibition, it is said that he enjoyed a glass of this Hungarian desert wine when it was legal. Like Ronald Reagan I revere Coolidge. He believed that running up the […]
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North Livermore Baptist Church
LIVERMORE — Hymns Sunday were: “America the Beautiful;” “If My Peoples Hearts are Humbled;” and Jesus Calls Us.” Pastor Bonnie’s Scripture reading John 8:31-32, the message was titled, “Freedom Thru Salvation”. This weekend we celebrate the freedom of our nation, but we must not forget the freedom of salvation that Christ died to give to […]
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Growing up Wilson: Sunday drives
Many Sunday afternoons we would pile into the old Willis jeep and head off on an adventure. The jeep had two front seats; dad drove and mom sat beside him and held baby Hunky on her lap. My oldest sister Rita and the twins Donna and Doug and I sat on the iron benches over […]
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Claire’s California Kitchen
The long awaited 4th of July weekend is here! Work weeks haven’t looked the same in a long time but there is something about this week that spells V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N! The kids are keeping us busy and showing us the joy of summertime fun. Take a minute to stop and enjoy a measuring lesson, science in […]
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Super quick, easy sourdough cinnamon rolls
When the smell of bread baking is present, it is impossible to have bad thoughts. Perhaps it is that the soul remembers the happy times when bread fed both the body and its soul. Last week, my recipe for rich, tangy, chocolatey sourdough brownies appeared in the Franklin Journal and is now available on my […]