SNHU MANCHESTER, N.H. — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Winter 2021 President’s List. The winter term runs from January to May. Full-time students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above are named to the President’s List. Full-time […]
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Education: College then and Nnow
Fall enrollments are open. Time to think about going to college. It’s never been easier for most of us. For centuries college teaching was all face-to-face. At first, professors read out very rare and expensive handwritten books; students scribbled like mad. Then the printing press made textbooks possible; the better professors explained what the students […]
Bethel Rotary meets in person
BETHEL — This past Tuesday, fully vaccinated Rotarians gathered outside next to the Bethel Library for an in person meeting. We celebrated seeing one another as a club for the first time in 14 months.`1 Thanks to Mark Beck for his technology skills setting up a TV monitor to zoom in those members who […]
Community Forest expansion ranked #1 in country
BETHEL — Inland Woods + Trails, with a mission dedicated to creating economic prosperity through the development, maintenance and promotion of interconnected trail system, is pleased to announce that its proposal to the U.S. Forest Service received the #1 ranking in the U.S. during the latest round of applications to the Community Forest and Open […]
Maine IFW offers workshops
BRYANT POND — Join us for a daylong workshop to expand your outdoor skills! All experience levels and backgrounds are welcome. Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW), Sunday, May 23, 2021 – 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Bryant Pond, Maine. Registration fee:$95 Join a group of females and learn a new outdoor hobby, or increase your current knowledge […]
SeniorsPlus May healthy living workshops
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus has announced its Online Education Center classes for May 2021. Due to the pandemic and current CDC guidelines, all classes are held virtually at this time. Classes and workshops are free, unless noted. Please register by emailing [email protected] or calling 795-4010 or 1-800-427-1241. For more information, visit seniorsplus.org/education-center. HEALTHY LIVING FOR ME We have scheduled our […]
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Suppers JAY — Frank L. Mitchell VFW Post #3335 at 64 Jewell St. in Jay. Friday take-out supper. Served at 5 p.m. Enter from the Jewell St. entrance. May 28 supper features a cheesebuger casserole, veggie and dessert for $9 Call Janice early at 897-2122 to reserve your meal. FARMINGTON — June 6 from noon […]
Masses, services planned for Memorial Day weekend
LIVERMORE FALLS — Many outdoor Masses and prayer services are planned for cemeteries around Maine on Memorial Day Weekend. In Livermore Falls, weather permitting, Fr. Paul Dumais will celebrate a Memorial Day Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery on 445 Park Street in Livermore Falls on Monday, May 31, at 1 p.m. Please bring a lawn […]
Franklin Memorial offering walk-in vaccine
FARMINGTON — On Tuesday, May 25, from 1-6 p.m. Franklin Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 held a walk-in vaccine clinic will be administering the Pfizer vaccine for those ages 12 and older. Parental consent is required for anyone under the age of 18. The Pfizer vaccine will require a second dose 21 days later. Also offered the […]
The casserole’s not-so-distant cousin, the skillet dinner
If you remember Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper of the 1970s, raise your left hand. Why the left? “Lefty” was the mascot for the product introduced to consumers to address the 1970s meat shortage by adding pasta. I find this information fascinating because in contrast, in 1984, “Chicken Helper” was invented in response to readily available […]