STATE — Grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Fund are available to organizations that are led by, and serve, people of Native American, Latino, African, Arab and Asian descent. In 2022, the fund awarded 33 grants totaling $315,470. An additional 10 grants totaling $93,250 were awarded by donors […]
January 2023
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Do you have room in your heart?
There was once a beautiful princess who spent many hours enjoying Maine fields and woods, making friends with all the animals she encountered. The princess had skin of alabaster and hair of ebony, and her name was Trinity. She was loved by all who knew her, except for her evil stepsister who was very jealous […]
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Applications accepted for $10K Mitchell Scholarship
STATE — The application period for the 2023 Mitchell Scholarship – an award of $10,000 to more than 135 college-going high school seniors statewide – is now open. Seniors who will graduate from Maine public high schools this spring and plan to attend a two- or four-year college in fall 2023 are invited to complete […]
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Doesn’t make sense
To the Editor: With Pine Tree Power now on the ballot, we’ll soon vote on whether we want to use eminent domain to seize Central Maine Power and Versant Power at a cost of more than $10 billion, then turn around and create a whole new government agency for electricity. What’s the point of borrowing […]
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Rotary Club’s first speaker of 2023 is Peace Scholar
BRIDGTON — On January 19 at 7:30 a.m., via Zoom, Cassandra Varanka, Rotary District 7780 Peace Scholar candidate and one of 50 winners of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Scholarship, chosen by Rotary International in 2021, will speak to the Rotary Club which sponsored her, the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club. Cassandra will talk about her […]
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Educational opportunities
REGION — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and over who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The sessions will be held on the following dates and times: Virtual: February 21, 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. February 22, […]
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First Universalist Chicken Pie Sale
WEST PARIS — The First Universalist Church of West Paris is planning a fundraiser to savor during what is typically our coldest time of the year. It’s comfort food, and we could probably all use a little of that! The chicken pie sale started two years ago, and because of its great success, we’re doing […]
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Educational Opportunities
REGION — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and over who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The sessions will be held on the following dates and times: Virtual: February 21, 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. February 22, […]
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Graduations
University of New Hampshire DURHAM, NH — Colin Gilmore of Paris graduated from the University of New Hampshire in December 2022. Colin earned a BSME in Mechanical Engineering. Students who received the honor of Summa Cum Laude graduated with a GPA of 3.85-4.0; Students who received the honor of Magna Cum Laude graduated with a […]
