AREA — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties, will offer free, unbiased health insurance counseling during Medicare open enrollment and throughout the year. Open enrollment for Medicare health plans runs from October 15 to December 7, as does the Medicare Part D drug plan open enrollment. Open Enrollment […]
2023
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First Universalist October services
WEST PARIS — The following worship services are planned for October 15 to 29. Please join us as we gather on Sundays at 9 a.m. for informative and inspiring worship services. Music is performed by Tom Coolidge. Refreshments following the service. All are welcome. October 15, ‘Wisdom Seeking’ led by guest speaker, Joan Beal. We […]
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Age-Friendly Community Initiative
The Age-Friendly Community Initiative has been working hard in our community for eight and a half years. We are proud of our mission – “to explore ways to make the community more supportive of healthy aging and to enable people to stay in their own homes and communities as they age” – and are always […]
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Brad Fuller exhibition opens Oct. 27
FRYEBURG — The Pace Galleries of Art presents the exhibition opening reception for ‘Fryeburg, Maine: An Illustrated History by Brad Fuller’ on Friday, October 27 from 4-7 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. The book explores the challenges the early settlers faced as they traveled unworn paths in what […]
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Freshman sparks renewed excitement in UMaine men’s hockey team
Bradly Nadeau, the first UMaine player since 1999 to be selected in the first round of the NHL draft, has helped season-ticket sales leap by 35% from last season.
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Extension offers horticulture, gardening training
STATE — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering two in-depth horticulture training workshops for Mainers looking to start a career in horticulture or for those wanting to elevate their gardening skills. The two programs, ‘Maine Horticulture Apprentice Training’ and ‘Maine Gardener Training,’ will teach foundational knowledge and skills, offer hands-on experience through […]
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Kids’Book Review: ‘How to Stay Invisible’
How to Stay Invisible by Maggie C. Rudd How to Stay Invisible is a Juvenile Realistic Fiction selection at its best…a page-turner about survival that I found hard to put down. Imagine being a middle schooler and homeless. That is just what Raymond was…utterly alone and homeless. His unstable parents had often said that they […]
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Traditionally great
To the Editor: I am visiting from Boston and picked up the Sept. 28 Citizen. I absolutely love the paper and think you do an amazing job covering everything from a girls’ soccer team to a break-in at Town Hall. The neighborhood columns are wonderful and something we used to find in newspapers but not […]
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Extension offers in-depth horticulture, gardening training
STATE — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering two in-depth horticulture training workshops for Mainers looking to start a career in horticulture or for those wanting to elevate their gardening skills. The two programs, ‘Maine Horticulture Apprentice Training’ and ‘Maine Gardener Training,’ will teach foundational knowledge and skills, offer hands-on experience through […]
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HealthReach receives “Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0” recognition
REGION — This year, HealthReach Community Health Centers is happy to announce that it has received Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0 program recognition across eight of its local healthcare practices. Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0 is a program focused on education around obesity and healthy living for primary care practice teams. The program provides materials to support “simple changes for […]