Norway awarded $2,000 grant for safety cones NORWAY — Norway Town Manager Dennis Lajoie has announced that the town has been awarded a $2,000 Safety Enhancement Grant by the Maine Municipal Association Workers Compensation Fund. The award was a joint application effort of the Highway, Parks & Recreation, Fire, Wastewater and Water departments to purchase […]

Lewiston legislators’ April public office hours cancelled LEWISTON — Lewiston’s delegates to the Maine Legislature usually hold public office hours one Saturday each month at the Lewiston Public Library. In order to protect the health of community members, however, the previously scheduled April public office hours have been cancelled. The members of the delegation — […]

Handgun training session postponed WILTON — The Wilton Fish & Game Association had planned to offer basic handgun training for ages 21 and older on Saturday, May 16, under the instruction of Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. That class has been postponed until fall.   May Outdoors Woman program postponed BRYANT POND — The […]

AUGUSTA — A new volunteer phone support service, the FrontLine WarmLine, has been launched to help Maine health care workers and first responders manage the stress of serving on the front lines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The FrontLine Warmline serves health care professionals, such as physicians, nurses and counselors, as well as […]

LEWISTON — Students are continuing their Lewiston Adult Education classwork with their teachers, even as schools stay closed to limit the spread of coronavirus. Distance learning with adult education students is part of a broad effort in Lewiston schools. Don Roux has sent emails to his adult students as they continue to prepare for their High […]

LEWISTON — USM/LA Senior College, like other institutions of learning, is continuing to keep the curriculum alive and well on Zoom. Thanks to member Mary Jane Beardsley, USM/LA Senior College has been on the cutting edge of senior college classes online. Originally the idea was to include those who are sick or homebound, but since […]

Rufus Porter Museum receives $4,000 grant BRIDGTON — The Rufus Porter Museum recently announced that it has received a grant from the Davis Family Foundation totaling $4,000. The funding will improve the museum’s collection management system. The project includes upgrading collection management software, improving photographs of collection items and publishing the collection online for the […]

Lithuanian Heritage Club meeting canceled RUMFORD — In the interest of public safety, the Wednesday, May 6, Lithuanian Heritage Club meeting has been canceled.

PORTLAND – The Androscoggin County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $44,300 in grants to eight nonprofits. Grant recipients include: • LA Arts, to expand the L-A Community Galleries pilot to maintain art galleries in local care institutions for the therapeutic benefit of clients, families, staff and guests. • New Mainers Public Health […]

LEWISTON — Due to the recommendations surrounding the coronavirus and Gov. Janet Mills’ mandate on no public gatherings, the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society has made the decision to modify its annual Dash for Dogs 5K and Strutt Your Mutt Dog Walk, originally scheduled for Sunday, April 26, to a virtual event. Although it was not […]