AUGUSTA — As families continue to struggle with the economic impact of COVID-19, Jobs For Maine’s Graduates is joining its school partners to distribute $100 Hannaford Supermarkets gift cards to 3,000 students and their families throughout Maine. While Maine’s kindergarten-grade 12 public schools are continuing to provide free bagged breakfasts and lunches to students by […]

AUGUSTA — Beginning this fall, the University of Maine at Augusta and the University of Southern Maine will offer a master of science degree in cybersecurity. The totally online cybersecurity program is accepting applications for its fall 2020 cohort. This also has the distinction of being UMA’s first graduate degree program. The master’s degree in […]

PERU — The Devon Waugh Scholarship Fund is taking applications for the 2020 scholarship. The $4,000 scholarship is open to any Peru resident of any age who is attending an accredited or comparable educational institution. The fund’s objective is to support growth of knowledge and expand opportunities in the Peru community and support the pursuit […]

AUBURN — Central Maine Community College will begin an online summer session with the first courses starting the week of May 18. Summer Session II classes will start July 6. Registration is open and will continue through the start of classes. Most summer classes are on a seven-week schedule. Others are full term and will […]

OH Food Pantry offering curb-side service NORWAY — The Oxford Hills Food Pantry, 35 Paris St., Norway is open for curb-side service from 9-11 a.m. Mondays and Fridays. No referral slip is needed.   Conservation district to deliver brook trout FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District has announced brook trout to […]

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Public Library is currently scheduled to reopen on May 6. Visit the COVID-19 status page for continuing updates or changes. Live Book Chat on Facebook: Join LPL staff at 11 p.m. Tuesdays for a weekly conversation about what we’re reading via Facebook Live. Make suggestions, share your thoughts, find resources and […]

FARMINGTON — United Way of the Tri-Valley Area (UWTVA) has mobilized to help communities, friends and neighbors impacted by COVID-19. Through its Very Basics Fund, UWTVA has funded the following organizations that applied: • Phillips Area Food Pantry: Food. • RSU 9: Volunteer incentives for those delivering food to students and coolers to keep food […]