ELLSWORTH — The Guy P. Gannett Journalism Scholarship Fund and the Agnes Freyer Gibbs Scholarship Fund seek applications from Maine students. The Gannett Scholarship provides renewable support for students majoring in journalism or a field reasonably related, including print, broadcast or electronic media. The fund helps pay tuition to attend an undergraduate, graduate, trade or […]

WILTON — The Wilson Lake 2020 Ice-Out Contest tickets are available for $5 each. Bruce Dyke of the Wilton Fish and Game Association is caretaker of the contest, which offers $100 to the person whose guess it closest to when the ice is out of the lake. The ice is considered out when a boat […]

FARMINGTON — After voting in Maine’s first presidential primary in 20 years on Tuesday, March 3, Democrats in Franklin County and throughout Maine will gather in municipal caucuses on Sunday, March 8. The primary will be used to determine how many delegates each presidential candidate will have at the national convention to be held in […]

St. Philip Church holding pancake breakfast AUBURN — A pancake breakfast will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday, March 8, at St. Philip Church, Route 4, Auburn (across from Lake Auburn). The menu includes pancakes, sausage patties, fruit cups, orange juice, coffee, tea and milk. Cost is $6 for adults; $3 for children […]

READFIELD — Maranacook Community High School has announced the first-semester honor roll. Grade 12 High Honors: Wyatt Cannell, Ashley Cray, Nina Gyorgy, Emma Hagenaars, Robert McKee, John McLaughlin, Cambelle Nutting, Brian Shea, Cassidy Shink. Honors: Carolina Bachelder, Quinn Beckler, Sydney Birtwell, Allyse Bonenfant, Skyler Boucher, Derinda Brumfield, Nicole Clements, Nathan Couture, Samantha Fike, Amber Fredette, […]

ELLSWORTH — Grants to nonprofit organizations that serve disadvantaged, underserved and/or vulnerable communities in Maine are available from the Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. The Brain Foundation Fund awards grants to nonprofits that focus on individuals who live in Greater Portland, Lewiston/Auburn, Bath/Brunswick and Biddeford/Saco/Sanford, or to organizations with a […]

AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library welcomes historical fiction novelist Matthew Cost to share his newest release, “I Am Cuba: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution.” The free presentation will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, in the Androscoggin Community Room. It will include images from the Cuban Revolution of 1953 to 1959 […]

JEFFERSON — Students from Lisbon area schools were among eight outing clubs from around the state that recently gathered at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson on a mild Saturday in February for the Teens to Trails 2020 Winter Skills Weekend. Teens and their advisers brought camping gear hauled in by sled and backpacks to […]

Oxford Recreation Dept. seeks historians OXFORD — The Oxford Recreation Department will celebrate Community Days and Maine’s 200th Birthday on Sunday, July 19. Staff is looking for photos, memorabilia and historians to help with a presentation to be held inside the center with other festivities outside in the arena at the Station House Community Center, […]

Senior league cribbage results LEWISTON — Cribbage results for the Lewiston Senior Cribbage League for the week of Feb. 20 are: First, Gene Brown and Connie Pleau; second, Bert Cloutier and Gloria Johnson; third, Bob Oliver and Alan Treworgy; fourth, Aaron Burke and Dorina Martin; and fifth, Sandra Oliver and Roger St. Pierre. The league […]