PORTLAND — Churches around Maine plan to offer Zoom services during Advent. As additional activities are announced, they will be added to portlanddiocese.org/advent. Third and fourth weeks of Advent (Dec. 11-24) “Advent with the Holy Family” (Brunswick) This retreat will be held at different times and venues to accommodate the schedules of those who wish […]
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Miss Apple Blossom pageant crowns 11 winners
LISBON — The third annual Miss Apple Blossom pageant was held Nov. 5 at the Lisbon United Methodist Church. Eleven winners from different age groups were crowned; they will compete in the 15th annual Maine Academic Scholarship Pageant. This is the largest fundraiser for Crossroads Youth Center, a nonprofit charitable organization, and is scheduled to […]
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Fellowship created in memory of former Pine Tree director
PORTLAND – Pine Tree Legal Assistance has created the Nan Heald Black Fly Fellowship, a new initiative to increase access to free civil legal aid in Western Maine. The fellowship was created in memory of Pine Tree’s former executive director, Nan Heald, who led the organization from 1990 until her death earlier this year. The […]
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Portland Diocese plans in-person Advent services, events
Services will be held in Auburn, Gray, Jay, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls, Sabattus.
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Auburn library to host talk on Japanese-American internments Dec. 13
AUBURN — Teacher Alan Elze is set to present the last program in this year’s collaboration between LA Senior College and the Auburn Public Library at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, in the Androscoggin Room at the49 Spring St. library. This Senior College in the Community program, Executive Order 9066, will cover how in 1942, […]
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Lewiston club recognizes bridge players
The Lewiston Bridge Club has announced its winners for the Tuesday, Nov. 29, game. Rosemarie Goodwin of Lewiston and Les Buzzell of Auburn came in first. Second were Roger Labbe of Lisbon and Paul Clements of New Gloucester. Third were Teresa O’Clair of Lewiston and Mike Quinn of Otisfield and Georgette Jewell of South Paris […]
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Brewer-based hospital launches statewide How Are You? movement
It is the next step in checking in on Mainers’ well-being, building deeper connections.
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Churches to celebrate Blessing of the Bambinelli Dec. 11
A Blessing of the Bambinelli is scheduled to be held at several Maine churches Sunday, Dec. 11. On the third Sunday of Advent, children and families are encouraged to bring the Baby Jesus from their nativity sets at home, to remind all of Jesus’ arrival in the manger. The blessings in Maine: • Farmington: St. […]
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Christmas at Norlands returns Dec. 10 in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Christmas at Norlands is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center at 290 Norlands Road. The event features 1870’s style children’s crafts, light refreshments and stories and games led by “Aunt Clara,” known locally as Willi Irish. Trustee Ron Kley will share memories of […]
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Birth announcements
Central Maine Medical Center Wesley Scott Allaire, a boy to Brittany and Alex Allaire of Buckfield, Oct. 1. Sibling, Wyatt; grandparents, Melissa and Jerry Foley, Lewiston, Rebecca and Scott Allaire, Turner. Dalton Colt Gray, a boy to Christopher Gray and Amanda Jordan of Canton, Oct. 2. Siblings, Sean Hatt, Connor Hatt, Kayden Hatt, William Gray, […]