The Oxford Hills Rotary Club recently presented Joe Galletta, who is celebrating 10 years as owner of Ripley & Fletcher Ford, with a Paul Harris Fellow Award. A Paul Harris Fellow is an award with a $1,000 donation being made to The Rotary Foundation, the charitable arm of Rotary, and is named after the founding […]
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SNAPSHOT: St. Dom students participate in ‘Are You Fitter Than a Fifth Grader?’
In the return of a pre-pandemic tradition, the fifth graders at Auburn’s Saint Dominic Academy hit the road Oct. 25 to Saint Joseph’s College of Maine in Standish for “Are You Fitter Than a Fifth Grader?,” a day of obstacle courses, fitness games, nutrition trivia, and more. Bethany Fox is a physical education teacher at […]
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Seneca Club to host Longaberger basket sale Nov. 12
The baskets were donated by an avid collector.
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Leeds Historical Society seeks town’s oldest citizen
With the passing of Constance Buckley Oct. 13 at age 97, the Leeds Historical Society — in conjunction with the town of Leeds — is trying to determine to whom the Boston Post Cane should now be presented. To be considered the town’s oldest citizen, the citizen must have resided in and/or been eligible to […]
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Mobile outreach harm reduction services available through Dec. 28
Sites are located in Wilton, Farmington, Phillips and Livermore Falls.
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Educational center to offer college planning sessions in December
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center plans to host free individualized virtual sessions for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. Essentials of College Planning: Virtual: • Monday, Dec. 5, 9 and 10 a.m.; • Wednesday, Dec. 7, noon, 1, 6 and 7 p.m.; • Monday, Dec. 13, 9: […]
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Winthrop library to kick off poetry series Nov. 12
WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library has announced that the Bookey Readings poetry series, formerly held at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell, will continue at the library’s 39 Bowdoin St. The series will kick off with two Maine poets, Doug Rawlings and Terry Grasse, for a Veterans Day-themed reading scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. […]
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Commission tours Auburn, Lewiston arts, cultural venues
Members of the Maine Arts Commission recently visited Lewiston and Auburn to learn about the area’s many arts and cultural organizations. Hosted by Arts and Culture Lewiston Auburn, they toured local libraries, performance venues, museums and historical societies, as well as visiting public art installations. Arts and Culture Lewiston Auburn is a marketing collective of […]
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South Paris-based chamber seeks Christmas for Kids and Teens applications
All applications must be received by Wednesday, Dec. 1.
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Lockes Mills Post to host Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 11
LOCKES MILLS — American Legion Jackson-Silver Post 68 plans to present Veterans Day ceremonies Friday, Nov. 11, at 595 Gore Road; doors will open at 9:30 a.m. Cmdr. Harry Orcutt will conduct the opening. The commemorative program will begin at 10:30 a.m. It will include posting the colors in place, the “National Anthem” by the […]