Taylor Eastman of Turner recently graduated from the Loring Job Corps Center’s Culinary Arts Program. She is now continuing her training in the Advanced Baking Program at the Penobscot Job Corps Center, based in Bangor. Eastman enrolled at the center from her home in 2021. Like many other young adults, during the height of the […]
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Statewide health network welcomes partner Catholic Charities Maine
Healthy Living for ME has welcomed Catholic Charities Maine as a new partner within the statewide community integrated health network. As a partner in the network, Catholic Charities Maine will be a community provider offering evidence-based workshops to help Mainers manage health conditions and improve their overall wellness. Initially, Catholic Charities Maine will be offering […]
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Norway center receives donation from Comfort Angels
NORWAY — Diane Madden, the executive director for The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine in Norway, recently received a donation from The Comfort Angels. The Comfort Angels, founded by Mary Dempsey, craft handmade items to bring support, comfort and smiles to others. The group of more than a handful of volunteers came together over […]
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Lewiston nonprofit offers free household lead tests to families
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is scheduled for Oct. 24-28. To mark the week, Healthy Androscoggin is partnering with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to offer parents of young children who live in homes built prior to 1978 a free home lead dust test kit. Lewiston-Auburn’s lead poisoning rates are three times […]
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Leeds society plans Oct. 23 program about corn shop
The Leeds Historical Society plans to host a program at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, in the Leeds Community Church gym, 123 Church Hill Road in Leeds. Paul Frederic will give a talk about Maine’s corn shops, including one in Leeds Center which ran until the 1960s. Frederic, professor emeritus of geography at the University […]
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Maine Music Society welcomes back former board member
Diane Marquis has returned to the Maine Music Society Board of Directors. In 2015 she retired from St. Mary’s Health System, for whom she was the executive director of philanthropy, overseeing all fundraising and capital campaigns. She has served on the boards of a variety of organizations: Androscoggin Head Start, Central Maine Community College Educational […]
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Oxford Hills Rotary Club welcomes new member
The Oxford Hills Rotary Club in South Paris recently welcomed its newest member, Connor Burnam. His classification is automobile sales, and he is employed by Ripley and Fletcher Ford. Check out other upcoming area events!
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Norway church Thrift Shoppe to reopen Oct. 29, seeks donations
The last outdoor, under-tents yard sale for this year is also planned from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
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Auburn college to offer construction boot camp starting Oct. 24
AUBURN — The Center for Workforce and Professional Development at Central Maine Community College is offering free National Center for Construction Education and Research CORE Curriculum classes. People can attend the in-person NCCER Core Boot Camp for 80 hours from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 24 through Nov. 4 at CMCC, 1250 Turner St. […]
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Portland Diocese sets Christmas Card Art Contest deadline for Oct. 28
Children in faith formation classes and Catholic schools, or those affiliated with Maine parishes, have the chance to see their artwork front and center on the Diocese of Portland’s official 2022 Christmas cards. The Diocese of Portland’s Christmas Card Art Contest selects winners from four age groups (kindergarten through second grade, third through fifth grade, […]