REGION – As Thanksgiving fast approaches, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is urging everyone to use added caution when celebrating the holiday, as Thanksgiving Day represents the leading day for home cooking fires. More than three times as many cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving Day as a typical day of the year. “Thanksgiving is […]

FARMINGTON — Linda Cota, MD, has joined the Franklin Memorial Hospital medical staff as a physician at Franklin Health Livermore Falls Family Practice. Dr. Cota enjoys all aspects of family medicine, especially women’s health, geriatrics, and sports medicine. Dr. Cota received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia followed by a […]

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar about preparing edible holiday gifts from noon–12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9. Topics include cost-effective ways to make holiday gifts, food safety tips for giving food as gifts, and using Maine foods in soup and baking mixes, as well as preserved foods. Recipes will be […]

LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church Oct. 31 service the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus”, “There Is Power in […]

JAY — On October 21, credit unions in countries all over the world celebrated the 73rd Anniversary of International Credit Union Day. This year, OTIS Federal Credit Union employees chose to commemorate this unique holiday with a week long campaign of Random Acts of Kindness. Armed with a budget of $2,000, a committee of nine […]

FORT KENT— University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class using an electric pressure cooker for winter holiday dishes from 6–7:30 p.m. Nov. 18. Cooking for the Holidays with an Electric Pressure Cooker is a cook-along webinar that will feature bread stuffing and pumpkin pie. Participants can select a recipe to make, shop […]

REGION — Halloween is a peak time of year for spooky celebrations and activities, but it also presents some truly scary fire safety hazards. As the holiday nears, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is encouraging everyone to take simple precautions that can help ensure the holiday remains festively fun. “It is exciting to be […]

LIVERMORE FALLS —Church Update Week of October 25. This Sunday is one of my favorite. Not because it is Halloween, but because it is Reformation Sunday! If Pentecost is the day we celebrate the birthday of the church, Reformation Sunday is the day we celebrate the birth of the Protestant churches. This Sunday, I have […]

NORTH LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church October 24, service, the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “Praise Him! Praise Him!”, “What a Wonderful Savior!”, “I’d Rather […]

LIVERMORE – At the October 17 North Livermore Baptist Church service the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”, “His Name is Wonderful”, “Spirit Song”. […]