SUMNER — There will be a community supper at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at the Congregational Church of East Sumner, 50 Main St, Route 219. There will be casseroles, salads, desserts, coffee and punch, as well as a raffle of baked goods and household items. Donations are accepted for the meal. Proceeds benefit the outreach mission of […]
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Marine Corps League monthly meeting LEWISTON — Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment 810 will host its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, at the Lewiston Armory, 65 Central Ave. All Marines, FMF Corpsman and Navy chaplains are invited. Anyone interested in Marines Helping Veterans is also invited to attend. The league is always open […]
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Phillips church community events PHILLIPS — Christmas outreach by Phillips Community Church begins at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, with an indoor caroling sing-along at Shadagee Housing Community Room, 3 Shadagee Lane. Sunday morning church services are at 10:45 a.m. Dec. 23, at the Community House, 31 Main St., with Pastor Susan Tierney. Christmas Eve […]
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Free, public ice skating open WEST PARIS — The town has announced that there is now ice skating, free and open to the public, at the Town Hall on 25 Kingsbury St. For more information, call 207-674-2701. Association’s meeting moved up AUBURN — The United New Auburn Association will be meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, […]
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Cribbage league results LEWISTON — Cribbage results for the Lewiston Senior Cribbage League for the week of Dec 6 are: First place, Bob Cielinski and Stan Tetenman; second place, Hope Hughes and Bob Tremblay; third place, Mickie Farnum and Terry Parent; fourth place, Chanel Leblanc and Roger St. Pierre; and fifth place, Leo Bergeron and […]
Community meals
FARMINGTON — The Old South First Congregational Church will serve its monthly free community luncheon at noon on Saturday, Dec. 18. The menu for this month includes glazed ham, macaroni and cheese, green beans, biscuits and cake. Delivery service will be available in Farmington. Call the church office at 207-778-0424 during the week, or the […]
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Library to hold first Family Read Night NEW VINEYARD — The New Vineyard Public Library will hold its first Family Read Night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20. The whole family is invited to attend and wear pajamas, and children can bring their stuffies with them. The theme of this Read Night will be Christmas […]
Community sales
LEWISTON — Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends will hold a benefit Purrrrfect Christmas bake sale and bottle drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 22 and 23, at Sabattus Street Self Storage, 1434 Sabattus St. They are need of bakers to make food to donate for the bake sale, as well as […]
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December poetry at Rumford Library RUMFORD — The monthly meeting of Rumford Library’s poetry group is scheduled 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20. Bring a poem, bring a friend. All are welcome. Free and open to the public. FMI: 207-364-3661. Rumford Senior Center Nickel Bingo PERU — The Rumford Senior Center is open for sign-ups or other business […]
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Club to discuss junior fiction book PARIS — At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, the public library’s Novel Idea Book Club will discuss the junior fiction selection, “When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer,” written by Beth Levine. In April of 1917, Simone Spencer’s world changes. Her brother goes off to […]