LEWISTON — Community Concepts, a nonprofit organization providing support services to residents in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties, has received a donation from Ted West, Atlantic National Trust founder, to launch “Pay It Forward,” an innovative, privately-funded emergency grant program for those with acute needs that would otherwise go unmet. Most of Community Concepts’ programs […]
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Community Concepts workshops rescheduled
BETHEL — Social media expert and strategist Abbie McGilvery of From The Nest is back teaching two workshops Wednesday, Jan. 31, at the GEM Theater, 23 Cross St. The workshops are rescheduled from Jan. 17. The first workshop, Engaging Customers with Your Values, Voice and Story, will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Those […]
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Community Concepts offering two workshops
BETHEL — Social media expert and strategist Abbie McGilvery of From The Nest is back teaching two workshops Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the GEM Theater, 23 Cross St. The first workshop, Engaging Customers with Your Values, Voice and Story, will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Those attending will identify the words and values that drive […]
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Business After Hours Jan. 18
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold Business After Hours from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Community Concepts, 240 Bates St. There is no cost to attend. The people at Community Concepts will share what they are doing to help employers expand and employees to be at work. […]
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Swingin' Bears provide teddy bears
Eleanor Herrick, left, Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Cub president, and Karen Ellis, Community Concepts in Oxford, are pictured with 418 stuffed toys club members collected for “Right Start For Kids” in the Oxford Hills area. The annual Teddy Bear Dance scheduled for Dec. 9 was canceled due to weather. However, members brought what they had […]
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Bank assists Community Concepts
Mechanics Savings Bank has made an investment of $5,000 in Community Concepts to support work to help low-income people achieve personal and financial stability, with a particular emphasis on advancing financial literacy. From left are Shawn Yardley, Community Concepts CEO; Marianne Mason, CRCM, Mechanics Savings Bank senior vice president and compliance officer; and Rick Vail, […]
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Lucille R. Belanger
LEWISTON — Lucille Rioux Belanger, 77, quietly passed away at her home in Lewiston on Thursday, Sept. 7, after living several years with heart ailments. Born in Lewiston on Feb. 1, 1940, to Cyril and Lucia Rioux, she lived, worked, married, and received her high school diploma in her home town. Lucille and her former […]
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Gerald A. Bachand
AUGUSTA — Gerald A. Bachand, 67, of Lewiston, died on Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Togus Veterans Administration Hospital at Augusta, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Lewiston on Aug. 16, 1950, the son of Laurent and Georgette (Plante) Bachand. He was educated in Tampa, Fla. and Lewiston schools. After graduation, he enlisted in […]
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Early Education classes have openings in Oxford County
PARIS — Community Concepts has openings for infants and children up to age 4 in its Head Start Early Learning Centers and home-based programs at nine locations throughout Oxford County. The Early Learning Centers offer children both no-cost and low-cost attendance in classrooms that provide two-day and three-day options, as well as in-home support and […]
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Community Concepts receives books for families
LEWISTON — The Molina Foundation has donated 708 books to Community Concepts, which will give them to families through its Head Start Early Learning Centers and Home Visiting program. The donation is part of the Molina Foundation’s Books Across Maine campaign, which seeks to bolster the state’s goal to increase literacy. The California-based nonprofit’s book […]