The annual Summer Experience program is produced in partnership by United Way of the Tri Valley Area, University of Maine Farmington and Gear Up Maine.
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Posted inCommunity
Local group helps homeowners fix their homes
Rebuilding Together L/A Maine board members and volunteers help homeowners stay in their homes.
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Posted inRiver Valley
A sweet difference for Rumford residents
KeyBank employees at Rumford, from left, Morghan Packard, Angie Guguay, Randy Therrien, Caroline Philbrick and summer intern Tucker Phelps prepare ice cream sundaes for Rumford Community Home residents Wednesday during Neighbors Make a Difference Day.” About 6,000 bank employees across the country do community service projects each May, Therrien said. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times) Randy […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Longtime jewelry store owners recognized for community service
WATERVILLE — In the early 1980s Kathy and Jeff Corey traveled the eastern seaboard searching for a place to open a jewelry store. They thought about Waterville but decided instead on Baltimore, Maryland, after discovering Waterville was already home to four jewelry stores. They were ready to open the store in Maryland when the couple, […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Hebron Academy students clean Norway street
Hebron Academy students Lillian Bergeron, front left, of Wales and Kaila Mank, front right, of Raymond pick up trash and sweep the sidewalk on Main Street in Norway, as Ray Wang, back left, Jennifer Lyu, back middle, hidden, and Jolie Chen look for trash. Many students from the Class of 2021 met on Main Street […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections
Oxford Hills teens perform community service
A brigade of 23 volunteers spent a scant 45 minutes at the Norway Historical Museum and Historical Society moving 150 years of heavy bound Norway newspapers from the second floor down two flights to the new storage area in the basement in preparation for a renovation of the second floor. Fulfilling their requirement for 20 […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Jeffrey P. Parker
BATH — Jeffrey P. Parker, 78, of High Street died Friday, Nov. 17, at his residence. He was born in Lewiston on Oct. 17, 1939, a son of Herbert H. and Jeanette B. (Brackett) Parker. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1957 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1960. He attended Gin […]
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Poland's Gabe Crosby builds houses, plays baseball in Dominican Republic
Poland Regional High School’s Gabe Crosby helps with the construction of houses in El Mamon during the 2017 Lindos Suenos trip in the Dominican Republic last month. Last month, in the Dominican Republic, it started to rain. But Gabe Crosby didn’t get wet. That was a big deal, because it meant the people who would […]
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Lisbon High School senior provides international community service
LISBON — During the summer months, most teenagers spend their time off from school working extra shifts at their places of employment, enjoying the beach, spending time with friends and relaxing with their favorite pastime activity. Over the summer, Jennifer Lynn Clifford, a member of the Lisbon High School Class of 2014 and a young […]