LOVELL — The Lovell Historical Society is offering two $2,500 summer internships to qualified college students or recent high school graduates with matriculation plans for Fall of 2021. The internship is for eight weeks beginning June 15th, although that date is flexible. Hours of work are Tuesday & Wednesday 9am to 4pm, Saturday 9am to […]

NORWAY — Frequent travelers of Main Street in Norway have probably noticed the beautiful First Universalist Church just north of downtown. The regal, white structure has been a staple in Norway since 1828, but the first Universalist congregation in Maine at first inhabited a smaller, simpler building when it was founded in 1799. Today, its […]

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer farm tractor safety classes online weekly 6–7 p.m. April 14 through May 5. In-person tractor-driving practice will be May 1 and May 8, with a rain date May 15, at two locations — Gorham Public Works, 80 Huston Road, Gorham; and Kennebec Valley Community College, 15 Stanley […]

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s celebrated Visiting Writers Series presents fiction writer Dariel Suarez as the popular program’s fifth reader of the season. Suarez will read from his work in a remote live reading at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 18. The reading will be followed by a question and answer talkback with the […]

POLAND — The Tri-Town Optimist Club, which serves the towns of Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls, held their annual Oratorical Contest on February 25.  The topic was “Healing the World with Optimism”. Teachers Jill Mathieu and Ell Fanus helped students prepare a 4 to 5 minute speech that was presented via Zoom to three judges. First place was […]

  NORWAY — The Center for an Ecology-Based Economy will be hosting 2030 Vision: From Climate Action to Climate Justice, March 14th-18th, a virtual climate convergence to continue to build momentum in western Maine and beyond during this critical climate decade. Building on their 350-person convergence in early 2020, they’re hosting local, state, and national organizers […]

PARIS — Harry Buswell was born in Lewiston, Maine, and spent his early childhood in Norway with his parents, brother, and three sisters. The family later moved to Bethel, where Harry graduated from Telstar High School. After graduation, he worked in the logging industry for two years before he enlisted in the military. One of […]