The children of St. Michael’s Church, Pleasant Street, Auburn, are showing the food and treats parishioners have collected for the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. Pictured in front are Harrison Ross and Madison Parker and in back from left are Outreach Coordinator Joyce Baker, James Robinson, Gwendolyn Lacombe and Avery MacKenzie.
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Girls Scouts donate to breast care center
Members of three Girl Scout troops from Temple, 3191, 1998 and 1826, recently stopped by the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center in Farmington to donate 47 care packages for patients. The bags contained items to help pass the time, such as puzzles with pencils, books and inspirational messages. From left are Alexis Meisner, Patty […]
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Central Maine Credit Union donates to animal shelter
Central Maine Credit Union recently donated $1,000 to the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society in honor of the retirement of Denise Ouellette, center. She retired in October after 32 years of employment as the vice president of marketing with Central Maine Credit Union. Ouellette also serves as the GAHS’s board president. She has designated the donation to […]
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Retired educators donate to local food pantries
Members of the Franklin County Retired Educators recently donated $50 to each of eight area food pantries. Retired educators Karen Mitchell, Eva Henry, and Arline Amos received a tour from Financial Secretary Linda Ouellette of the Tri-Town Ministerial Food Cupboard in Jay, which was recently renovated and enlarged with more freezer and shelf space. From […]
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Tommy's Feral Feline Friends seeks tree boughs for cat colonies
Blackie May walks out of a shelter at Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends. The shelter for feral cats is seeking blue spruce or fir boughs like these to provide insulation to the colonies during the winter. FMI, donate: [email protected], 207-240-8767.
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Lewiston girl helps pets
Elliot Pettengill of Lewiston presented the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, 55 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, with donations from her fifth birthday on Sept. 16. Pettengill, a kindergarten student at the Acadia Academy, asked for donations for the pets in lieu of birthday gifts. Pettengill, left, is pictured with her sister, Emma Pettengill, holding Guinea pigs Chloe […]
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Soccer team makes donation Dempsey Center
RUMFORD — The Buckfield Junior-Senior High School boys’ soccer team donated $612 to the Dempsey Center in Lewiston by holding a charity hike in Grafton Notch State Park on Oct. 15, according to a letter from boys’ varsity soccer coach Kyle Rines. A copy of Rines’ letter to the Dempsey Center was read to Regional […]
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Franklin County Democrats give to United Way
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Democratic Committee collected items for the Tools For Teachers initiative of the United Way of the Tri-Valley Area. Each year the UWTVA delivers totes full of teacher supplies to each of the 17 area schools. Supplies can range from pencils and glue to hand sanitizer and tissues. The committee will […]
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Club helps children's hospital
The Carlton Club’s second annual Master’s Golf Tournament on Aug. 28 at the Meadows Golf Course, Litchfield, raised $2,210 for Kora Shrine Children’s Hospital. Patrick LaPlante and Aaron Palmer presented the check to Kora Shrine Potentate John Gailey.
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Filling backpacks with food
Community Credit Union presented Good Shepherd Food Bank with a check for $1,500 for three schools. Longley Elementary in Lewiston, Washburn Elementary in Auburn and Carrie Ricker Middle School in Litchfield will each receive $500 toward their backpack program/food pantry. From left are Christina Carter, executive vice president of Community Credit Union; Jennifer Hogan, president/CEO of Community Credit Union; Michelle Gagne, […]