WILTON — Western Maine Play Museum board members and volunteers have raised over $90,000 in pledges, cash donations and in-kind support for the children’s museum. “We’ve had a lot of support and want to keep the project rolling,” said Angela McLeod, board president. “We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished in five months of fundraising.” A […]
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Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
Buckfield students gather gifts for local military family
BUCKFIELD — Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School are collecting Christmas gifts for a military family in Oxford County and setting up a Giving Tree where people can leave presents. “To give presents to a military family is pretty cool,” said seventh-grader Deja Bennett, who helped set up and decorate the tree […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Woman collects goods for fire victims. Now what?
LEWISTON — Kasie Kolbe is baffled. For more than a week, the local woman has been collecting furniture, clothes and other items to help families displaced in a Birch Street fire late last month. But now, with enough stuff to outfit seven apartments, Kolbe has no idea how to get it to the victims. She’s […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Lewiston business donates restored window to Gingerbread House
NORWAY — The Friends of the Gingerbread House are looking for sponsors to restore the 65 windows in the landmark Gingerbread House on Main Street. The idea came to the group after they received a donation of a restored window by Above and Beyond of Lewiston. The contractor, which provides residential and commercial building services, […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Farmington bank employees take up ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
FARMINGTON — Just before 200 pounds of ice water was dumped over their heads from a bucket loader Monday, nearly 25 Franklin Savings Bank employees yelled, “We accept the challenge and pass it on!” “We don’t do anything humble and small,” bank employee Mike Mansir said as he hosed water onto the ice in a […]
Posted inOxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
Norway mother heads campaign for school supplies
NORWAY — An effort is underway to ensure that Norway children return to school in two weeks with all the supplies they need. “Every year since I have became General Assistance administrator, I receive calls from parents about this time of year, wanting to know if there are any programs which help with the cost […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Sash for Cash program to raise funds for the Gingerbread House
NORWAY — Friends of the Gingerbread House is continuing its “Sash for Cash” fundraising program this weekend. Members will be at the house on Main Streets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, to accept donations of $50, which will be used to help the window restoration project. Each donor of $50 or […]
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River Valley Animal Advocates holding yard sale
DIXFIELD — River Valley Animal Advocates is hosting its fifth annual yard sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15 to 17, at the corner of Weld and North streets. President Becky McDonald said the organization has “received some nice donations this year.” “The Oxford Federal Credit Union from Mexico […]
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Cutler supporters’ lawsuit challenges constitutionality of Maine donation limits
AUGUSTA — Four supporters of independent Eliot Cutler’s bid for governor filed a suit Monday in U.S. District Court over what they argue are inequities in Maine campaign finance laws. The injunction asks that individual contribution limits for donations to Cutler’s campaign be the same as they are for major-party candidates — and in time […]