FARMINGTON — United Way of the Tri-Valley Area is excited to offer our 6th annual COLOR ME UNITED 5K Run/Walk this year! The event will be August 27. The race will start at 9 a.m., with a huge color explosion at the Narrow Gauge Movie Theater parking lot, right off Front Street in Farmington. The […]

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Grammy-nominated Children’s Musician Judy Pancoast will bring her special brand of musical fun to the Carrabassett Valley Town Library this summer for an energetic Summer Reading program concert on July 29 at 2 p.m. at Carrabassett Valley Town Park Judy will celebrate our Summer Reading theme, “Oceans of Possibilities,” with a concert […]

REGION — Maine’s leader in single-sort recycling provides funding for recycling, composting, and increased public awareness of sustainable habits, ecomaine, will select as many as six winning entries in its Recycling is a Work of Art contest to turn “silver bullet” recycling containers into something more colorful with a strong recycling message. The public has […]

FARMINGTON — Franklin Community Health Network’s annual Health Care Golf Classic was held July 11 at the Sugarloaf Golf Club. The tournament benefitted the Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) of Greater Franklin County and the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center. Thirteen teams from throughout Maine took part in the event on a picture-perfect day with […]

FARMINGTON — Sunday, July 31, from 4 to 7 p.m., brings an entertaining afternoon/evening filled with music and food while viewing classic cars and trucks at Fairbanks Union Church, 583 Fairbanks Road, Farmington. Revel in an evening with live music emanating from Gambol Creek, Jeff and Donna Wells while sitting in your car or at […]

PHILLIPS — The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SRRLR), located at 128 Bridge Street, Phillips is starting off the 2022 schedule with a bang, actually many bangs. First of the schedule is a Civil War battle reenactment. Riders can “Ride the Train into History” and be a part of a Civil War train raid […]

AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta is offering two new, one-of-a-kind online degree programs to train students for careers in fields pertaining to public and community safety, one that will begin immediately and another that will be offered in the fall of 2022. Students can pursue an online Master of Science in Trauma-Informed […]

REGION — United Way of the Tri-Valley Area (UWTVA) is excited to share that out of thousands of applications submitted nationally, UWTVA is one of 260 grantees chosen for a 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant. (www.facebook.com/AARPLivableCommunities/.) Through this grant UWTVA will be able to continue to address the challenges of rural transportation by coordinating the […]

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Join us for a powerpoint presentation on Friday, July 15, at 4:30 p.m. in the Begin Family Community Room at the Carrabassett Valley Public Library & Community Center Nick Lund is Advocacy & Outreach Manager at Maine Audubon, where he helps pass legislation and other policies to protect Maine’s wildlife and habitat. […]

REGION — United Way of the Tri-Valley Area (UWTVA) is excited to share that out of thousands of applications submitted nationally, UWTVA is one of 260 grantees chosen for a 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant. (www.facebook.com/AARPLivableCommunities/.) Through this grant UWTVA will be able to continue to address the challenges of rural transportation by coordinating the […]