RANGELEY — Good Shepherd Food Bank will distribute food to Rangeley-area families with six Food Mobiles in 2017. The first one will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the lower level of Rangeley Health and Wellness at 25 Dallas Hill Road. Members from the local police department will volunteer to bring boxes […]
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Good Shepherd wins safety award
PORTLAND — Good Shepherd Food Bank of Auburn received an award for workplace safety from workers’ compensation specialist MEMIC. Only nine other employers, out of more than 20,000 MEMIC policyholders, were honored during the MEMIC annual meeting of the policyholders with a recognition award for outstanding safety performance. Good Shepherd Food Bank solicits, secures, collects […]
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Good Shepherd Food Bank welcomes cool expansion
AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank had a Goldilocks problem. Its warehouse shelves were too warm for fresh-picked potatoes, carrots, apples and cabbage; its refrigerator, too cold. A new $1.2 million root crop storage project means being able to accept more fresh fruits and vegetables, store them at ideal temperatures and make them available for […]
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Elizabeth R. Larsen
1924 – 2015 WATERFORD — Elizabeth R. Larsen, 90, of Waterford, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at her home. Affectionately known as Betty, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 31, 1924, the daughter of Dennis W. and Frances E. Leeper Ryan. In 1941, she graduated from East Haven High School in Connecticut […]
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Alvira ‘Vi’ Caron
1927 – 2015 LA MESA, Calif. — Alvira “Vi” Caron, 88, of Lewiston and La Mesa, Calif., passed away peacefully on Sunday Oct. 4. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Antoinette Slavinski Loewer and Conrad Daniel Joseph Loewer, Vi grew up in southern California, where she met Bob Caron while he was stationed there […]
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Harold A. Parsons
1928 – 2015 AUBURN — Harold A. Parsons, 87, of Minot died Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Clover Manor Health Care with his family by his side. Born in Auburn on June 22, 1928, he was a son of the late Howard and Ruth Boothbay. Harold was a member of the Frances Lodge of West Minot […]
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Popularity of food pantries in Maine schools grows quickly
AUBURN — A couple of times a month, Doreen Morin’s daughter brings home food from school. The fruit cups, oatmeal, spaghetti and canned goods help feed the family of six. So does the soup and other food a school police officer drops off once in a while. With no car, no job, living in a […]
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Good Shepherd Food-Bank to host award dinner
AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food-Bank will honor Bill Williamson of Bank of America at its annual Humanitarian Award program and celebratory dinner April 9. Williamson will be presented with the JoAnn Pike Humanitarian Award, which is given each year in honor of Food-Bank founder JoAnn Pike. The dinner will take place at the Food Bank’s […]
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Good Shepherd Food-Bank welcomes new board members
AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food-Bank recently welcomed the following new members to its Board of Directors: Kevin Carleton is senior director customer engagement, Reflexis Systems. He is a member of the board of directors of Western Maine Health. He previously served on the boards of the United Way of Greater Portland and Oxford County United […]
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Food insecurity focus of Martin Luther King Jr. Day service in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The plight of people in Franklin County who face food insecurity and the efforts undertaken to confront it were the focus of a service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held Monday at Henderson Memorial Baptist Church. “The service is offered each year by the churches of the Farmington Area Ecumenical Ministry, and […]