The Lewiston Auburn Children’s Foundation has begun giving out the annual grant money to nonprofits in the area. Liza Dimitri, foundation vice president, recently visited with Director Erin Reed, Trinity Jubilee Center, which received a grant for $2,000 to help the food pantry, which distributes diapers to more than 180 families every month. If any […]
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Les Troubadours to lead French sing-along
LEWISTON — Community members are invited to join Les Troubadours for a French sing-along at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in room 170 at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. Song books will be provided. The event is sponsored by the Franco-American Collection at USM-LAC. Admission is free to all. More information is available […]
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Annual Statewide Arts Iditarod ending at Franco Center
LEWISTON — The Maine Arts Commission will complete its 2018 Arts Iditarod on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. The Arts Iditarod is a regional tour from Kennebunk to Houlton and Lewiston to Ellsworth. The four regional meetings provide professional development workshops, information and discussion opportunities to the state’s far-flung, […]
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Rumford Rotarian addresses club on Rotaplast
RUMFORD — Dr. Jerry Cohen, Rotary Fellow and Rumford club member, addressed the River Valley Rotary Club on “Rotaplast” when the group met Feb. 5 at the HOPE Association. Cohen said Rotaplast International Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring and other […]
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Giddy Up & Go 4-H Horse Club collecting supplies for horse rescue
FARMINGTON — The Giddy Up & Go 4-H Horse Club will sponsor its 11th annual fundraiser for the Double B Equine Rescue this month. The Double B Equine Rescue takes in surrendered, unwanted, neglected and abused horses and other equines from around the state and provides them with rehabilitative care. They currently have 33 equines […]
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Paris Elementary’s Cardinal Kitchen receives grant
Kelley Wallace, right, holds a $5,000 check presented to Paris Elementary School’s food pantry from the Episcopal Diocese of Maine by the Rev. Canon Nancy Moore, left, rector of Christ Church in Norway. The pantry, named Cardinal Kitchen, is for families of the school’s students. Wallace was the driving force behind the feeding program. The Oxford […]
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Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust acquires 230 acres on Magalloway River
OQUOSSOC — The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust has acquired 230 acres on the Magalloway River in Lincoln Plantation. Nestled in the hills between Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge and the Dartmouth Second College Grant, the parcel contributes to more than 28,000 acres of functionally contiguous land that dominate the headwaters and shorelands of the Magalloway, Dead […]
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Community forum on homeless youth in Farmington
FARMINGTON — New Beginnings and community representatives from Franklin County Safe Places for Youth in Need will host a community forum to help homeless youth from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at Old South Church, 227 Main St. Attendees will learn more about a community-wide collaboration to accelerate efforts to end youth homelessness across […]
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CMCC student athlete wins higher education scholarship
AUBURN — Kristina Blais of Central Maine Community College has been named a recipient of a 2017 Higher Education Assistance Foundation (HEAF) scholarships. HEAF was founded in the 1950s by a group of banks, businesses, community organizations and individuals. Now administered by the Maine Bankers Association of Westbrook, the foundation annually awards 16 $1,000 scholarships […]
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‘World’s Greatest Sleigh Rides’ Sunday LISBON FALLS — The Farmer’s Draft Horse, Mule and Pony Club and the Pejepscot SnoChiefs Snowmobile Club are teaming up for the 25th annual “World’s Greatest Sleigh Rides” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at 400 Main St. Many teams of horses and sleighs will give rides through […]