CARTHAGE — The Carthage Historical Society is hosting a bake sale and lawn sale from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at the Carthage Historical Society Museum to raise money for its scholarship committee and for renovations to the building, member Fay Hutchinson said. Hutchinson said that, to her knowledge, the Carthage Historical Society […]
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Center Minot Grange No. 266 to disband
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday learned that the Center Minot Grange No. 266 is disbanding and that Grange members have voted to donate funds remaining in its accounts to the Arthur Harris Scholarship fund. Selectman Eda Tripp, who is a member of the Center Minot Grange, told the board that the Grange agreed that Arthur […]
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Litchfield Woman Awarded Jordan Handy Scholarship
LEWISTON — Oak Hill High School Senior Sarah Noel Carpenter has been honored as the recipient of the second Jordan Handy Scholarship. She was awarded a $500 scholarship. “She truly exemplifies my same passion for the culinary arts and seeks to encourage and foster this same passion in those who seek a career in the […]
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High School selects recipient of Principal’s Award
PARIS — Evangeline Kim of Paris, a senior at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, has been selected to receive the 2014 Principal’s Award. High School Principal Ted Moccia made the announcement this week. The award is sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association and is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and […]
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Madeleine Giguère Scholarship winners announced
LEWISTON — The University of Southern Maine’s Franco-American Collection has announced the recipients of the Madeleine Giguère Scholarship for the 2013-14 school year. Hattie Freye of New Gloucester and Leah Jutras of Auburn each will receive $1,000 toward their studies at USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College. The scholarship is awarded every year to up to three students […]
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Local semifinalists named in National Merit Scholarship Program
EVANSTON, Ill. — National Merit Scholarship Corporation officials have announced the names of semifinalists in the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered […]
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Forty-one local students receive $95,800 in scholarships
TURNER — The Trustees of Leavitt Institute recently awarded scholarships totaling $95,800 to area students. The Edgecomb-Knight and Young scholarships are open to Turner, Leeds and Greene graduating seniors who have attended Leavitt Area High School for all four years. Rita D. Young established the Young Fund in 1999 in the name of her parents, […]
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Worthley Pond Association to award $500 scholarship to applicant
PERU — The Worthley Pond Association will be presenting a $500 scholarship in September to a student who is connected to the association, according to member Sherri Clement. Clement said that the Worthley Pond Association, which has been in existence for nearly 50 years, has been giving out scholarships “off and on” for the past […]
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Town accepting applications for scholarship
LIVERMORE — The town is accepting applications for the $1,000 Pollard Scholarship that goes to a Livermore student pursuing higher education. Applications are available at the Town Office and due by 4 p.m. Monday, July 29. Livermore began awarding the scholarship in 1980 following the opening of a box containing papers showing Augustus Pollard had […]