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Holiday crafts, cookie exchange NORWAY — The public is invited to Norway Memorial Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, for holiday crafting and a cookie exchange. Participants will learn how to make a paper gingerbread garland, English crackers, a sparkle candle jar and Finnish stars. Participants need to bring scissors for cutting paper and […]

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Lisbon students explore world

Benjamin James looking out over Athens, Greece, from the Acropolis. LISBON — A new school group, the Lisbon Explorers, believes in the power of experiential learning and that traveling can expand students’ understanding of academics, the arts, world cultures and themselves. In April 2016,  they took their first trip to France and Spain, and this […]

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Auburn Rec Dept. sponsoring trips for seniors

AUBURN — The Auburn Recreation Department is sponsoring the following trips for seniors in June and July: Friday, June 2: Sawyer Foundation, performance by Larry Gowell, local vocalist. Van will leave Pettengill Park at 11:30 a.m. and will stop at Hurricane’s Café for lunch (on your own) prior to the performance. Cost: $5 for transportation. […]

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Lisbon Seniors plan Michigan, Nashville trips

LISBON — The Sunshine Hill Neighbors Seniors, along with the Lisbon Recreation, still has space available for 2017 trips. Mackinac Island in Northern Michigan, from June 10 to 18, with a stop en route at Niagara Falls State Park. Passengers will need a passport card or passport to enter Canada. There will be a four-night […]

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Joline Bell adds two more seniors trips

SABATTUS — Joline Bell is organizing trips for seniors and seniors at heart. Those participating do not need a club affiliation. Bell has added two new trips:  Hollywood Slots Casino: Tuesday, June 27, in Bangor. The price is $27 for transportation, driver gratuity, bingo with prizes on the bus, $10 free slot play and $5 […]

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Foster tech students checking out post-secondary options

FARMINGTON – Students at Foster Career and Technical Education Center are taking advantage of travel opportunities to check out post-secondary options next month. The center received a $30,000 grant from the MELMAC Education Foundation as part of a program to raise student aspirations, center Director Glenn Kapiloff told Regional School Unit 9 directors Feb. 23. […]