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SAD 52 Adult Ed offering classes on chicken ranching, Notary Public training

TURNER — School Administrative District 52 Adult & Community Education has announced its classes beginning the week of April 3.  Substitute Training: This course is one step in the substitute teacher application process. Learn about SAD 52 school expectations, teacher’s lesson plans and assertive discipline. A high school diploma is required, but a college degree […]

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Open Observatory Night at Twitchell PARIS — The next monthly Open Observatory Night is planned for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Twitchell Observatory on Hooper Ledge Road if skies are clear. If skies will not be clear, the alternate date will be Friday, March 31. Confirmed dates will be posted on the website. The event […]

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Pinewood Derby racers

Participating in the Pinewood Derby at Rumford on March 19 were, from left, front, Mason Vradenburg, Brycen Waugh, Brody Knapp, Brayden Belskis and Dexter Rice; back, Ayden Timberlake, Samuel DeMascio, Carson Redmond, Connor Halacy and Brandon Albanasi. The top five winners in the Pinewood Derby at Rumford on March 19 were, from left, front, Brayden Belskis, fifth; […]

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Girl Scouts 'Grow'

The Lisbon Community Garden Ad Hoc Committee was presented with donations of garden supplies by the Dirigo Service Unit, a combination of Girl Scout troops in Lisbon, Durham, Lewiston, Monmouth, Sabattus and Wales. The Girl Scouts recently participated in World Thinking Day, where they were asked to think globally. In response to this year’s theme, […]

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Scrabble Fest winning logo

Lindsay Morin, a junior at Lewiston Regional Technical Center, created the winning logo design for the 19th Annual Letters for Literacy Scrabble Fest. Registration is open for the April 23 event at the Carriage House in Lewiston. Proceeds benefit Literacy Volunteers-Androscoggin. FMI: www.literacyvolunteersandro.org, 207-333-4785. 

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Stand Against Racism 2017 to be held April 30

LEWISTON — YWCA Central Maine will present Stand Against Racism 2017 on Sunday, April 30, from noon to 4 p.m. at YWCA Central Maine, 130 East Ave. Lewiston. The YWCA’s sixth annual event is a full day of education, dialogue and action around racial justice. This year’s theme is “Women of Color Leading Change.” Stand Against Racism […]

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Weeks to receive MPA Principal's Award

WALES — Samantha Weeks, a senior at Oak Hill High School, has been selected to receive the 2017 Principal’s Award. Weeks is the daughter of Scott and Michelle Weeks of Litchfield. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Throughout Weeks’ years […]

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10-year-old donates to food pantry

Emma MacMahon, 10, of Poland, presents a $260 check to Lee Upton of the High Street Congregational Church Food Pantry, 106 Pleasant St., Auburn. The money, which Emma solicited from family and friends, will help pay for the fresh produce, meats, canned goods, toilet paper, and personal hygiene products that go to 240 to 300 […]