Karen Beaudoin
AP Player of the Year finalists: Murray, Tagovailoa, Haskins
AP Player of the Year finalists: QBs Murray, Tagovailoa, Haskins
SAD 17 to implement new success program
The goal is to have at least 90 percent of freshmen students passing six or more of their classes.
Christmas and kindness go hand in hand for Piper
HARRISON – Christmas Angels come in all forms in Harrison and this year residents, young and old, gathered at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on November 28 to watch as Santa sprinkled seven-year-old Piper Cleveland with his magic dust as she touched the tree to light it. The Harrison Elementary School first-grade student, was […]
80 years ago: The woman who built the Norway library
NORWAY — Sarah Maude Thompson Kaemmerling wanted to become a professional musician. Instead she built a library. The daughter of a local dentist who left Norway for Pennsylvania in the late 1800s to become engaged in a lucrative logging business with his brothers, Kaemmerling’s life was to be shaped by her father’s decision and the […]
Free Christmas Day dinner
LIVERMORE FALLS — Food donations and volunteers are being sought for the annual Free Christmas Day Dinner to be held at the American Legion Hall, 17 Reynolds Ave., from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on December 25. Organizers Renda Guild, Debbie Breton and Rose Darling met Dec. 2 to start planning this year’s dinner. The […]
Franklin Savings awards $150K to nonprofits
FARMINGTON — Franklin Savings Bank announced the nonprofit winners of the its “Community 150” initiative, awarding a total of $150,000 from the bank’s Community Development Foundation to 60 groups. The top three organizations from each county were recognized during a Nov. 28 reception in Farmington. Franklin Savings Bank is celebrating its 150th anniversary by giving […]
Cookie-Palooza to benefit homeless shelter
FARMINGTON — Western Maine Homeless Outreach will host an open house and Cookie-Palooza from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. “We really want people to see the shelter and get involved,” Mary Beane said. “We hope to raise awareness of our need for volunteers and board members.” Beane became involved with the shelter nearly […]
Serving rural needs for 50 years
SALEM — The United Methodist Economic Ministry has served rural families in need since 1969. Whether providing food assistance, emergency heating fuel, school supplies or home repairs, UMEM supports a growing and varied population of underserved individuals. Operations Assistant Yvonne Woodcock has worked at UMEM for 13 years. The main focus of her duties is overseeing […]