Poland Grange adds Little Free Library

Extension 4-H offers two new virtual programs

FALMOUTH — University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County 4-H is offering two new virtual programs this fall; Maker Monday Series and Mars Base Camp Special Interest Club. Current 4-H enrollment is not necessary for participation. Program material and instruction for the Maker Series are free. Program material for Mars Base Camp is $12. 4-H […]

Cartoon for Friday, Sept. 25

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Can we still be a unified country?

Ultimately, it comes down to a set of rules. Meaning norms, practices, guidelines — some written as law, some just respected as customs — to which we all adhere, even when that gives advantage to those with whom we disagree. It’s a covenant pluralistic self-government demands. And it’s one America is in the process of […]

Cartoon for Thursday, Sept. 24

Well done news Sept. 24

Area students on Northern Vermont University dean’s list LYNDONVILLE, Vt. —  The following area students at Northern Vermont University were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester: Auburn: Eleanor Harrington. Denmark: Emily Robinson. Lewiston: Madison Roy. Students who achieve between a 3.50 and 3.99 semester average are placed on the list. The following […]

Community briefs Sept. 24

Fall Fest coming to grounds of Outdoor Heritage Museum OQUOSSOC — The grounds of the Outdoor Heritage Museum will feature approximately 15 vendor booths for the Fall Fest Art, Craft and Antique Show on Saturday, Sept. 26. The show will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the vendors are expected to reduce their […]

LA Chamber postpones Downtown Trick or Treat to October 2021

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, with an abundance of caution and deliberation, decided to postpone the annual Downtown Trick or Treat to October 2021. The chamber recognized the 100-person limit for outdoor events would be challenging to enforce on open streets, and given the historic turnout of hundreds of children and […]

Norway museum, church to host cemetery tour

NORWAY — A Halloween Cemetery Tour will take place at the end of October at Norway’s Rustfield Cemetery on Greenleaf Avenue. The tour is a collaboration of the Norway Museum and Historical Society and the First Universalist Church of Norway. It is hoped to become an annual event. Hour-long tours are scheduled at 4, 5:30 […]

WIC benefits now available through EBT card statewide

AUGUSTA — The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program has completed the transition from paper food vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card more than a month before a deadline established by the federal government. The new system is called eWIC. The WIC program, administered by the Maine Center for Disease Control and […]