Members of Lewiston’s delegation to the Maine Legislature plan to hold constituent office hours from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 27, in the Couture Room at Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St. The members include Sen. Peggy Rotundo and Reps. Kristen Cloutier, Margaret Craven, Mana Abdi and Michael Lajoie. They will provide local residents […]
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Extension’s annual master gardener plant sale set for Falmouth May 27
The 28th annual University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Plant Sale is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 27. The event will be held at the UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm at 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, in Falmouth. UMaine Extension master gardener volunteers will assist in selecting plants that best meet […]
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Bridgton club builds garden beds at community center
The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club partnered with the Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Program May 13 to build and fill four new garden beds at the Bridgton Community Center. All was accomplished in two hours with the help of hemlock timbers from the Red Mill Lumber in Casco and Super Loam from Rolfe Corporation in Bridgton, […]
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Jay AMVETS committee holds supper for high school alumnus
Trent Paradis is the only athlete from Maine going to the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany.
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Lake Region school students build little free libraries
Charles “Chaz” Reed, a carpentry teacher at the vocational education program of Lakes Region High School, is having his classes build four Little Free Libraries for the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club. The libraries are small weather-proof bookcases that will be placed in neighborhoods to enable people to share books 24/7. Each little library will be […]
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Ag department offers livestock disaster program flexibilities
Program application deadlines have been extended to June 2.
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SNAPSHOT: Great Falls after heavy rainstorm
Shown is Great Falls after the recent heavy rainstorm. “Quite spectacular,” writes photo-taker Lee Upton of Auburn. Check out other upcoming area events!
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Norway cancer resource center distributes care baskets
NORWAY — Utilizing monies received through fundraising efforts and donations, the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine made 50 care baskets to distribute to cancer patients located in western Maine. The baskets contain cleaning supplies, paper products and personal hygiene items. This is the third year of the project, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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EMS mental health awareness event set for May 21
NorthStar EMS plans to do a “stretcher push” on Sunday, May 21, from its Sugarloaf base in Carrabassett Valley to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, in order to bring awareness to the mental health struggles of first responders during National Mental Health Awareness Month and National EMS Week. The stretcher push event consists of a […]
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Farmington community garden accepting plot applications
The application deadline is Wednesday, May 31.