SOUTH PARIS — Toby Whitman of West Paris was elected to represent his local administrative area during the recent county committee election, according to the Oxford County U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. Dana Lowell of Buckfield will serve as the first alternate. “County Committee members are a critical component of the day-to-day operations […]
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Fort Kent university board seeks nominations for alumni award
FORT KENT — Each year the University of Maine at Fort Kent Alumni Association recognizes an UMFK alumni for outstanding character, professional achievement, distinguished leadership, service to UMFK, and service to the community. The Alumni Association Board seeks nominations, at umfk.edu, of people who have demonstrated success in their career and/or personal life. The deadline […]
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Lisbon church yields donations during 5K run/walk
The proceeds benefit a heating assistance program.
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Auburn library to launch annual health, wellness series
The Auburn Public Library plans the following programs as part of its annual health and wellness series, New Year, New You. The in-person events will be held at the 49 Spring St. library. • Healthy Eating will be presented by Healthy Androscoggin from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 11 and 25. This free, two-class […]
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Brunswick parish youth to hold sock drive
BRUNSWICK — Third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in the faith formation program at St. Charles Borromeo Church look to fill boxes of socks on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 8 and 9, to help local people in need. Socks can be dropped off before, during or after Masses at St. Charles Borromeo on 132 McKeen St. at […]
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Camden library to offer online Google Photos training class
The Camden Public Library plans to host a training class via Zoom at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, for people who would like to learn how to manage and edit their pictures using Google Photos. The class is part of the library’s monthly Tech Help Thursdays series. In this session, library technician Henry Herbst will […]
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Bridgton Historical Society to host 2022 lecture series
BRIDGTON — Mike Davis of the Bridgton Historical Society plans to present one lecture per month from January through June on different topics relating to the history of Bridgton and the Lakes Region. The January lecture will be the first of a two-part series on the history of Pleasant Mountain. The program will take place […]
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New Gloucester student named to SUNY Potsdam president’s list
POTSDAM, N.Y. — Emma Matusovich of New Gloucester recently was named to the president’s list at The State University of New York at Potsdam. Matusovich, whose major is music business, was among 887 SUNY Potsdam students honored for academic excellence in the 2021 fall semester, having earned top marks. To be on the president’s list, […]
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Lewiston library to host author, former physician assistant
LEWISTON — Robin Behl, a former physician assistant at Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute in Lewiston, plans to read from her new book, “Price Per Barrel: The Human Cost of Extraction.” The reading is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St. This free, […]
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Friends of Merrymeeting Bay speaker series to cover CMP lawsuit
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s fourth presentation of its 25th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Don’t Be a Nuisance! (FOMB vs. CMP),” is scheduled to feature attorney William Most. FOMB’s Winter Speaker Series presentations are again being held via Zoom and are accessible via hyperlink at the top of fomb.org. The event takes place at 7 p.m. […]