Winthrop High School has announced the following students were named to its third-quarter honor roll for the 2020-21 academic year. High Honors Seniors: Kerrigan Anuszewski, Jenna Buzzell, Hannah Duley, Madison Forgue, Rowan Goebel-Bain, Noah Grube, Landen Huff, Dana Lesko, Lindsay Letourneau, Ella Michaud, Nathan Miller, Fisher Parker and Jacob Smith. Juniors: Sarah Adam, Logan Baird, […]
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Local students named to Saint Michael’s College dean’s list
COLCHESTER, Vt. — The following local students were named to the 2021 spring semester dean’s list at Saint Michael’s College. Corban Ridlon of Casco is a senior English major and a graduate of Lake Region High School. Hannah Dawkins of Gray is a junior psychology major and a graduate of Gray-New Gloucester High School. Camden […]
Maranacook Middle School names honor students
READFIELD — Maranacook Middle School has announced its fourth-quarter honor roll for the 2020-21 academic year. Grade 8 — High honors: Galina Ariskin, Jonathan Bell, Kendra Bor, Lillian Brosey, Melanie Chalmers, Anna Clauson, Carter Conway, Claire Dwyer, River Fallos, Cameron Foster, Gabrielle Galbreath and Brayden Giacomuzzi. Also, Carolyne Maceda, James Marr, Luke McLaughlin, Leslie Moulton, […]
Emergency medical helicopter service benefit to begin
The event’s flexible format opens it to participants across Maine.
Foundation awards grants to local nonprofits
In its second year of grant making, the Maine Community Foundation’s Start Up/Scale Up Grant Program is providing $225,000 to 11 Maine nonprofit organizations that are helping new ventures start and grow through shared workspaces and incubator and accelerator programs. MaineCF donors and partners made an additional eight grants totaling $183,141. The local 2021 grantees […]
UMaine extension to host USDA marketing service
BANGOR — Two representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service are to discuss price reporting for Maine agricultural commodities from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, July 22, at Dysart’s Restaurant, 1110 Broadway. The event, hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, also will be available live online. Gauging interest from Maine producers […]
Western Mountains Committee awards $72K in grants
The Western Mountains Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $72,613 in grants to 12 nonprofit organizations. Grant recipients include: • Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset counties, to empower adults who are less literate to achieve progress on self-selected goals and improve foundational literacy with community education programming. • Maine Grain Alliance, to […]
Children’s singer to be featured in virtual family concert
Judy Pancoast, New England’s Grammy nominee for Best Children’s Album, is to present a virtual program on Facebook for young patrons of the Auburn Public Library at 2 p.m. Monday, July 12. In keeping with the library’s summer reading theme of “Tails and Tales,” Pancoast’s lively musical presentation will include original songs about creatures of […]
Mt. Vernon center to hold vaccine clinic
A vaccine clinic is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 11, at the Mt. Vernon Community Center, 2 Main St. The single-shot Johnson & Johnson and second Pfizer vaccines will be available; students who received the first shot of Pfizer at school but did not get the second shot can take advantage […]
Sisters of Life to host day for women
JAY — A women’s day of recollection titled “Be Welcomed into God’s Love” will be held at from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 10, at St. Rose of Lima Church, 11 Church St. A closing Mass will be held at 4 p.m. for those interested in participating. All women ages 18 and older […]