BRUNSWICK — Area students graduated from Bowdoin College during an online celebration of the Class of 2020. The following graduates are from the area: Francesca-Beth Haines of Auburn, major in biology. Olivia Giles of Gray, graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a major in government and legal studies and a minor in Arabic. […]

FARMINGTON — The Diabetes Prevention Program is now being offered in a live, online format. MaineHealth offers the program free. The program, offered by MaineHealth, provides a year of support from a trained lifestyle instructor, as well as peer support within a group setting. Using Zoom, classes meet weekly for 16 weeks, then once or […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has approved more than $545 million in payments to producers who have applied for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. FSA began taking applications May 26, and the agency has received more than 86,000 applications for the program. FSA […]

PORTLAND — The list of public Masses with safety restrictions being celebrated daily and on Sundays at Maine churches continues to grow. The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass continues to be in place, and the list of live-streamed Masses at Maine parishes remains in place (www.portlanddiocese.org/response-coronavirus). Churches in the area include: Holy Savior […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Anne Daley of Lisbon graduated with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Colorado College. Daley was one of 524 undergraduates to be celebrated virtually by Colorado College on May 31. An in-person, on-campus commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 has been scheduled for May 30, 2021.   ROANOKE, Virginia — […]

RUMFORD — The What Not Shop, 85 Lincoln Ave., has been closed for the past six weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of manpower to sort through the donations. Staff thoroughly cleaned, re-arranged and set up some spaces to be more appealing and to display the items in the store. The shop […]

FARMINGTON — Local hiker and outdoor writer Doug Dunlap of Farmington set a goal of walking 1,000 miles in Franklin County, an average of just under 143 miles a month for seven months. He will finish his journey on Sept. 30. He has two purposes in mind, both related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first […]

STRONG — Last month, 12 students from Strong Elementary School qualified for competition in the National History Day (NHD) in a Maine state contest. Because of the unique circumstances surrounding this year’s event, these young historians were not able to showcase their work in person at the University of Maine at Orono, as in years […]

AUBURN — Edward Little High School students Quinn Donahue and Peter Hansen have won first and second place in the Carnegie Mellon University CS Academy Spring 2020 International Creative Task Competition, unrestricted class.   PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire — Area students have been named to the Plymouth State University president’s list and the dean’s list for […]

East Otisfield Free Baptist Church to resume services OTISFIELD — The East Otisfield Free Baptist Church will resume weekly services at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 7. The service will be held in compliance with the rules set forth by the state. Wearing a mask or other face covering will be mandatory, as will social distancing.