AUBURN — Leon Twitchell of Bryant Pond has been awarded the 2019-20 Roland “Doc” Hannaford Scholarship for $1,000 at Central Maine Community College. An Oxford native, Twitchell worked as a diesel mechanic prior to entering the Building Construction Technology program at CMCC. He has earned highest honors in the program and is a second-year student […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — Treat Memorial Library, 56 Main St., announces the schedule of events for January 2020. The Book Group is continuing its 10-part series, “Books are Funny Like That,” into the new year, meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, to discuss “In Such Good Company” by Carol Burnett — a memoir about her […]

The University of Maine at Augusta will offering an On-the-Spot Admit Day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at locations statewide, including Lewiston, Rumford and South Paris. UMA admissions representatives will be available to help recent high school graduates, transfer students, and returning students complete their application; take a placement test […]

Karen Simpson honored  with award AUGUSTA — Supreme Court Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley has announced that Karen Simpson, administrative clerk at the Violations Bureau in Lewiston, is a recipient of a Maine Judicial Branch Performance Council’s Career Performance Award for 2019. The award honors individuals who “consistently contribute above and beyond expected job responsibilities to […]

AUGUSTA — Each year, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recognizes a Registered Maine Guide with the Wilmot (Wiggie) Robinson Legendary Guide Award. Anyone who knows a deserving Registered Maine Guide can complete the nomination form and submit it by Jan. 10, 2020. Nominees must meet the following criteria: • Have spent 20 years as a […]

NEWTON, Mass. — Wyatt Edwards of Gray, a management major at Lasell University, joined faculty from the institution’s School of Business at an exclusive luncheon. Lasell University School of Business faculty invited several students to meet at the first of several events. It was an opportunity for the two groups to connect on a more […]