LEWISTON — Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends will hold a benefit Purrrrfect Christmas bake sale and bottle drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 22 and 23, at Sabattus Street Self Storage, 1434 Sabattus St. They are need of bakers to make food to donate for the bake sale, as well as […]
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Center selling homemade pies for Christmas LEWISTON — Gendron Franco Center Chef John Pulsifer and his staff will be baking homemade pies for people to pick up on the two days before Christmas. There are a variety of fruit pies, including blueberry, blackberry, cherry, strawberry and more. Soft filling pies include lemon meringue, Boston cream, various […]
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A Christmas story from Tommy's Felines
GREENE — The cats and kittens of Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends, just like an orphaned child, have been disappointed year after year with no gifts of joy under their trees. Sadly, because of limited resources there is never enough funding for the toys of joy that bring so much happiness to the hearts of Tommy’s […]
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FCAS announces Pets of the Week
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Animal Shelter is featuring Miley and Gordon as its Pets of the Week. Miley is a 6-year-old female Rhodesian Ridgeback/Lab mix. She is a sweet and steady girl who would love to find her forever home. Miley would prefer a home with no cats, and she’d love to do a meet-and-greet […]
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Surge in injured owls tied to abundance of their favorite food – rodents
YORK — Wildlife rehabilitation centers in Maine are seeing a significant increase in the number of owls that have been injured by vehicles and believe the spike stems from the boom in the state’s population of squirrels and other rodents. In the past six weeks, the Center for Wildlife in York admitted 12 injured owls, roughly […]
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Marine Corps League monthly meeting LEWISTON — Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment 810 will host its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, at the Lewiston Armory, 65 Central Ave. All Marines, FMF Corpsman and Navy chaplains are invited. Anyone interested in Marines Helping Veterans is also invited to attend. The league is always open […]
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SMMS lists first trimester honor roll
JAY — Spruce Mountain Middle School has announced the honor roll students for the first trimester. High honors Grade six: Trinity Blanco, Mallory Clark, Skylar Condon, Isabell Dolloff, Hannah Dube, Ethan Egdall, Jenna Farmer, Lily Fortier, Connor Foss, Alyssa Greeley, Alex Grimaldi, Sarah Hawkins, Hannah Jewett, Tateum Leclerc, Mary Lovewell, Adria McHugh, Kenzi Richards, Cariana […]
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Phillips church community events PHILLIPS — Christmas outreach by Phillips Community Church begins at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, with an indoor caroling sing-along at Shadagee Housing Community Room, 3 Shadagee Lane. Sunday morning church services are at 10:45 a.m. Dec. 23, at the Community House, 31 Main St., with Pastor Susan Tierney. Christmas Eve […]
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Center announces top fundraisers at Turkey Trot 4 Hope
The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine held the second annual Turkey Trot 4 Hope benefit on Thanksgiving Day in Norway. Pictured are Nancy Hohmann and her dog, Belle, who were the event’s top fundraisers. They raised $2,120 and won a two-night getaway in New Hampshire. Participants were allowed to create their own fundraising teams this […]
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LRTC students create video tour for visitors
Multimedia students at Lewiston Regional Technical Center have put together a video tour of the various places to visit in the area of Lewiston High School to help visitors find their way. The two-minute video shows the new athletic fields, the construction site of Connors Elementary School, LRTC, the Green Ladle, the gymnasium entrance at […]