NORWAY — St. Catherine of Sienna Church will host a free Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, dinner in the parish hall of St. Catherine of Sienna, 32 Paris St. Area residents are invited to gather for the dinner which will begin at noon. For reservations, contact the parish office at 207-743-2606 or sign up on the sheets […]
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Fundraiser to be held for community center PARIS — A do-it-yourself Christmas book decoration fundraiser is being held at and for the Deering Memorial Community Center from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. For $10 all materials will be provided to create decorations that can make holiday gifts. Refreshments will also be provided. All […]
Briefly: City
Childhood trauma discussion at Lifetree LEWISTON — How to heal from childhood trauma will be discussed at Lifetree Cafe at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 1919 Lisbon St. The program is titled Overcoming Childhood Pain: Facing Unresolved Family Issues. It will feature a filmed interview with Delisa Mayer, a woman whose family took part in an […]
Halloween visitors at Norway Health & Rehab
Norway Center for Health & Rehabilitation on Marion Avenue hosted its 24th annual Haunted House, Ghost Walk & Trick or Treat on Halloween night. Trick-or-treater Madison Lamere of Oxford and 200 other youngsters visited the center’s residents.
Pine Cone Chapter to hold special meeting
AUBURN — A special meeting of Pine Cone Chapter 26, Order of the Eastern Star, will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at the Masonic Hall, 1021 Turner St. Members of the ESTARL Committee will do the degrees of the Order of the Eastern Star. Flora Stack, worthy grand matron, and Richard Farnsworth […]
Ladies Guild annual craft fair on Dec. 1
The Ladies Guild of Our Lady of Ransom Church will hold its annual craft fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the new Father John Dougher Hall, 117 Elm St. in Mechanic Falls. Holiday crafts, basket raffles, a bake sale and a light lunch will be available. From left, are Patty […]
Craft fairs
PARIS — The South Paris VFW Hall will hold its Christmas fair and Chinese auction from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. The kitchen will be open; auction drawing will be at 2 p.m. FMI: contact Lorraine Hill at 347-414-9805. — POLAND — Excelsior Grange will hold its annual holiday fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. […]
Community sales
RUMFORD — The Rumford Hospital Auxiliary will sponsor a Fashion Boutique fundraising sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in Conference Room A, Lower Level, at the Rumford Hospital. Jewelry and accessories, including leggings, love pearls, wallets and winter apparel will be […]
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Free documentary screening to be held LEWISTON — In celebration of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice is partnering with St. Mary’s Health System to offer a free screening of the film “Seven Songs for a Long Life,” a documentary following the lives of seven terminally ill individuals with music as […]
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Meeting features program on balsam fir CHESTERVILLE — The North Chesterville Extension Homemakers will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the Town Office on the Dutch Gap Road. Guest speaker, Dave Fuller, agriculture and non-timber forest products professional at the Franklin County Cooperative Extension Office, will be presenting a program entitled “Identifying […]