LEWISTON — Museum L-A will celebrate #GivingTuesday on Nov. 27 by raising money to create a School Field Trip Scholarship Program for 2019. #GivingTuesday is a global effort to harness the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity. It follows the widely recognized Black Friday and Cyber Monday […]
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Marine Corps League to hold meeting LEWISTON — Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment 810 will host its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. The meeting will take place at the Lewiston Armory, 65 Central Ave. All Marines, FMF corpsman and Navy chaplains are invited. Anyone interested in Marines Helping Veterans is also […]
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Class gathering
PARIS — The Mexico High School Class of 1972 will meet for dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Maurice Restaurant, 109 Main St., South Paris. Classmates, spouses and friends are welcome to attend. FMI: call 207-824-2328 or 207-364-3657.
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Donations sought to fill stockings AUBURN —Bolster Heights Residential Care Facility is in need of donations to fill Christmas stockings for 84 residents. Examples of donations would be unopened and unexpired snack items, cans or bottles of soda, soft candies, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotions, bars of soap, individual manicure kits, large-print word search or […]
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Weary Club holds monthly meeting NORWAY — The Norway Weary Club will hold its monthly meeting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at its building on Main Street. Members and their guests are invited for coffee, doughnuts and lively conversation. Society to hold pie sale benefit FAYETTE — There will be a pie sale to […]
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Danville Grange to meet, have potluck AUBURN — Members of Danville Junction Grange will meet at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, for a potluck supper. The business meeting begins at 7, followed by bingo. Members are reminded to bring prizes for bingo, as well as clipped coupons for veterans and donations for PAL. All members […]
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Community meals
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Salvation Army will provide a home cooked Thanksgiving meal for individuals and families from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at 67 Park Street. “We are grateful that we are able to provide a meal and comfort to our neighbors faced with challenging times,” said Capt. DeAnna Street, Corps Commanding […]
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Legion seeks medical equipment RUMFORD — The Rumford American Legion is seeking medical equipment to distribute to those in need in the community whose insurance will not cover items needed for a safe discharge from a hospital. Equipment needs are walkers, rollator walkers, canes, hemi walkers, crutches, hospital beds, commodes, tub benches or tub seats, […]
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Lisbon United Methodist to hold annual Christmas Fair
Soft-sculpture snowman family, a 2017 Silent Auction donation. Dot Rice, left, and Carolyn Jones show off some homemade gifts for holiday giving that will be featured at Lisbon United Methodist Church’s annual “Elf Magic” Christmas Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, with a special “pre-fair” opening from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, […]
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FCAS: Pets of the Week
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Animal Shelter is featuring Dixie and Neko as its Pets of the Week. Dixie is a 2-year-old female tick hound mix. She loves to run and play, and loves to snuggle when she gets tired. She even tries to keep her kennel clean at the shelter. Neko is a […]