Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club raised more than $12,000 for the Maine Alzheimer’s Association on June 22 during three games in Oxford. Winners of the first game are, from left, front row, Ellie Wigton, Barbara Newcomb, Cindy Kirchherr, Carol Corread, Trudy Mulhern, Tim Goodwin, Fred Donald, Rudy Polli and Bob Kirchherr; and, back row, Lindy […]
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Union School in historic register HARTFORD — The Union School has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places, according Kirk F. Mohney, director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. It is the town’s best remaining example of the rural one-room school of the late 19th and early 20th century. Of the many one-room schoolhouses […]
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Wetland grants available from DEP
AUGUSTA — The Department of Environmental Protection is inviting proposals for wetland restoration, enhancement and creation projects to include provisions for water quality benefits and improve wildlife habitat. Grant applications for wetland projects are being accepted. Applicants must describe how the proposed project meets the following criteria: • Provides restoration of impacted wetlands, enhancement of […]
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Civil War veteran to receive headstone
WAYNE — A gravestone for Civil War veteran Benjamin F. Burgess will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 21, at Beech Hill Cemetery on Strickland Ferry Road off Route 219. The public is invited to attend. The stone, which comes 116 years after Burgess died in 1902, will be placed beside those of his […]
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Grace Fellowship Church VBS OXFORD — Grace Fellowship Church invites will offer Vacation Bible School to area children from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday to Friday, July 23 to 27, at the church on Poplar Street. The theme is “Shipwrecked: Rescued by Jesus.” Children ages 4 to 14 are invited, and parents are welcome to […]
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Community meals
LISBON — A roast turkey dinner will be held Friday, July 13, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Masonic Hall on Oak Street. Cost, by donation, is $8 for adults, children 12 and under, $4; free for preschool age. The supper is sponsored by Pioneer Chapter No. 11, OES. — LISBON — The Lisbon United Methodist Church […]
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Garden club to see Wilton garden WILTON — Mt. Blue Area Garden Club members and guests will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at Tom Saviello’s garden, 60 Applegate Lane. Saviello’s home is in the middle of the old Keene Morrison apple orchard, which acts as a backdrop for his gardens, blueberry bushes, strawberry patch, […]
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Community sales
WAYNE — The Cary Memorial Library’s summer book sale opens at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 14, at the Williams House, 14 Old Winthrop Road, and runs through Saturday, July 21. This week-long sale is one of two giant annual sales, with four rooms filled from floor to ceiling with gently used books. There will be DVDs and CDs, […]
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Maegan Sheehy awarded scholarship PORTLAND — The scholarship subcommittee of the Maine Community Foundation’s Androscoggin County Committee awarded three Laurendeau Scholarships. Recipients are Maegan Sheehy of Sabattus, attending Rivier University; Danica Deschaine of Van Buren, attending Ave Maria University; and Olivia Gervais of Frenchville, attending University of Maine. Established in 2013, the statewide Laurendeau Scholarship […]
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Bog Hoot Quilt Society meeting MECHANIC FALLS — Area residents who enjoy crafts and companionship are invited to join community and church members at the Anglican Church of the Transfiguration (formerly the Mechanic Falls Congregational Church) on Elm Street for the Bog Hoot Quilt Society meeting. The group meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. The entrance to […]