AUBURN — Faith Baptist Church will host Jim Rumsey at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at 43 Washington St. North. His topic is “Reaching Sheep Gone Astray.” Rumsey, of Baptist Missions to Forgotten People Inc., has ministered in prisons and jails, rescue missions, and rehabilitation centers in the Southeast for 25 years. His wife, Yvonne, […]
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Lovell native is awarded medical scholarship
NORWAY — The 2018 Diane E. Curtis Medical Scholarship has been awarded to Emma Jo Armington of Lovell. Armington has just completed her freshman year at Simmons College in Boston, where she is studying physical therapy in pursuit of a medical career in the field of prosthesis. The Diane E. Curtis Medical Scholarship, started in 2014 […]
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Saint Dom's senior receives MPA Principal's Award
AUBURN — Taylor Jorgensen of Manchester and a senior at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn has been selected to receive the 2018 Principal’s Award, said Principal Shelly Wheeler. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Jorgensen played varsity golf, varsity softball […]
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Center for Wisdom's Women fund-raises for future shelter, Sophia’s House
LEWISTON — The Center for Wisdom’s Women hosted its first of several events to raise remaining funds needed to renovate the former Saint Patrick’s Convent. The project, named Sophia’s House, will create a residential recovery community for women who have struggled with incarceration, drug addiction and trafficking or sexual exploitation, often rooted in childhood trauma. […]
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Central Maine Christian Academy presents awards
LEWISTON — Central Maine Christian Academy, 390 Main St., recently presented fourth-quarter and year-end awards. High honors, fourth quarter: Rileigh Landry, Arty Gagnon, Francis Bruno, Phoebe Gouette, Alex Hilton, Seth Espling, Meaghan Dyer, Olivia Morissette, Abigail Hilton, Jordan Drake, Sydney Marston and Meti Taylor. Second honors, fourth quarter: Owen Drake, Rachael Frey, Benaiah Said, Benjamin […]
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Community forest board selects Pettingill School Park to receive a tree
Pettingill School Park was the recipient of another donation from the Lewiston-Auburn Community Forest Board on Thursday, May 24. A tulip tree was planted along the park’s College Street boundary. Planting the tree, from left, are Shea, chairman of the Lewiston-Auburn Community Forest Board; and Lewiston Public Works members Al Patenaude and Dana Drew.
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College planning workshop WILTON — The Wilton CareerCenter, 865 U.S. Route 2E, will be holding a workshop, MEOC-101-Essentials of College Planning, from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 13. This workshop introduces people to educational opportunities in general and MEOC services in particular. This interactive workshop touches on the four steps in the college process: admissions, […]
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Farmer’s market on Thursdays NORWAY — The Norway Farmer’s Market will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursdays, through Oct. 4, at Witherell Park by the police station. ATV club plans pig roast, ride OTISFIELD — Otisfield Trail Blazers ATV Club will hold its third annual Landowners Appreciation Pig Roast Saturday, June 2, at 271 Ahonen […]
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Dunnemans to perform at First Baptist Church
RUMFORD — Reg and Gretchen Dunneman will give a worship concert of gospel music at the 6 p.m. service of the First Baptist Church, Sunday, June 10, at 112 Washington St. Reg and Gretchen Dunneman, from Binghamton, New York, sing a special blend of gospel music, including southern gospel, traditional, hymn and contemporary Christian styles. Their […]
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Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust announces Walk the Woods summer series
OQUOSSOC — Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust has announced the new, weekly Walk the Woods series that will be held Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. RLHT will lead hour-and-a-half walks on their conservation lands around Rangeley Lake. The walks will be open and free to the community, meeting at the Trailhead at 5:30 p.m. each week. […]