LEWISTON — Dollard (Del) and Priscilla Gendron have presented the second installment of their $100,000 pledge toward the new Museum L-A, a check for $50,000, to Executive Director Rachel Desgrosseilliers. Del Gendron said, “We feel that Museum L-A is very important for our community. My family is fortunate to have the financial ability to make […]
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Museum L-A receives grant for Kids as Curators program
LEWISTON — Museum L-A has received $800 in grant funding from the Lewiston Auburn Children’s Foundation toward its Kids as Curators program. In the program, local students work closely with Museum L-A staff to create, install and share their own museum exhibits. In 2018, 160 students from Auburn Middle School and Lewiston High School will […]
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Buttons4Babes Giving Circle meeting JAY — The Buttons4Babes Giving Circle meets from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 170 Main St. For more information, email buttons4babes.gc@gmail.com or call 207-860-8579. Pine Cone Chapter, OES, to meet AUBURN — Pine Cone Chapter 26, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet at […]
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RUMFORD — A benefit for Holly Arsenault, a Chinese auction and spaghetti dinner, will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Eagles Hall. Arsenault has been diagnosed with bone cancer. A wife, mother and grandmother, she is bed-ridden and in hospice care. Arsenault has no insurance and can use help. Donations for […]
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Swingin' Bears provide teddy bears
Eleanor Herrick, left, Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Cub president, and Karen Ellis, Community Concepts in Oxford, are pictured with 418 stuffed toys club members collected for “Right Start For Kids” in the Oxford Hills area. The annual Teddy Bear Dance scheduled for Dec. 9 was canceled due to weather. However, members brought what they had […]
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Red Cross lists blood donations for January
The American Red Cross has announced local donations in January: Androscoggin County Auburn: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at Edward Little High School, 77 Harris St. Durham: 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, at AMVETS Post No. 13, 1049 Royalsborough Road, Route 136. Lewiston: Central Maine Medical Center Blood Donation Center, 60 High St. Visit tinyurl.com/yd7522ll to schedule with […]
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Bridgton, Rumford hospitals to be part of Donate Life Rose Parade Float
BRIDGTON — Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital are partnering with New England Donor Services to honor and remember those who gave the gift of life through organ and tissue donation. On Monday, Jan. 1, 2017, the Donate Life Rose Parade float, The Gift of Time, will include a dedication garden made up of roses with […]
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CMMC takes part in 'Adopt a Child'
Central Maine Medical Center participated in the “Adopt a Child” program with the help of the Promise Early Education Center. Various departments throughout the hospital adopted a total of 72 children, helping 31 families in the community.
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Community meals
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus is offering a dining site designed to cater to the Somali community in the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center, 208 Bates St. The public is invited to attend lunches presented there on Mondays (except holidays) at 11:30 a.m. Cost: $3. — FARMINGTON — The Fishes Chowder Luncheon will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. […]
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YWCA holding women’s clothing swap LEWISTON — The YWCA’s Positive Ethnic And Cultural Exchange (PEACE) program will host a women’s clothing swap for the New Year from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, at the YWCA. The clothing swap is free, and participants are invited to take clothes, as well as bring clothes to donate. […]