STATE — Grants to 10 organizations from the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) will help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in Oxford County. The Oxford County Committee awarded a total of $68,610 through MaineCF’s Community Building Grant Program. Grant recipients include: •  Denmark Arts Center, to provide live music, theater, art shows, children’s’ camps, author readings, […]

STATE — Nonprofit organizations that support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people and their needs may be eligible for funding through the Maine Community Foundation’s (MaineCF) Equity Fund. The fund helps strengthen LGBTQ+ organizations and supports initiatives that work toward inclusive, diverse, prejudice-free communities for the LGBTQ+ population and all people in Maine. […]

Lobster Dinner fundraiser OTISFIELD — We, the East Otisfield Free Baptist Church (the little church with the big heart), are excited that our annual Lobster Dinner is back, on September 9! You can choose a Lobster or BBQ Chicken as your main course, served with corn on the cob, cole slaw, rolls, and blueberry cake […]

STATE — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new online training program to help combat the opioid overdose crisis in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension. The Community First Responder Program aims to provide education and resources to rural Mainers to help recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. […]

PARIS — At the Aug. 17 meeting of the Paris Cape Historical Society, author Mary Morton Cowan spoke on her family history that inspired her new book, “Trouble in Nathan’s Woods,” set during World War I at a New Hampshire lumber camp. She is a member of the Morton family that owned the Paris Manufacturing […]

AUGUSTA — In the second year of the pandemic, national researchers pointed out that the most rural areas were not accessing resources to the same extent as more populated municipalities. The reason? The rural areas were at a disadvantage when it came to people with the time and expertise to do the background work and […]

NORWAY — The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine (CRCofWM) is thrilled to announce that it has received a one-year Oxford County Community Building Grant from the Maine Community Foundation. The funds will be used to improve access to mental health services for cancer patients in Oxford County via a partnership with Oxford County Mental […]

OXFORD — On Friday, August 11, the Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge game announced the following winners: 1st. Bj and Steve Cavicchi of Bridgton; 2nd; Pat Soule and Georgette Jewell of Paris Hill’ tied for 3rd and 4th were:   Teresa O’Clair of Lewiston and Michael Dixon of Auburn   with Paul Kahl of Westbrook and […]