The family of former L.L.Bean president and board chairman Leon Gorman has donated $4 million to Maine Medical Center to pay for the lobby of the hospital’s $525 million expansion. The lobby will be located in the new 265,000-square-foot Congress Street building, which will also include a new main entranceway, as well as 64 patient […]
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Donation helps WMAG to preserve historic local artwork
NORWAY — An effort to preserve and restore historic art from the collection of the Western Maine Art Group has been spearheaded by former WMAG President Barbara Traficonte. Traficonte has worked in cooperation with her son, Steve Traficonte, the owner of a local frame and art supply store, to donate material and labor to rescue and […]
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Loon Echo Land Trust seeking to conserve properties
NORWAY — Loon Echo Land Trust has announced two new conservation projects: Peabody-Fitch Woods in Bridgton and Edwards Forest in Harrison. With a deadline for acquisition of Dec. 31, the land trust is seeking to raise money from private individuals, public resources, and other foundations to acquire both parcels. The Peabody-Fitch Woods projects involves 252 acres […]
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Optimist Club donates Pocket Constitutions
Lisa Rodrigues, director of the SHARE Center in Auburn, receives several boxes of pocket-size copies of the U.S. Constitution from George Mathews of the Lewiston/Auburn Optimist Club. The club donates hundreds of copies of the Constitution each year to local schools in conjunction with Constitution Day on Sept. 17. The SHARE Center is a nonprofit […]
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Community Credit Union donates to Safe Voices
LEWISTON — Community Credit Union presented Safe Voices with a check for $500 on June 8 to help supply its food pantry at its shelter. Safe Voices offers support for those affected by domestic violence through offices in Farmington, Lewiston, South Paris/Norway and Rumford. The offices provide one-on-one support, support groups, children’s services, advocacy, information, referrals, […]
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Rotary, TD Bank donate care packages for homeless
TD Bank recently teamed up with the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club and Kids that Care to hold donation drives that provided Trinity Jubilee Center’s Day Shelter with more than 200 care packages for the needy. The project was spearheaded by Callie Cook, a manager at TD Bank and member of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club. The drive […]
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Maine Oxy golf tourney nets biggest donation to date
AUBURN — Maine Oxy recently raised a record-breaking $20,000 at its annual charity golf tournament Sept. 15 to benefit The Travis Mills Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit organization formed to benefit and assist wounded and injured veterans and their families. In June 2017, the foundation opened its national retreat center in Rome, where veterans and […]
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Monmouth officials to honor local man who donated land for nature park
MONMOUTH — Lynn Randall often walks her dog, Max, a 4-year-old German shepherd mix, miles away from her home on Sanborn Road. So it delighted Randall when she discovered that a half-acre park was being created near downtown Monmouth, more than 3 miles away. “The park is pretty far from my house,” Randall, 63, said. […]
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Beals Hospitality House receives donation
Jennifer Lane, third from right, Department of Maine Beals Hospitality House chairman and Auburn VFW Post 1603 officer, accepts a $1,000 donation from the Stone-Scott-Watson VFW Post 3095 in Friendship on behalf of the Beals Hospitality House board of directors. From left are William LaBombarde Sr., vice commander; Randall Foster, Post member; Eugene Grant, commander; […]
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"Music for Mavis" presents The Cobblestones
“Music for Mavis,” Tuesdays at the Turner Gazebo, brings The Cobblestones, a local band offering Americana music with tight harmonies and acoustic music. The band started about three years ago when Carolyn Costanzi, vocals, and Mike Plourde, guitar/vocals, met at an open mic at Tucker’s Pub in Norway. They started as a duo and added […]