LEWISTON — As people streamed through the line at St. Mary’s Food Pantry on Tuesday morning to grab Thanksgiving boxes, the first face they saw was Renay McCluskey on her first day of volunteering. She’d just survived living two and a half years in a tent in the Lewiston woods with her dog and fiance. […]
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SAD 17 board approves West Paris elementary school food pantry
PARIS — The School Administrative District 17 board of directors voted unanimously Monday evening to allow Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris to establish a food pantry. School Principal Beth Clarke said to get the pantry up and running the school would partner with Good Shepherd Food Bank. “We’d get a majority of our […]
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4-H'ers raising funds to assist local food pantries with meat purchase
NEW GLOUCESTER — Cumberland County 4-H members Caleb and Katie McGrath-Holmquist and Amber, Amanda and Austin Holmes are raising funds to purchase three market hogs and three market lambs from the Cumberland Fair 4-H Livestock Auction to donate to the Gray and New Gloucester food pantries. The auction will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. […]
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Volunteers and nine churches provide for those in need
LISBON FALLS — Debbie Hill’s 91-year-old mother, Dorothy, liked going to yard sales. During a day of bargain shopping, Dorothy saw a sign for a clothing bank and went inside to look for a good deal. The volunteers inside made coffee for her that day and every other time she stopped in. Hill was so […]
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Teacher grant recipients listed LEWISTON — The Lewiston Education Fund has announced the funding of teacher grants for the 2016-2017 grant cycle. Stephen Belleau, Gifted and Talented program, Jenn Carter, Lewiston Middle School, Stephanie Couture, Lewiston Middle School, Tiffany Demarest, Montello, Kathy Heermann, Longley, and Stephen Moore, Lewiston Middle School, were each awarded funding for […]
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American Legion hosting DJ Jean Louis AUBURN — William J. Rogers Post 153, American Legion, will host music, karaoke and dance with DJ Jean Louis from 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays in May at 71 South Main St. The dates are May 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27. Members and guests are welcome. […]
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Franco Center postpones Québec trip LEWISTON — Gendron Franco Center has announced that it will reschedule the maple sugar day-trip to Lac-Mégantic, Québec, planned for Saturday, April 1, due to the winter weather forecasted. FMI: 207-783-1585, boxoffice@francocenter.org. Jones Dance Band to perform BUCKFIELD — Jones Dance Band will perform from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturdays, April 1, 8, 15,22 and 29, […]
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Food Summit to address food insecurity in Greater Franklin County
FARMINGTON — No one should go hungry in local communities, yet children are arriving at school not having eaten, and more and more seniors are accessing area food pantries looking for help. The United Way of the Tri-Valley Area and Healthy Community Coalition will host a Food Summit on Thursday, April 6, that will include […]
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Library talk to focus on home weatherization WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library will host Bo Jespersen, owner of the Breathable Home, an energy auditing and weatherization business, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21. The discussion will focus on the philosophy and science of home performance, as well as different aspects of home weatherization. The […]
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Food Summit to address food insecurity in Greater Franklin County
FARMINGTON — No one should go hungry in local communities, yet children are arriving at school not having eaten, and more and more seniors are accessing area food pantries looking for help. The United Way of the Tri-Valley Area and Healthy Community Coalition will host a Food Summit on Thursday, April 6, that will include […]