JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — U.S. Air Force Airman Steven Ruest graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete […]
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Maine Wildlife Park to offer look at wildlife feedings
GRAY — Maine Wildlife Park will offer an opportunity for the public to watch a wildlife eat their daily meals at scheduled times starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, on Route 26. The animals are fed a healthy natural diet that is as close to what they’d eat in the wild as possible. The […]
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Androscoggin Land Trust director to address Rotary Club
AUBURN — Shelley Kruszewski, executive director of the Androscoggin Land Trust, will be guest speaker at Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club meeting Thursday, Aug. 30. It will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at Village Inn restaurant, 165 High St. Kruszewski has been working at the Trust since 2016. She has a master’s degree in community […]
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Community meals
CASCO — The board at Casco Village Church, United Church of Christ, will serve its last Saturday night supper of the season with baked beans and hot dogs from 5 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at 941 Meadow Road, Route 121. Cost will be $8 for adults, $5 children 8 and younger, and $21 maximum for […]
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Franco-American Education Foundation awards scholarships
LEWISTON — The Franco-American Education Foundation awarded $46,000 in scholarship funds to high school graduates from the greater Lewiston-Auburn area at its recent awards banquet held at the Gendron Franco Center. The sum is in addition to the $95,250 being awarded to students presently attending college and in their sophomore, junior and senior years. The […]
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FCAS: Adoptable pets can have new dispositions outside the shelter
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Animal Shelter is featuring Khai and Saxson as its Pets of the Week. Khai is a 3-year-old male American pitbull terrier. He is one of those dogs that looks and sounds fierce inside his kennel, but once he is out, he is as gentle as a lamb, according to shelter staff. […]
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Parish center renovations completed in Mechanic Falls
MECHANIC FALLS — Members of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish recently celebrated a milestone in the renovation of the parish center at Our Lady of Ransom Church. The project will eventually include creating a new worship site. The Rev. Edward Clifford, pastor, blessed the new hall that was created from a section of the center […]
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Gift to give GAHS opportunity to provide enrichment to shelter pets
LEWISTON — The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society will begin a comprehensive enrichment program, thanks to a generous $5,000 gift from Priscilla Gendron. This new and vital program is aimed at modifying the development and expression of abnormal and/or problematic behaviors and contributing to the overall wellbeing of the animals as they await adoption. The Shelter […]
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Wilhelm Reich Museum offering square dancing
The Wilhelm Reich Museum Conference Center will host a square dance party from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at the center on Dodge Pond Road in Rangeley. No experience or reservations are necessary. National caller Red Bates of Rangeley will teach. Families and singles welcome and dress is casual. Suggested donation is $10 […]
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Lisbon Legion hosts biker rally
Legionaires Rick Minving, left, and Ronie Ray attend the Riders Summer Rally hosted by the Lisbon Post 158, American Legion, on July 28 in Lisbon.