We just got back from vacation. It was a week filled with laughter, fun, but not as one anticipates a vacation to roll out, with calamity and tears. One remarkable event was getting word that my husband’s aunt had passed unexpectedly. “Unexpected death” is such a strange term for when someone passes who has not […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Extension announces community garden map
STATE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend, and harvest vegetables and flowers in a communal space. The Community Garden Map includes information about local community gardens that allow individuals to have their own garden plots […]
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Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
New Ventures offers free classes, individual coaching
STATE — New Ventures Maine will offer free online workshops and classes in May designed to help people in Maine gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to build a career, start a business, and manage money. The full class schedule is accessible at bit.ly/NVMEClasses. Single- and multi-session workshops include (partial list): Building Careers • Making Career Choices: Tuesday, May […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Davis Foundation Children’s Health Grant Program open
STATE — The application portal for the Patricia D. Klingenstein Grants Program opens tomorrow, Tuesday, April 15. This grant program of the Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation is named in honor of its greatest champion, Pat Klingenstein, who, at the age of 93, passed away in February 2023. Along with her children and grandchildren, Pat […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
New Ventures provides free classes, individual coaching
STATE — New Ventures Maine will offer free online workshops and classes in May designed to help people in Maine gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to build a career, start a business, and manage money. The full class schedule is accessible at bit.ly/NVMEClasses. Single- and multi-session workshops include (partial list): Building Careers • Making Career Choices: Tuesday, May […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Bethel business owners surprised Town pays their tipping fees
In July people renting dumpsters may be required to pay the tipping fees that taxpayers have recompensed for several years.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Davis Foundation Children’s Health Grant Program now open
STATE — The application portal for the Patricia D. Klingenstein Grants Program opens tomorrow, Tuesday, April 15. This grant program of the Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation is named in honor of its greatest champion, Pat Klingenstein, who, at the age of ninety-three, passed away in February 2023. Along with her children and grandchildren, Pat […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Four Livermore Falls men sentenced in Farmington kidnapping and robbery
Sentences for Jeromy Merchant, Joshua Soucy, Xavior Merchant and Troy Hampton ranged from 10 and 25 years, with some of that time suspended.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Van, trash truck collide injuring Rumford, Jay men
The driver of the truck was cited Thursday night for being on the wrong side of the road.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
RSU 9 reviews budget, technology plans and public petition response
The board for the Farmington-region district reviewed its proposed budget, discussed technology updates and heard public concerns about a recent petition.