STATE — If you need a gift for the gardener in your life, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering 8 new bundles of pre-recorded webinars on gardening-related topics. The On-Demand Webinar bundles include three to four pre-recorded webinars, plus helpful related resources. New topics include ornamental garden design and maintenance, garden problem-solving, homesteading, […]
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Movie Review: ‘Red One’
“Red One” desperately wants to be an “edgy” Christmas movie. Edgy Christmas movies throughout history have included everything from raunchy comedies (“Bad Santa,” “The Ref”) to intense action (“Fatman,” “Violent Night”) to straight-up horror (“Black Christmas,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night”). When edgy movies turn Christmas on its head just right, they can become blockbusters and […]
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NSB receives distinguished award
SOUTH PORTLAND — Since 1983, the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) has helped Maine people reach their goals through a wide array of assistance programs for small and larger businesses and loan, grant, and scholarship programs for students and families to meet the costs associated with higher education. Each year at its Showcase Maine event, […]
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First Universalist December services
WEST PARIS — Dec. is a time of transition and renewal and a time to gather in community to reflect, celebrate, and seek and give comfort. Please join us on Sundays at 9 a.m. Music is performed by guitarist Davy Sturtevant. Refreshments following the services. All are welcome! • Dec. 1, “Ripple Retreat Effect” with […]
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Bethel Library: We can’t do it without you!
To the Editor: The Bethel Library Association is a private non-profit organization that receives 75% of its funding from private donations. We are tremendously grateful to our business supporters, both new and long-standing, for their generosity. Deepest appreciation to: Bethel Kitchen Design The Bethel Resort and Suites Carter’s XC Ski Center Lodging Cassie Mason Real […]
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Still fighting Agnes Gray closure, plan
To the Editor: The closure of the Agnes Gray School in West Paris remains a terribly disappointing development for the community. Every community takes pride in its school. That school becomes the heart of the community. Closing it tears at the very fabric of the place. The citizens of West Paris do not plan to […]
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Holiday performance at Harrison library
HARRISON — Andrew Harris will present “Jolabokaflod-An Uplifting Holiday Tradition” on Monday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. at Harrison Village Library. Jólabókaflóð, or “Yule Book Flood,” originated in Iceland during World War II when foreign imports were restricted, but paper was cheap. Iceland’s population could not support a year-round publishing industry, so the market was […]
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Memories of Stoneham
To the Editor: Did you ever hear the saying “You can’t go home again?” Well, I did, this fall. I went to my old home in the Bartlettboro Neighborhood of East Stoneham. I was anxious to know if the “Balm of Gilead” trees were still there, but they weren’t. The lady who now owns the […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
Guess who’s back? Vinny came by to tell all you folks that he is still looking for his forever home. A little back story on Vin. He came to RPC as a forced surrender back in September of 2023. His previous owners severely abused him. He has lost trust in some humans but the staff […]
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SeniorsPlus announces December classes
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus will offer the following classes in Dec.. Classes are held in person at its Lewiston, Wilton, or Norway locations; online; or hybrid. Class locations are 8 Falcon Road, Lewiston; 9 Marston St., Norway; and 284 Main St., Suite 100, Wilton. Classes are free unless noted. Locations are fully accessible. Hearing assistive equipment is […]