The Farmington Grange plans to offer a WWW — Wednesday Workers and Warm Up event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every other Wednesday at the Farmington Grange, 124 Bridge St., weather permitting. The next session is set for Dec. 21. Grange members will bring projects to work on, such as sewing, knitting and rug […]
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Waterville youth center receives $10K grant
WATERVILLE — The Alfond Youth & Community Center has received a grant for $10,000 to support its new Greenhouse to Your House program. The program provides free, healthy and fresh take-home food kits to local children and families experiencing food insecurity. The kits come from the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation during the foundation’s National […]
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Bridge clubs name recent winners
Elm City Bridge Club The team of Rona Backstrom and Jessie Gunther finished first at Elm City Duplicate Bridge on Dec. 13, followed by Suzon Morrison and Maryanne Trafton. For more information, call Jessie Gunther at 207-487-7008. Capitol City Duplicate Bridge Club The Capitol City Duplicate Bridge Clubs winners for Dec. 14 were David […]
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Brunswick adds section to preserve’s trail system
A new trail section has been completed at Kate Furbish Preserve. This brings the total amount of trails available to the public up to 12-plus miles, including 3.3 miles of new single-track mountain bike trail. The preserve offers two non-contiguous sections of trail named Furbish East and Furbish West. The department this year added a […]
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United Way accepting nominations for community impact awards
United Way of the Tri-Valley Area seeks nominations for the annual Gary A. LaGrange Community Impact Award. This award recognizes an individual or couple that goes above and beyond to significantly impact Greater Franklin County through their volunteer efforts. Applications will be accepted through Friday, Feb. 3, and voted on by the United Way Board […]
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Livermore Legion to host free Christmas lunch Dec. 25
LIVERMORE FALLS — American Legion Post 10 plans to host a free Christmas lunch for any Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls and Fayette residents. The lunch will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, at the 17 Reynolds Ave. post hall. For more information, call Renda Guild at 207-931-7338. Check out […]
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Norridgewock woman joins foundation’s Western Mountains Committee
Lisa Landry of Norridgewock is the newest member of the Maine Community Foundation’s Western Mountains Committee. MaineCF’s county committees are made up of community members who live or work in Franklin and Somerset counties and serve as local ambassadors for the foundation, sharing their knowledge and providing on-the-ground local leadership for the foundation, according to […]
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Augusta school recognizes honor students
AUGUSTA — St. Michael School has announced the following students were named to its first trimester honor roll for the 2022-23 academic year. Grade 5 — High honors: Prisha Arun and Tristan Morton. Honors: Lillianna Cusick, Lillian Howe, Charlotte Murray and Sarah Trask-McLaughlin. Grade 6 — High honors: Keegan Clark, Grace Cummings, Kennedy Dube, Emma […]
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Central Maine Motors Auto Group receives 2022 Governor’s Award for Business Excellence
WATERVILLE — Family owned Central Maine Motors Auto Group was recognized by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development on Monday for its contributions throughout Waterville and the surrounding municipalities. Central Maine Motors owns and operates three locations: Central Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram FIAT, Central Maine Chevy Buick and Central Maine Toyota. “Central […]
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United Way of Kennebec Valley hires new resource development manager
AUGUSTA — United Way of Kennebec Valley has hired Tyler LeClair as the organization’s first resource development manager — growing UWKV’s staff capacity to six. A Kennebec County native, LeClair comes to United Way from Hannaford where he was an assistant store manager and UWKV’s fall loaned executive (a volunteer from Hannaford “loaned” to United […]