Families gathered at the Manchester Elementary School for pumpkin painting, singing, a scavenger hunt and games marking the restart of Cub Scout Pack 622 after a three-year absence. Nationally, the Scouting program suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic as packs and troops shut down to meet federal and state requirements. Locally, officials say that Scouting lost […]
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Composer/pianist Ben Cosgrove to perform solo at Portland concert Oct. 27
CD release show to feature new album ‘Bearings.’
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Literacy Volunteers celebrates ‘Hometown Heroes’
Modern Woodmen of America celebrated the literacy work of Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties, and honored “Hometown Heroes” Elizabeth Cooke, Maggie Davis, Greta Espeaignnette, Claire Levesque, and Aishah Wolfstone, at a MWA members meeting Sept. 19 at Bean’s Corner Baptist Church in Jay. The five Literacy Volunteers tutors were celebrated as a team […]
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Skowhegan Woman’s Club joins group to break silence of domestic abuse
The GFCW Skowhegan Woman’s Club painted the town yellow on Oct. 6 for Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, getting Finding Our Voices posters up in 20 business windows and having many conversations along the way. The posters feature the faces and voices of 45 Maine survivors including Gov. Janet Mills, and are the most visible way […]
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Washington library to offer workshop for artists Oct. 21
WASHINGTON — Gibbs Library plans to offer a free workshop, “Abstraction and the Landscape” with Karen Jelenfy, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Bryant Room at 40 Old Union Road. Using book illustrations and a piece of Jelenfy’s original work, students can reflect on artists’ use of abstraction as a […]
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SNAPSHOT: Maine Supreme Judicial Court visits Skowhegan school
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Coastal Kitchen’ and ‘The Road to Dalton’
Recipes designed to take the guesswork out of seafood, and a grimly convincing tale of a small town’s small minds,
resigned to despair and self-pity
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Modern Woodmen chapter delivers flotation noodles
Modern Woodmen of America members in Waterville/Oakland recently purchased and collected pool flotation noodles for the Alfond Youth and Community Center’s therapy pool in Waterville. The project, which took place on Sept. 25 at local and online merchants, benefited the center’s Aquatics Program. Coordinated by local Modern Woodmen members, the fraternal financial services organization’s Summit […]
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Chesterville to continue tradition with poetry night Oct. 20
The annual Chesterville Poetry Night is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at the Chesterville Center Union Meeting House, 3 Borough Road. The event has drawn a faithful audience over many years, but always welcomes new participants. The gathering features an open mic for those who wish to read or perform on a first-come, […]
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Lovell library speaker series to host historical society director Oct. 19
LOVELL — The Charlotte Hobbs Library Speaker Series is set to continue at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, with a talk by Michael Davis on “Rattlesnake: a Western Maine Story.” Davis is the assistant director of the Bridgton Historical Society and the author of the weekly history column “In Ye Olden Times” for the Bridgton […]