Hallowell Won’t Wait: Community-Driven Climate Action, a community event, is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium at 1 Winthrop St. The guest speakers will be A Climate to Thrive’s Executive Director Johannah Blackman and Solar Coordinator Beth Woolfolk. After the presentation, Hallowell residents can have light refreshments and engage […]
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Madison school to hold senior citizen Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 17
Madison Area Memorial High School plans to host its annual senior citizen Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 17, at the 486 Main St. school. In-house dining is set for 4-6 p.m. as well as delivery to Madison residents. For delivery, call the high school at 207-696-3395 by Monday, Nov. 14. Check out other upcoming […]
Chesterville society to hold 1-room schoolhouse reunion Nov. 13
The Chesterville Center Union Meeting House and the Chesterville Heritage Society are collaborating on an evening of reminiscences about attending a one-room schoolhouse. The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Meeting House, 3 Borough Road in Chesterville. Rural Maine schoolhouses were typically of the one-room variety until the 1957 Sinclair […]
Whitefield Lions Club names Peace Poster Contest winners
The Whitefield Lions Club has announced this year’s winners of its annual Peace Poster Contest. They are Madyson Glidden of Whitefield, Avery Childs of Palermo, Aurora Peabody of Jefferson Village, Skyler McColet of Chelsea and Zoie Elliot of Windsor. For more than three decades, Lions clubs around the globe have sponsored a special art contest […]
Winslow’s St. Joseph Center to offer free programs
WINSLOW — The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon, located at the St. Joseph Center on 80 Garland Road, plans to run a Let’s Connect technology workshop this month. The free monthly technology workshops, for anyone older than 55, are focused on safely using technology in daily lives: dealing with malicious emails, web browsing, using […]
Bridge clubs name recent winners
Elm City Bridge Club Winners at the Elm City Bridge Club in Waterville on Nov. 1 were Ken Harvey and Diane Bishop. The pair of Lee Lenfest and Tom Nelson placed second, with Dick Quinlan and Jessie Gunther in third place. For more information, call Jessie Gunther at 207-487-7008. Capitol City Duplicate Bridge Club […]
Hallowell Legion Post 6 to hold Veterans Day events Nov. 11
HALLOWELL — Goodrich-Caldwell American Legion Post 6 plans to hold Veterans Day events on Friday, Nov. 11. Veterans and their families can gather at 9 a.m. at the post hall at 114 Second St., where breakfast will be served by Boy Scout Troop 647. All veterans are invited. A Veterans Day raffle drawing will be […]
SNAPSHOT: Pine Tree Camp Flutie 5K raises more than $10K
Pine Tree Camp’s fall foliage wasn’t the only thing showing off Oct. 22 in Rome. One hundred fourteen runners, walkers, wheelchair-rollers and even a team of dinosaurs showed their colors at the first-ever Flutie 5K at Pine Tree Camp, raising more than $10,000 to support Maine people with disabilities. Check out other upcoming area […]
Readfield to hold Veterans Day event Nov. 11
READFIELD — An event honoring all veterans is set for Friday, Nov. 11, planned by members of Readfield’s historical society, select board, United Methodist Church and the 3rd Maine Infantry Civil War re-enactors. All are welcome to join in for this special remembrance and honoring of those who have served or currently serve in the […]
Sidney society to hold Veterans Day event Nov. 11
The Sidney Historical Society plans to hold a Veterans Day event Friday, Nov. 11. The event will start at 11 a.m. with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Town Hall’s memorial site. This will be followed by a short honors program inside the town’s Grange, according to a news release from Jeff Frost of the Sidney […]