Winslow High School has announced the following students were named to its fourth-term, second-semester honor roll for the 2020-21 academic year. Seniors — High honors: Grade Bilodeau, Justin Bolduc, Megan Cates, Elliana Dow, Jennifer Ferry, Anna Lakey, Riley Landry, Bohdi Littlefield, James Mason, Ronnie Mason, Leighton Matthews, Cassidy McIntire, Kaylee Nadeau, Abigail Thibodeau, Carly Warn, […]
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Emergency medical helicopter service benefit to begin
The event’s flexible format opens it to participants across Maine.
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Foundation awards grants to local nonprofits
In its second year of grant making, the Maine Community Foundation’s Start Up/Scale Up Grant Program is providing $225,000 to 11 Maine nonprofit organizations that are helping new ventures start and grow through shared workspaces and incubator and accelerator programs. MaineCF donors and partners made an additional eight grants totaling $183,141. The local 2021 grantees […]
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Winslow graduate places 3rd in ‘Arrive Alive’ contest
Winslow High School graduate Zoë Reardon won third place in the 17th annual Arrive Alive Creative Contest. The contest asked students to come up with a creative message about the dangers of drinking and driving and/or distracted driving. Reardon’s digital artwork depicts the importance of making smart decisions when behind the wheel. The Winslow native […]
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Augusta library to offer CareerCenter appointments
AUGUSTA — Lithgow Public Library, at 45 Winthrop St., plans to offer Zoom-facilitated CareerCenter appointments on Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings, starting in July. Maine CareerCenters provide a variety of free employment and training services at no charge for Maine workers and businesses. Whether one is looking to improve your job qualifications, explore a different […]
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Area students make Saint Michael’s College dean’s list
COLCHESTER, Vt.— Two local students were named to the 2021 spring semester dean’s list at Saint Michael’s College. They are Zoe Feehan of Gardiner, a senior biology major and graduate of Lisbon High School, and Arianna Kelsey of Richmond, a sophomore computer science major and graduate of Gardiner Area High School.
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UMaine extension to host USDA marketing service
BANGOR — Two representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service are to discuss price reporting for Maine agricultural commodities from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, July 22, at Dysart’s Restaurant, 1110 Broadway. The event, hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, also will be available live online. Gauging interest from Maine producers […]
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Western Mountains Committee awards $72K in grants
The Western Mountains Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $72,613 in grants to 12 nonprofit organizations. Grant recipients include: • Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset counties, to empower adults who are less literate to achieve progress on self-selected goals and improve foundational literacy with community education programming. • Maine Grain Alliance, to […]
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Central Maine business briefs: Gardiner nonprofit welcomes new board members
People & Places: Hannah Levesque joins Auburn Real Estate team.
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Palermo library to hold annual meeting
The Palermo Community Library is to hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 11, at its 2789 Route 3 home. The trustees are to formally receive and hang a quilt donated by Joan Robertson. The quilt showcases Christmas-themed crayon drawings done last November by students from the Palermo Consolidated School and several local […]