MADISON — Members of the American Legion Family Post No. 39 in Madison plan to host a benefit spaghetti dinner, 50/50 raffle and live auction on Saturday, Feb. 17 (with a snow date of Feb. 24) for the flood victims of Anson, North Anson and Madison. There are 20 families and four businesses affected, many […]
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Winslow Cub Scouts learn about constellations
Winslow Cub Scout Pack 445 met Jan. 23 at the Waterville Children’s Discovery Museum. Scouts learned about constellations, which ones can be seen in the night sky above Waterville and Winslow and the stories behind them. The 14 Cub Scouts taking part in the program explored the planetarium dome and made constellations of their […]
Madison Junior Senior High names honor students
Madison Junior Senior High School has announced the following students were named to its second quarter honor roll for the 2023-24 academic year. Seniors High honors: Madison Coltrain, and Austin Mercier. Honors: Griffin Aldrich, Alyssa Babnaw, Bradley Corson III, Kylee Furbush, Marina Gilman, Alison Griffeth, Madylynn Masters, Hope Nadeau, Brode Strout, and Sadie Wheeler. Honorable […]
TV SERIES REVIEW: ‘The Dry’ is a strange, often bewildering sitcom
In the opening scenes of Paddy Breathnach and Nancy Harris’s “The Dry,” we meet Shiv (short for Siobhan played by Roisin Gallagher) arriving home unexpectedly from London in a cab. She seems surprised that no one in the family is there to meet her. Once you meet this family, you’ll wonder if she really grew […]
Union Fair, Wild Blueberry Festival dates scheduled
UNION — The Trustees of the Union Fair/Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival have released the dates to their 2024 event. The 2024 Union Fair is set to start Sunday, July 7, and end Wednesday, July 10, according to a news release from Rick Butler, head publicist for Union Fair/Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival. The event will feature […]
Carrabec High School names honor roll students
NORTH ANSON — Carrabec High School has announced its second quarter honor roll for the 2023-24 academic year. Grade 12 High honors: Kolby Carpenter, Devyn DeLeonardis, Molly Hay, Joyanna Jones, Alyssa Schinzel and Hailey Wyman. Honors: Hunter Bragg, Dakota Cahill, Jayden Cates, Cooper Dellarma, Emma Junkins, Summer Lindblom, Dillon Nelson, Ryan Parlin and Trenton Smith. […]
Lawrence Junior High School lists honor students
FAIRFIELD — Lawrence Junior High School has announced its second quarter honor roll for the 2023-24 academic year. High Honors Grade 7: Maddison Bolduc, Lincoln Boyce, Derek Brewster, Alexandria Caverly, Allana Cole, Landon DaPonte, Peyton Dow, Madilyn Gauthier, Maira Goldsmith and Jayden Hancock. Also, Amaya Killam, Hailey King, Ian Lane, Carter Lavallee, Amiley McLaughlin, Stella Patterson, Wyatt Pouliot, Ellis Rand, Ella Reynolds, Ryder Rodrigue, Sophia Santiago, Aubriella […]
Main Street Skowhegan seeks entrepreneurs for competition
Main Street Skowhegan is accepting applications for its spring Business Lab & Pitch Competition. The lab is a free, fast-paced, interactive program that features eight classes held over eight weeks, culminating with a pitch contest in which participants compete for $5,000 to start or grow their business. The program is designed for both aspiring entrepreneurs […]
Mount Vernon library to start classes on Google Drive, Docs Feb. 7
MOUNT VERNON — Dr. Shaw Memorial Library is set to offer a free three-part class, Introduction to Google Drive and Google Docs, at 10 a.m. Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 7-9, at 344 Pond Road. It will cover topics such as why to use Google Drive, how to organize the drive, how to upload to one’s […]
Carrabec school students raise almost $800 for Lewiston Auburn fund
NORTH ANSON — The K-8 Carrabec Community School held a penny drive from Thanksgiving to Christmas to benefit the victims and families of the Lewiston tragedies. The school sent $787.46 to the Lewiston Auburn Area Respond Fund. Most of the money was raised by the second grade classroom and one of the school’s seventh grade […]