The boyhood home of the legendary author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables in Raymond — known with great affection by locals as “the Hawthorne House” and listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1969 — is at risk of serious structural damage if major repairs are not […]
Community
Community news and announcements from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
MaineGeneral’s Day of Hope celebrates, supports cancer patients
The Oct. 3 event will represent Cancer Survivors Day and the Walk for Hope.
The Swine & Stein Brewfest bags available for purchase
Sale of the bags will open at noon Oct. 1.
Christmas program applications open Oct. 1
WATERVILLE — Applications for families looking for support through the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers’ Christmas Program are open available as of 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, online. The program is available to any eligible child in the state of Maine between the ages of 0 and 12 years old. Families must be income […]
Inn Along the Way to host virtual open mic, fall fundraiser Oct. 3
Organization raising funds to complete first phase of transforming original farmhouse into small inn with café and community rooms.
United Ways of Maine collects more than 37,000 pounds of food, essentials
Collection held Sept. 14-18 during statewide drive to kickoff fundraising campaign.
Jay’s St. Rose of Lima Parish to open thrift store Oct. 3
The parish social ministry program at St. Rose of Lima Parish in Jay and St. Joseph Parish in Farmington has received accolades and praise for the many ways in which it has bettered the lives of area residents, Catholics and non-Catholics alike, according to a news release from Dave Guthro, communications director, Roman Catholic Diocese […]
Damariscotta Mills Alewife Festival Quilt Raffle held drawing on Labor Day
Summer visitor Christine Ruffley of Massachusetts winner of Alewife Fish Ladder Quilt.
Free Fall Family Fun Day planned in East Winthrop
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed to host event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 3 at YMCA camp
Flu clinics set to begin Oct. 1
The Franklin Community Health Network clinics will be held in Eustis, Rangeley, Wilton, Phillips, Livermore Falls.