Forestry museum receives grant to support festival woodchip contest

RANGELEY — The Maine Forestry Museum has received a $3,000 grant from the Maine Expansion Arts Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to help sponsor the Little Miss and Mister Woodchip Contest and events associated with the museum’s annual Logging Festival Days. “This grant will help continue the 35-year tradition of providing children the opportunity […]

Peter Mckeown: NECEC ‘worse than a bad deal’ for state

Recently I saw an ad put out by Central Maine Power about New England Clean Energy Connect  promoting jobs for Mainers. Unfortunately, this is nothing more than a cheap PR stunt, and I hope my fellow Mainers see through it. If CMP were actually interested in hiring Mainers to work on this unpopular project, it […]

Jeffrey Goss: Boost access to early childhood care

As a small town police chief, I was pleased to read about a recent report highlighting the challenges parents have finding quality early childhood care and learning programs in areas like mine. Our youngest children need nurturing, stimulating environments for healthy brain development — both at home and in early learning programs while their parents […]

Writing workshops to benefit Literacy Volunteers tutoring

LIVERMORE FALLS — Maine Humanities Council Co-Facilitators Elizabeth Cooke and Sara Beech will host virtual creative writing workshops from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 13, March 13 and April 10. Workshops are family friendly and welcome all ages and levels of experience. All proceeds support Literacy Volunteers Adult Tutoring. A sliding scale donation is […]

Community briefs for Thursday, Feb. 11

Rumford board announces May plant sale RUMFORD — The Rumford Historical Society Board of Directors has announced the annual spring plant sale, with seedlings from Nghia Ha’s greenhouse, will be available for purchase at 11 5th St., Mexico, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 22 and 23. However, it is the […]

Marilyn Stevens: LePage belongs in Florida

Please say it isn’t so. Paul LePage running for governor again? I barely survived four years of Trump’s bluster, buffoonery, bumbling, and bamboozlement. I simply cannot go through the same thing again. So I ask Mr. LePage to please move back to Florida, where I’m sure he would be more welcome. Marilyn Stevens, Lewiston

MaineTransNet and Outright L/A form partnership

AUBURN — Outright Lewiston-Auburn and the Maine Transgender Network have announced the next phase in their relationship as organizations. MaineTransNet is serving as Outright L/A’s new fiscal sponsor, formalizing a long-standing programmatic partnership aimed at serving transgender youth. Under the new relationship, MaineTransNet acts as a financial home for Outright L/A, managing the program’s resources, […]

Give back, help hunger relief with outdoor recreation

NORWAY — The Maine West initiative is challenging people across the Oxford Hills, greater Bethel and River Valley areas to earn cash rewards for local food pantries by getting outside for healthy activities during the upcoming school vacation week. Starting Friday, Feb. 12, people can sign up for the Second Nature Adventure Challenge and start […]

Cartoon for Thursday, Feb. 11

St. Dom’s fifth graders send care packages to hospice patients, families

LEWISTON — After learning about hospice care from Dr. Shauna McElrath, a specialist in palliative care for Central Maine Healthcare, the fifth graders at Saint Dominic Academy decided to lend a helping hand to the mission of caring for people experiencing advanced, life-limiting illnesses. “Last year, we were able to have Dr. McElrath come in […]