AUGUSTA - Wednesday afternoon, in the midst of a heat wave strong enough to prompt a Maine heat advisory, a group of Franklin County residents met outside the offices of Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe to protest what they see as the senators’ inaction on the looming climate crisis.
CARTHAGE - First place for the second year in a row is The Webb River Valley ATV Club with the characters from Peanuts.
PHILLIPS - David Toothaker and the Phillips High School Class of 1967 collected more than $6,500 in just six weeks to help restore the Phillips Community Church.
Built in 1835, the building serves the greater Phillips area and draws members from as far away as Wilton and Weld. The UCC congregation is led by Pastor Sue [...]
WILTON - Russell Black, newly re-elected to the Wilton Board of Selectmen, announces that he is seeking election to the Maine House for District 90, now held by Rep. Tom Saviello. District 90 includes Avon, New Vineyard, Phillips, Strong, Temple, Wilton, as well as Perkins, Washington and Freeman Townships.
JAY – Approximately 110 people, graduates of the Jay and Livermore Falls High Schools’ Class of 1960, their spouses, and special guests, observed their 50th reunion on Saturday, Aug. 14th.
RANGELEY - The Wilhelm Reich Museum, Dodge Pond Road, Rangeley, Maine will be open for Labor Day Weekend from Friday September 3rd to Sunday September 5th from 1-5 p.m. The rest of September it will be open Sundays only 1-5 p.m.
Few places in the world combine the intellectual fascination and raw natural beauty of Orgonon, [...]
FARMINGTON - SAVES is beginning its weekly fall Sexual Assault Crisis Helpline advocacy training program on Sept. 14 from 5-8 PM. SAVES is looking for local volunteers who would like to give their time for a worthwhile cause.
WILTON - Join us for a morning of earth-based story, craft and song as we celebrate fall-time gifts from the land. We’ll start with making beautiful corn husk dolls to take home. Then, watch the ancient art of friction fire at work as we make a camp fire by rubbing sticks together. We will end the morning by drinking [...]
Scott Perry of Farmington will be SugarWood Gallery’s featured Artist of the Month in September. An Open House Reception is planned for Friday, Sept. 3 from 4 to 7 p.m. The public is invited and refreshments will be available.
LIVERMORE FALLS - Your family, friends and neighbors will be gathering on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Livermore Falls Recreation Fields to celebrate Fall in the Central Androscoggin River Valley. The “Event of the Year”
in the Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls area, the Apple Pumpkin Festival has seen a [...]
