A capital campaign has paid off more than $700,0000 in acquisition funding loans for a parcel of land that is part of Wabanaki ancestral homelands. The parcel, in Passadumkeag, is 85 acres and is now home to Nibezun, a native-led organization that according to its website “seeks to revitalize and preserve Wabanaki culture, traditions, and […]
Karen Beaudoin
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Sen. Jim Dill: A new beginning in the State House
One of my favorite things about serving in the Legislature is that it never gets old. Every two years, just when I get accustomed to the way things are, the scenery changes. New members come in, offices and committee assignments are altered, and I am presented with a new opportunity to do good work for […]
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Online registration system shows deer hunters had best year since 2002
With the regular firearms season for deer concluding on Saturday, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s new online registration system showed that deer hunters had a very good year in Maine, likely the best in over 15 years. The numbers are still preliminary, but as of this Monday, November 26, hunters in Maine […]
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
3C Society to host free Christmas dinner
WILTON — The 3C Society will be hosting the 4th Annual Family Style Christmas dinner at the Harnden Masonic Hall, 70 Bryant Road, from noon to 1:30 p.m. on December 25. The 3C (caring, compassion and community) Society is asking for reservations by Dec. 21 for a food count, but no one will be turned away. […]
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Maine Mountain Quilters thanked from Washington
FARMINGTON — The Maine Mountain Quilters received a thank you recently from the opposite side of the country. MMQ has been in existence for over 40 years. Its members routinely make comfort quilts that are donated to fire victims and those who are ill in the community. Peace quilts are given to the police department. Last year […]
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Aspiring teachers offer literacy clinic
The college students, or preservice teachers, are enrolled in Reading, Language Arts, and Children’s Literature for K-3.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
21st Century gives kids after-school choice
REGION — A popular after-school program has provided learning and enrichment opportunities for students in Farmington and Wilton for more than three years. The program, 21st Century Kids of F.R.A.N.K.L.I.N., is offered to children in kindergarten through fifth grade enrolled at Cascade Brook School, W.G. Mallett School, Academy Hill School, and G.D. Cushing School. F.R.A.N.K.L.I.N., […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
What’s up in Bethel this week?
At Robert Lowell’s Saw Shop yard in the “Telstar Valley,” the Lowells were hard at work on Friday clearing snow from their stock of Christmas trees they had recently acquired. Mr. Lowell told me they had 375 trees which they bought in Colebrook, New Hampshire. If you stop at Nabos with Christmas shopping in mind, […]
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New mini-grant program seeks applications
ELLSWORTH and Portland — Grants of up to $2,500 are available through the Maine Community Foundation to help communities be more supportive of older people’s health, well-being, and ability to age in the community. The grants will support community planning and development and implementation of programs that increase opportunities for people over 60 to stay in […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Norfolk pines: How to save a tree during the holidays
As a young child I remember going to tree farms to choose the beloved Christmas tree of the year. The fragrant scent of balsam was the last gift the annual tree gifted us with as her needles dried, turned brown and dropped. I always remember feeling so sad that the tree was left to die […]