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‘March Madness Birthday Bash’ at the Table NORWAY — The Table at the Norway Grange continues to offer Free Friday Night activities from 6 to 8 p.m. The activities are chemical free family/community focused. Each week the team offers game nights, movie nights and open mic karaoke. Free pizza and popcorn along with drinks are […]

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Guidance Through Grief sessions begin in April AUBURN — Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice announces spring sessions of the Guidance Through Grief Support Groups. Guidance Through Grief is a free, eight-week facilitated grief support group for adults who have suffered a loss through death. Registration is required; all community members are welcome to attend. Guidance […]

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Book club to discuss teen fiction novel PARIS —  Paris Public Library’s Novel Idea/Multi-Age Book Club will discuss the junior fiction selection, “Waiting for Normal” by Leslie Connor, a realistic fiction novel, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19. Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother’s erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather […]

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Auburn Art Club to hear speakers AUBURN — The Auburn Art Club will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, March 4, at Auburn Methodist Church, Park Avenue. A program will be presented by Shelley Lance-Fulk and Jacklyn Amtower, owners of Compass Rose Images. The women have traveled throughout the world photographing local flowers and wildlife. Jill Jones […]

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Observatory to hold star gazing night NORWAY — Those wishing may observe the stars from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 1, at the Twitchell Observatory. The observatory has moved but is not ready for use, so  the group will set up at one of two sites. To automatically receive e-mail or Facebook event notices, […]

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Panel working on marijuana regulations omits mention of social clubs

AUGUSTA — State lawmakers who are working to launch Maine’s adult-use cannabis industry have eliminated all references to social clubs from a proposed overhaul of the Marijuana Legalization Act. Voters approved social clubs as part of the legalization referendum in 2016, but lawmakers have repeatedly voted for delays in an effort to keep Maine from […]

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Mexico to consider moratorium on marijuana clubs

MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will soon consider a moratorium on marijuana clubs. Selectman Reggie Arsenault, who is also a member of the Planning Board, handed to selectmen Tuesday night a draft of a moratorium ordinance on retail marijuana establishments and stores, and retail marijuana social clubs. The ordinance, initiated by Police Chief Roy Hodsdon, […]