Through outreach, adaptation and openness, 80 Maine Granges with 2,200 members continue advocating for agricultural interests and serve as social centers for their communities.
Danville Junction Grange
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Photo Album: See inside Auburn’s Danville Junction Grange
The Danville Junction Grange, built near the railroad junction in 1898, is the only surviving Grange in Lewiston-Auburn.
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The Mighty Folquemeisters will perform at Danville Junction Grange
AUBURN — Folks of all ages are invited to enjoy an afternoon of old-time fiddle music and dancing beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Danville Junction Grange. Featured musicians will be the Mighty Folquemeisters, who range in age from 6 to 60-plus and perform on fiddles, guitars, mandolin, banjo, Scottish smallpipes, bodhran […]
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Danville Junction Grange holds annual open meeting for Grange Month
Forty members and guests attended the recent meeting, where they awarded the Community Citizen Award, awards for longtime members and a talk by the director of Auburn PAL Children’s Center.
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Words for Thirds: Grange gives dictionaries to third graders
Danville Junction Grange has completed its Dictionary Project for the year. This school year, dictionaries were distributed to 360 third-graders at five schools in Auburn and New Gloucester. For many years, the Grange has participated in the “Words for Thirds” project and have given more than 2,000 dictionaries. Shown in the photo with their new […]
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Community meals
AUBURN — The Auburn United Methodist Church will serve its monthly bean supper at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at 439 Park Ave. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children age 6 to 12 and free for children younger than 5. Entertainment will be provided by the Park Avenue Pickers beginning at 4:30 p.m. For additional […]
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Danville Junction Grange aids Salvation Army
Members of Danville Junction Grange contributed to the annual Salvation Army Project by donating unwrapped toys, games, books and knitted goods. From left are Glenys Ryder, community service chairwoman, and Envoy Holly Johnson of the Salvation Army.
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Marie H. Vickery
AUBURN — Marie H. Vickery, 95, of Auburn, passed away Monday, Dec. 18, at Clover Manor after a two-year battle with dementia. She was born Jan. 30, 1922, to William F. and Ada K. Harper at her parents’ home in Durham, Maine. Her mother passed away a few days after her birth. She was raised by […]
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Craft fairs
AUBURN — Danville Junction Grange, Old Danville Road and Grange Street, will hold a Christmas craft fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. Vendor items will include jewelry, soups, dips, cheesecakes and knit goods. There will be door prizes, 50/50 and raffles. Homemade soups, sandwiches, hot dogs, chips, coolies and beverages will […]