PORTLAND — The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to help stock the shelves before the busy holiday season. Many regular donors delay giving between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day because of holiday activities. This often causes a drop in donated blood available for patients. Therefore, more donations are needed in the […]
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Bates alum gives $10 million to promote better medicine
LEWISTON — Michael Bonney, a former CEO of a pharmaceutical company that developed a powerhouse drug, and his wife, Alison Grott Bonney, have given Bates the largest single gift in the college’s history: $10 million, college President Clayton Spencer announced Monday. The gift was part of $19 million donated to the college’s endowment from several […]
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Bates College to reveal largest single donation in college’s history
UPDATE: Bates College receives $19 million gift, launches new digital major LEWISTON — Bates College officials will announce receipt of the largest single gift in the college’s 161-year history at 1 p.m. Monday. College President Clayton Spencer and other college leaders will also outline the largest expansion of the college’s curriculum and faculty in more than […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay snowmobile club withdraws request for donation
JAY — Mark Bickford, president of the Andy Valley Riders Snowmobile Club, told selectpersons Monday that with people losing their jobs and taxes increasing, the club withdraws its request for $5,000 for a snowmobile. The board voted Nov. 9 to put the club’s request and that of the Area Youth Sports organization for a portion […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
A golfing gift from one generation to another
JAY — Twenty years ago, when former Jay resident Bill Benedetto and his wife, Barbara, moved into a retirement community in Oregon, he bought her a brand new set of golf clubs so she could learn how to play the game. Now, those very same clubs have helped the Wilsonville High School girls golf team rapidly […]
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West Paris family huddles together after fire
WEST PARIS — About a mile from Paris Hill, where historic mansions overlook the train of snow-clad peaks spanning the White Mountains and real estate values command some of the best prices in the county, Donald Hodgkin lights up a cigarette in the small prefabricated home he shares with about a dozen people. Three-year old Kiera […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Coats for children available in Jay
JAY — A supply of outerwear for Coats for Kids has been received by the Town Office and is available free of charge at Depot Laundry in the Jay Plaza. There are coats of all sizes for people in need, Town Clerk Ronda Palmer said. They received five bags of coats, she said. [email protected]
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Spirit Challenge filming set for Jay school
JAY — More than 400 Spruce Mountain High School students and teachers, along with parents and community members, will gather in the school gym at 5 a.m. Thursday to be filmed for the Spirit Challenge food drive. Spruce Mountain challenged Mountain Valley High School in Rumford to see who would bring in the most donations […]