Gifts this year reflect long-supported programs and new recipients.
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St. Michael’s Church supports Safe Voices
AUBURN — The women of St. Michael’s Church support Safe Voices, which runs a shelter and support services for victims of domestic violence in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, year-round. The group sets up a Christmas tree with tags on it for the parishioners to take. The parishioners, buy gifts for the people at Safe […]
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School donation will help veteran receive service dog
Linda Murray, a co-founder and vice president of Portland-based K9s on the Front Line, visited Leeds Central School recently to receive a $4,600 donation to support the organization.
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Norway church seeks yard sale donations
The church will accept donations for their annual yard sale as of Tuesday, May 28, which will be held Saturday, Aug. 24.
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Maine Veterans’ Home staff donates clothes, time to foundation
The staff at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris, as part of their ongoing Community Involvement Committee, recently took up a collection of children’s and youth clothing for the Pink Feather Foundation in Oxford.
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WinterKids event raises $20,000 for Carrabassett Valley elementary schools
This year’s event raised a record total amount of $370,000 from 2,897 donors, 49 teams and 409 participants for Sugarloaf’s surrounding communities.
Posted inRiver Valley
Painting donated for Rumford police fundraiser
Rumford Police Sgt. Tracey Higley, left, poses with local artist Brent Batchelder of Club Neopolsi Creations with a painting to be raffled at the Maine Association of Police awards banquet in Portland on Jan. 26. (Submitted photo) RUMFORD — In cooperation with the Rumford Police Department, local artist Brent Batchelder of Club Neopolsi Creations has created […]
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Owners of L.L.Bean donate $4 million to Maine Med expansion
The family of former L.L.Bean president and board chairman Leon Gorman has donated $4 million to Maine Medical Center to pay for the lobby of the hospital’s $525 million expansion. The lobby will be located in the new 265,000-square-foot Congress Street building, which will also include a new main entranceway, as well as 64 patient […]
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Donation helps WMAG to preserve historic local artwork
NORWAY — An effort to preserve and restore historic art from the collection of the Western Maine Art Group has been spearheaded by former WMAG President Barbara Traficonte. Traficonte has worked in cooperation with her son, Steve Traficonte, the owner of a local frame and art supply store, to donate material and labor to rescue and […]