Joyce Baker, left, of St. Michael’s Church, Auburn, and her crew of Sunday School children are loading up the wagon and taking it to the food bank at High Street Congregational Church. Baker chooses something for the parishioners to bring in once a month, but she takes the wagon over every week. The children, from left, Ellie […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Rumford Falls Times
Canton offered $15,000 to build snack shack
CANTON — Selectman Don Hutchins told board members Thursday night that the owner of the Canton Mountain Wind project has agreed to donate $15,000 toward construction of a snack shack at the town baseball field. Patriot Renewables of Quincy, Mass., is asking town officials for a letter stating the town will donate toward the cost, […]
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Spruce Mountain students pick apples for food pantries
LIVERMORE — Students from Spruce Mountain High School in Jay picked hundreds of pounds of apples at Shackley Hill Orchard on Thursday for distribution to needy families. The apples will be split between Tri-Town Ministerial Food Bank and the Fayette Baptist Church. Barbara Jewett, instructor for the Jobs for Maine’s Graduates program at the high school, said about 18 students […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 3 p.m., Sunday River Station Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office River Valley Peru: Planning Board, 4 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Farmington food closet needs volunteers, considers closing on Fridays
FARMINGTON — A need for volunteers may mean the Care and Share Food Closet will have to close on Fridays. Volunteers are needed for both Mondays and Fridays, Carolyn McLaughlin, a volunteer coordinator, said Monday. It takes three volunteers each day for a two-hour period from noon to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday to serve […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections
Poland Community Food bank aided by Poland Spring employees
POLAND — Employees at the Poland Spring bottling plant spent a sunny Saturday taking time to give back to a local organization in need. The Poland Community Food bank, which assists over 100 families in the tri-town area of Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls on a monthly basis, received a well-deserved face lift. Approximately 50 […]
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Maine food bank is hungry for donations
AUGUSTA (AP) — The food bank in Augusta, Maine is hungry for donations. The Augusta Food Bank says its donations are dwindling while people in need of its services are at an all-time high. The Kennebec Journal reports that the food bank operated at a net loss of $2,000 in January. Its annual fundraising campaign […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Rumford Elementary School has food bank for youngsters and their families
RUMFORD — Rumford Elementary School has been chosen as one of 10 sites in Maine to receive a portion of a $50,000 grant to the Good Shepherd Food-Bank to distribute food to families in need. The school’s food bank, located in the basement of RES, provides a variety of nonperishable foods for families of the […]