DURHAM — The Lisbon Area Christian Outreach (LACO) benefit car show, hosted by the Yankee Cruisers Car Club, will be held Saturday, June 2, at Shiloh Chapel. Registration will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. and the event will include crafters and food. “Summer is especially hard for families when free school meal programs […]
Food Pantry
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9-year-old celebrates birthday with donations to food pantry
Chloe Laprell, right, celebrated her ninth birthday by hosting a party on May 6 at which she asked for donations to Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry, 40 Reservoir Ave., Lewiston, in lieu of gifts. Chloe is standing with Kayden Boilard, left, in front of her contribution to the food pantry. If interested in learning more or making a […]
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Food funds
Student Council members of the Agnes Gray Elementary School and school secretary Darlene Rogers raised $840 in donation for the school’s Foodstock Pantry with the help of Aaron and Amanda Ouellette, who put on a traditional corned beef and cabbage community supper. From left are Ian Brown, Rogers, Will Brown, Hunter Brown and MacKenzie Henderson. […]
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Oxford Hills High School food pantry receives $1,000 donation
Paris Police Chief Hartley “Skip” Mowatt Jr., left, and Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Ted Moccia, right, present a $1,000 check from the Masonic Grand Lodge of Maine to junior Kat Crowell, who helps run the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School food pantry as part of her senior project. Mowatt said that the local […]
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Grant helps Trinity food pantry
The Lewiston Auburn Children’s Foundation has begun giving out the annual grant money to nonprofits in the area. Liza Dimitri, foundation vice president, recently visited with Director Erin Reed, Trinity Jubilee Center, which received a grant for $2,000 to help the food pantry, which distributes diapers to more than 180 families every month. If any […]
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Wind mill company and selectmen hash out their differences
CANTON — A representative from the developer of the $50 million Canton Mountain Wind power project drew the ire of one selectman Thursday night when she said the Massachusetts company would donate half the amount requested to rebuild the snack shack at the baseball field. The town had requested $15,000, but Rebecca Howard, assistant director […]
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Briefly: City
Democrats to meet on Valentine’s Day LEWISTON — The Lewiston Democratic Party will hold its monthly meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Lewiston Armory. Participants should enter through the left side front door. All who want to get involved in local or state politics or to voice their opinion on the […]
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Poland Spring employees donate to those in need
Poland Spring employees working at the company’s Poland, Hollis and Kingfield bottling facilities helped spread holiday cheer throughout their communities this holiday season by supporting efforts to aid local families in need. At the company’s bottling plant in Poland, employees donated a total of 42 turkeys to the Lifesprings program, the Poland Food Pantry and […]
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Rumford church bringing back food pantry
Praise Assembly of God Church Pastor Justin Thacker is in the church’s library with his daughter Hannah, who loves children’s books. The church is bringing back its food pantry and is also offering a clothing closet and use of a library to the public. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) RUMFORD — After a 10-month hiatus, the Praise […]
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Lewiston food pantry's traffic doubles over last year
LEWISTON — As people streamed through the line at St. Mary’s Food Pantry on Tuesday morning to grab Thanksgiving boxes, the first face they saw was Renay McCluskey on her first day of volunteering. She’d just survived living two and a half years in a tent in the Lewiston woods with her dog and fiance. […]