AUBURN — The Parish Guild at the High Street Congregational Church will be hosting their annual Indoor Yard Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at 106 Pleasant Street. Donations of gently used items will be accepted up to the day of the sale (no clothing, furniture, or electronics). All items are priced to sell. […]
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Western Maine Market open house FREEMAN — An Open house for Western Maine Market, Franklin County’s year-round online farmers’ market, will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 21, at Rasmussen Farm, 21 Schoolhouse Road. The event will be a celebration of a new growing and market season and an opportunity to introduce others to the […]
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Tommy’s Feral Felines hosts bake sale, bottle drive, May 12-13
LEWISTON — Tommy’s Feline Feral Friends is hosting its Spring Fling bake sale and bottle drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, in front of Chapter 11, 707 Main St. Baked goods are being accepted for the event. Donations of empty bottles will also be accepted during that […]
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Fundraiser planned for Eddy School scholarships
NEWRY — An Andover woman is organizing a fundraiser in June for a scholarship program for The Eddy School, a nonprofit independent middle school at 8 Bear River Road. “The scholarship program exists to help children who want to go to The Eddy School but have lesser income,” fundraiser Melanie Nordwall said. “It helps them find the […]
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Carrabassett Valley Academy scholarship fundraiser set for Feb. 25
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Carrabassett Valley Academy will hold its annual CVA Scholarship Fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Sugarloaf Inn. The event is a critical piece of the academy’s fundraising efforts to raise scholarship money for current and prospective student athletes. Each year, Carrabassett Valley Academy awards more than $800,000 […]
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West Paris library launches fundraiser to help repair leaking roof
WEST PARIS — A fundraiser for the Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library is aimed at fixing the roof of the building, which needs to be replaced. The library was built in 1926, based on a design by Gibbs & Pulsifer of Lewiston. The building, made of broken fieldstone gathered from local fields, has embrasures carved […]
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River Valley Animal Advocacy holding fundraiser
DIXFIELD — The River Valley Animal Advocates will hold its annual perennial plant sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, in the empty lot next to Rowe’s Afternoon Delite. The sale is one of two major fundraisers the group holds during the year. The other is a yard sale. The River Valley […]
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Dirigo Elementary staff raising money for fuel assistance
DIXFIELD — Dirigo Elementary School staff have teamed up to raise money for fuel assistance in the River Valley area, Principal Charlie Swan said Friday morning. Swan said staff split into three groups at the beginning of the month and filled up three sleds with items that they bought and donated to the school. “Each […]
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Buckfield’s Zack Grover goes for the alley-oop in Austria
BUCKFIELD — Organizers of this week’s fundraiser to help send a local basketball player overseas to further realize his sports dreams hope it’s a slam-dunk. Fifteen-year-old Zack Grover of Buckfield is a sophomore at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School and was one of 15 players chosen from across the United States for the Student Athlete United World […]