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Posted inCommunity, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Schools & Education
Grandparents return to school Friday afternoon
LIVERMORE — Friday afternoon Spruce Mountain Primary School held grandparents’s day activities for the second year in a row. Several attendees were from the greater Farmington area. Prior to the 1 p.m. scheduled start, hundreds of people were lined up outside the gym doors waiting to be allowed inside. Last year, attendees were asked to wait […]
Posted inSchools & Education, The Franklin Journal
Area grandparents attend Spruce Mountain Primary School event
LIVERMORE — Friday afternoon Spruce Mountain Primary School held grandparents’s day activities for the second year in a row. Several attendees were from the greater Farmington area. Prior to the 1 p.m. scheduled start, hundreds of people were lined up outside the gym doors waiting to be allowed inside. Last year, attendees were asked to wait […]
Posted inConnections, sj-web
Maine Wildlife Park to mark Grandparents Day
GRAY — Maine Wildlife Park will offer free admission to grandparents who are accompanied by their grandchildren Sunday, Sept. 9. Regular entrance fees for all other family members will be in effect. Gov. Arch Moore established Grandparents Day in 1973 in West Virginia. In 1978, five years after its West Virginia inception, the United States […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Grandparents Day in Farmington a hit
First-grader Brayden Simmins of New Vineyard reads to his “Mimi,” Shari Newcomb, of Livermore Falls during Grandparents Day on Friday at W. G. Mallett School in Farmington. More than 200 grandparents were entertained by students, played games, had lunch and took photos. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
Posted inConnections, sj-web
Bishop Deeley celebrates Grandparents Day at Saint Dominic Academy
AUBURN — Row after row of students, ranging from prekindergarteners to high school seniors, held hands, exchanged hugs and shared indelible moments with the special guests standing next to them in a packed Callahan Family Memorial Gym at Saint Dominic Academy on Nov. 22. The students had invited their grandparents for the academy’s annual Grandparents […]
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Column: Maine Legislature supports seniors’ issues
Today is Grandparents Day. It is a good time to thank our parents and grandparents for all they do for us. It is also a good time to reflect on how care for senior citizens can be improved. Maine has the largest percentage of elderly people in the nation. Each day, 50 people turn 65. […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Dirigo Elementary School hosting Grandparents Day
PERU — Dirigo Elementary School will invite the grandparents of students to visit their classrooms from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Friday. Heather Gray, a literacy interventionist at the school, said Grandparents Day would include presentations in each classroom and a book fair. The event will begin at 8:30, but the grandparents can show up at […]