The Game Loft is winner of 16 County Summer Grant Competition PORTLAND Full Plates Full Potential, Maine’s only statewide child hunger organization, announced The Game Loft is winner of the Waldo County 2019 16 County Summer Grant Competition. The Game Loft will receive a $500 Summer Meals Program Grant to support its 2020 summer program. […]

CARRABASSETT VALLEY The Carrabassett Valley Public Library celebrated its 10th anniversary recently by offering a youth coloring contest. Congratulations to the 10 winners: Abby Demshar, Anna Demshar, Alta Goodwin, Brandon Hansack, Ruby Hansack, Tyler McGarry, Miles Oickle, Sam Oickle, Alex Swallow and Anna Swallow.

BRIDGTON Bob Dunfey, the volunteer race director for The Maine Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay, announced that Shawnee Peak Adaptive Ski Program has been named one of seven beneficiaries of this year’s event, set to be held Oct. 3-4, and will receive a $2,500 donation to help provide important winter sports experiences to children and […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. Waynflete team headed to National Science Bowl A team of Waynflete School students from Portland won their regional competition for the 2020 National Science Bowl® last weekend and will compete in the national finals this spring in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Energy sponsors the event. U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette […]

BUCKSPORT Volunteers sought for Bridge the Gap Race Main Street Bucksport is seeking volunteers to help out at the Eighth Annual Bridge the Gap Race, scheduled for May 2 in the downtown area. Volunteers are needed to staff water stations along the course, help runners at key turns, assist at the finish line and more. […]

  New director for Springvale Public Library SPRINGVALE Lesley Unger, of Rochester, New Hampshire, has taken over as director of Springvale Public Library, the independent library serving Sanford-Springvale and surrounding communities. Unger, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, most recently served as technical and administrative librarian for the Laconia Public Library in New Hampshire. Prior to […]

KENNEBUNK Museum selling tree seeds to celebrate bicentennials As part of its yearlong celebration of the dual bicentennials of the State of Maine and the Town of Kennebunk, the Brick Store Museum is overseeing a Bicentennial Tree Project, that invites families to purchase tree seeds at the museum. Museum director Cynthia Walker said this project […]

AUGUSTA The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program that honors youth for outstanding acts of volunteerism, named Isabel Berman, 17, of Cape Elizabeth and Charlie Austin, 14, of Brunswick as Maine’s top two youth volunteers. They are among 102 students to be recognized, representing the top two middle and high school volunteers from […]

PORTLAND Water District opens up scholarship applications Applications for the $1,500 Joseph A. DiPietro Scholarship are now available. The scholarship serves students in communities served by the Portland Water District, who are pursuing a career that is applicable to the water/wastewater industry (e.g., water/wastewater treatment technology, HVAC, electrical, automation technology, instrumentation, plumbing, pipefitting, fire science, […]