Helping others with mental health problems can be a way to help yourself, says author and mental health advocate J.D. Schramm. by J.D. Schramm (NAPSI)—The first time I heard about Crisis Text Line was when one of my students shared information about this mental health support service in one of my classes on strategic storytelling. […]
Alfond Youth & Community Center and Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce combine efforts to present Festival of Trees this holiday season, continuing a proud tradition reinvigorated last season, with a change of venue to the Waterville Elks Lodge. Participation in this year’s event continues a fabulous holiday tradition. At the same time, money raised supports families […]
Nicole Hernandez, of Waterville, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Hernandez was initiated at University of West Georgia.
The Living Communities Foundation, which runs the Palermo Community Center and the Palermo Community Garden, and hosts the Palermo Food Pantry announces that they are, once again, teaming up with Florida Indian River Groves to bring you freshly-picked oranges, grapefruit, and mandarins shipped anywhere in the contiguous USA to arrive before Christmas! What a sweet […]
YVETTE G. POULIN WINSLOW – Yvette Gloria Poulin, 88, passed away on Friday, October 20, 2023, at Androscoggin Hospice House, in Auburn. Yvette was born in Waterville on August 2, 1935, daughter of Harold and Cecile Roy. In October 1954 Yvette married Reginald H. Poulin. They had five children, Steven, Roger, Joyce, Bruce, and Christine, […]
The unofficial returns from the November 7, 2023, municipal election for the town of China are as follows: For select board: Chadwick = 931, Marquis = 810. Planning board: District 3/ Mather = 996, Alternate At Large/Tripodi = 978 Budget Committee: Chairman/Rumpf = 1,037, District 1/Maroon = 1,062. All races were uncontested. All write in […]
The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will hold its next hybrid meeting on Thursday, November 16, at 7 p.m., at the American Legion Post #42, 527 Main Street, in Damariscotta, and online via Zoom. The main program will feature a discussion on dark-money funded extremist groups that are active in Maine politics. The guest speaker […]
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that Maine has been awarded more than $38 million in funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP) in 2024. “Over 45,000 Maine households rely on LIHEAP to stay safe and warm during the winter,” said the Maine […]
Submitted by Patricia Glidden Clark Saturday, September 30, 2023, family members of World War II soldier from Palermo, Malcolm Leroy Glidden, honored his memory with a gathering at the Malcolm Glidden American Legion Post #163, in Palermo. The presentation was put together by Post Commander Paul Hunter with documentation that he researched and obtained from […]
Submitted by MaineGeneral Medical Center November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Though lung cancer remains the deadliest cancer in Maine and the U.S., catching lung cancer early increases the chance of survival by 20 percent. MaineGeneral offers low-dose CT (LDCT) screening, an important tool that can save your life. Patients urge others to get scanned […]