Winslow Junior High and High School honor roll (2025)

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Winslow High School (photo source: jmg.org)

Winslow High School Third Qtr. honors

Seniors

High Honors: Seth Bard, Malyn Beaster, Adeline Blackstone, Emily-Lynn Carlson, Cameron Lavallee, Keith Opacki, Brady Poulin, Ava Prickett, Kalia Reffett, Maximilian Spicer, Sophie Sullivan, Maya Veilleux, and Dillon Whitney.

Honors: Madyson Achorn, Emma Barlow, Kiley Barron, Kaylynn Beaulieu, Abigail Chartrand, Kyrah Denis, Jessi Dunn, Kyran Kinrade, Meghan Mahoney, Ethan McCaslin, Kyri Meak, Katherine Nichols, Paige Owen, Kaelyn Pappas, Tucker Pomerleau, Braden Rodrigue, Liam Scandore, Sierra Sharp, Adelinn Sillanpaa, Jacqueline Soucy, Tealah Ward, Emma Waterhouse, and Brody Willette.

Honorable Mention: Richard April, Connor Mahoney, Kylie McCafferty, Abigail McCaslin, Liam McPherson, Elijah Overlock, Alison Timberlake, and Micah Waldie.

Juniors

High Honors: Isabella Carerro, Brody Davidson, Hannah Delile, Abby Doughty, Shawna Martin, Aubrey Moors, Sakura Page, Mylee Petela, Amara Rioux, and Briana Veilleux.

Honors: Ibrahim Al Subaihawi, Addison Benavente, Moira Bevan, Charles Byers, Emily Daigneault, Ashton Darrell, Mary Grace Day, Aspen Dearborn, Makayla Ellis, Lucas Fisher, Liem Fortin, Jenna Furchak, Katelyn Gibbs, Isabelle Giguere, Hassan Hobbi, Jacob Humphrey, Awsten Jordan, Dylan Letourneau , Avery Lowell, Karleigh Marcoux, Eijah Mason, Grace Melvin, Liliana Parsons, Bryanna Prentiss, Ethan Rancourt, Lexi Reynolds, Jolie Snipe, Rachel Stone, and Kathryn Wahl.

Honorable Mention: Broddik Bimpson, Andrew Bryant, Mikaylah Carter, Astra Cutten, Kennedy Dumond, Bretton Lambert, Paige Littlefield, Jocelyn Lizzotte, Tyler Palmer, Madisyn Pendexter, Kyle Petrovic, Kamrin St. Amand, Jade St. Claire, and Lillian Stafford.

Sophomores

High Honors: Breana Castagnetto, Minx Erickson, Delana Ferran, Ava Fortuna, Abigail Harrington, Kayence McKenney, Mirra Meak, Renton O’Toole, Kelty Pooler, and Eliot Stepp.

Honors: Evan Barlow, Kera Bilodeau, Meadow Bradbury, Carter Calvo, Madison Cochran, Dawson Dutil, Caden Giroux, Donovan Hamlin, Nevaeh LaCroix, Myah Latham, Isabella Loubier, Quincy Morin, Henry Olson, Julia Ortins, Elaina Rioux, Reese Siodla, Benjamin Thomas, Camdyn Turmelle, and Max Willigar.

Honorable Mention: Malak Al Subaihawi, Jameson Delile, Samuel Gagne, Davanee Kimball, Trevor Lavallee, Sophie Prosper, and Stella Wynne.

Freshman

High Honors: Oliva Coldwell, Emma Fales, Belen Farnham, Katherine Martin, Brooklyn Michaue, Brinlyn O’Toole, and Cody St. Pierre.

Honors: Mikayla Achorn, Maryuri Avila Cruz, Piper Banda, Abigail Bertone, Gabriel Bovee, Cassidy Chartrand, Frank Farnham, Jack Flaherty, Kolby Gibbs, Livia Hayden, Natalie Hussey, Natalie Lagasse, Hayden Little, Caleb Marden, Maria Moumouris, Quincy Nesbitt, Oliver Olson, Silver Picard, Bentley Pooler, Aiden Powell, Benjamin Powell, Abigail Prickett, Kayden Renna, Nixon Souviney, and Isabella Veilleux.

Honorable Mention: Leah Bates, Juliet Boivin, Bode Carlson, Gianna Duke, Emilee Feyler, Kayla Giroux, Michael Guptill, Cruz Hamilton, Scott LeClair, Andrianna Lombardi, Aria Markes, Eva Nadeau, Brooke Reny, Bailey Richard, Alana Wade, and Noah Whitman.

Winslow J.H. School Third Qtr. honors

8th Grade

High Honors: Lilliana Byers, Emma Dameron, Parker Gagne, Evan Goss, Abigail Kiidli, Tylee Latham, Luna Meak, Callen Pooler, and Cooper Routhier-Starkey.
Honors: Savannah Calvo, Emma Clifford, Audrey Delile, Claire Dunton, Luna Erickson, Sophie Fortin, Addilyne Gallagher, Camryn Gosselin, Clareese Jones, Adyson Lessard, Madalynn Loubier, Avery Marshall, Rex Morin, Elizabeth Morrison, Kam Overlock, Sumire Page, Weston Pappas, Hanna Small, Fallyn Soucy, Ryder Southern, Layla Stanford, Mara Tyler, Ella Vigue, Tucker Waldie, Sophie Willette, and Addisyn Willette.
Honorable Mention: Eban Barbeau, Isaac Bulger, Emma Duplessie, Noah Jenkins, Maddox Lambert, Owen Laqualia, Liam McKenney, Jackson Powell, Jorga Sharp, and Kaiser Stewart.

7th Grade

High Honors: Cooper Hachey, Sophia LaChance, Kallen Oakes, Saylor Pierce, Emelia Severy, Amaya Tantoco, Ava Tantoco, and Autumn Veilleux.
Honors: Preston Bailey, Shannon Eley, Shelby Eley, Kayla Fales, Deegan Grenier, Aidyn Haver, Ashleigh Hussey, Emma McCaslin, Ashlyn McDermott, Eli Nadeau, Anderson O’Brien, Bailee Poland Harford, Jace Poulin, Chase Rancourt, Emmaley Raymond, Nathan Rossignol, Cohen Severance, Saide Snell, and Riley Tozier.
Honorable Mention: Helen Ali, Cameron Beaster, Candace Davidson, Leah Fate, Benjamin Fisher, Sophia Giroux, Jordan Gorneau, Kaitlyn Gray, Zach Gray, Matthew Harrington, Layton Lagasse, Holly LeClair, Lucian Merrill, Keegan Myatt, and Coralie Spencer.

Area food pantries negatively impacted by USDA cuts

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The China Food Pantry at 1320 Lakeview Drive in China. (photo by Eric Austin)

by Eric W. Austin
Dave Carew
Roland Hallee

Due to budget cuts by the Trump Administration, Good Shepherd Food Bank, which distributes food to more than 600 partner-organizations including Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry, and China Food Pantry, is receiving, effective April 1, 2025, a 50 percent reduction in the amount of food it usually receives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Heather Paquette, President of Good Shepherd, called the 50 percent cut an “almost insurmountable” amount, and said it will make it significantly more difficult to address the needs of the growing number of food-insecure Mainers.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program, (TEFAP) was created to help supplement the diets of lower-income Americans through emergency food assistance.

Local community food banks and pantries serve as lifelines for thousands of Mainers facing food insecurity. These crucial organizations now enter perhaps their most challenging period in recent memory as federal funding cuts threaten their operations. Despite these obstacles, central Maine’s food assistance network remains determined to fulfill its mission – though they need community support now more than ever.

Maine faces one of the highest rates of food insecurity in New England, with approximately 180,000 residents, including 45,000 children, struggling to access adequate nutrition. Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine’s sole Feeding America-affiliated food bank, distributes roughly 40 million meals annually across the state, serving as the backbone of the food security network that smaller local pantries rely upon.

“We were told by Good Shepherd [on Friday, March 28] there would be a 20 percent cut in produce, starting in April.”
– Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry Operations Manager Bruce Bottiglierie –

Asked how the USDA cuts will specifically impact Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry, Operations Manager Bruce Bottiglierie said, “We were told by Good Shepherd [on Friday, March 28] there would be a 20 percent cut in produce, starting in April. And because Winslow Community Cupboard is a hub for other area food pantries, this will negatively impact about 25 other food pantries in Kennebec, Waldo, and Somerset counties.”

Bottiglierie said he is trying to “take this with a grain of salt” and not panic, because so many “threats” from the Trump administration have been later retracted.

Recent USDA funding cuts have delivered a significant blow to this system. Starting April 1, Good Shepherd expects a 50 percent reduction in food received through the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), dropping from 500,000 pounds to just 250,000 pounds monthly. This represents about 20 percent of all food they distribute. Compounding the problem, the USDA has ended the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program (LFPA), which helped Good Shepherd purchase produce from approximately 100 Maine farmers. This cancellation results in a projected loss of 500,000 to 600,000 pounds of fresh, local produce.

These cuts couldn’t come at a worse time, as grocery prices remain stubbornly high and food insecurity continues to rise. Central Maine food pantries, which depend heavily on Good Shepherd for supplies, now face increased strain on their operations and resources.

Alarmed by the sudden announcement of the food-delivery reduction, a group of 25 U.S. Senators, including Sen. Angus King, called for USDA distributions to be reinstated, and that “concrete reasoning” be provided as to why deliveries are being reduced. Sen. King told the Portland Press Herald that the delivery-reduction “takes food away from hungry Maine people already facing high grocery prices, and hurts Maine farmers who are already squeezed by tariffs and other cuts to domestic markets.”

According to the national nonprofit Feeding America, one in eight Mainers – or about 180,000 people – faces hunger, which is the highest food-insecurity rate in New England. That number includes approximately 45,000 Maine children.

Local pantry directors, however, remain resolute. “Our pantry survives on small donations and grants,” explains Allison Brooks of the Jefferson Community Food Pantry. “The best way to help a food pantry is by donating directly to them. That gives them the ability to purchase goods needed. In all, I have faith that our pantry will survive this bump if it comes with the help of our amazing community.”

Tom Parent, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the China Community Food Pantry, shares this determined outlook. “The pantry will continue to do its best to support those in need in our area with the continued support of the Good Shepherd Food Bank, the generous donations from the area Hannaford stores, and the invaluable food and financial contributions from our local community members,” he affirms.

At the state level, Maine legislators are considering measures to support local food initiatives, such as expanding investment in the Mainers Feeding Mainers program, to help mitigate the impact of these federal cuts. These efforts recognize the critical importance of maintaining food access across the state, particularly in rural central Maine communities.

Despite the significant challenges ahead, local food pantries express cautious optimism about their future, drawing strength from the communities they serve. Many report seeing increased local donations as news of the federal cuts spreads, demonstrating Maine’s strong tradition of neighbors helping neighbors.

Food pantry directors across central Maine emphasize that monetary donations provide the most flexibility, allowing them to purchase exactly what their clients need most. They also welcome food donations, volunteer time, and advocacy efforts to support long-term food security solutions.

As this situation continues to evolve, one thing remains clear: central Maine’s food pantries may face unprecedented challenges, but with community support, they remain committed to ensuring no neighbor goes hungry. The resilience of these organizations – and the communities that sustain them – will be tested in the months ahead, but the spirit of mutual aid continues to offer hope amid uncertainty.

How You Can Help

The reduction in food will mean the food bank has to rely more heavily on other sources of food and funding, including donations from businesses and individual monetary donations.

Last Thursday, Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry served 270 food-insecure families, Bruce Bottiglierie said. Those who would like to donate to Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry may do so by sending a check payable to “Winslow Community Cupboard”, to 12 Lithgow St., Winslow, ME 04901, or by visiting WCCPantry.com.

For more information, please call (207) 616-0076 or email WinslowCupboard@Gmail.com.

Endicott College announces local dean’s list students

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Endicott College, in Beverly, Massachusetts, has announced its Fall 2024 dean’s list students.

The following students have met the requirements:

Augusta

Oliver Parker, English, Katherine Parker and Walter Parker;

China

Emily Clark, Nursing, Stacy Clark and Christopher Clark;

China Village

Hailey Hobart, Education, Deborah Hobart and Daniel Hobart

Jefferson

Elizabeth Greenleaf, Liberal Studies;

Winslow

Alexi ONeil, English, Michelle O’Neil.

EVENTS: Spaghetti supper to benefit Winslow Community Cupboard Food Pantry

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Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry – which serves food-insecure children, seniors, and other adults from Winslow, Waterville, and 22 surrounding towns – will hold a Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser at Winslow Congregational Church, 12 Lithgow Street, on Saturday, March 1, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. A donation of $9.95 for adults and $4.95 for children under 12 is kindly requested. All proceeds will benefit Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry.

The delicious spaghetti supper can be enjoyed as a sit-down meal at the church or as a to-go treat. The meal will include spaghetti, salad, bread, and a drink. To place a to-go order, please call (207) 616-0076 on Saturday, March 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Those who may not be able to attend, but who would like to help food-insecure children and adults in Central Maine, may send a much-appreciated check payable to “Winslow Community Cupboard”, to 12 Lithgow St., Winslow, ME 04901, or by donating online at WCCPantry.com.

For more information, please contact Winslow Community Cupboard at WinslowCupboard@Gmail.com.

Students at Winslow inspired to start first unified cheerleading team

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Addie Blackstone, center, along with fellow Winslow Varsity Cheerleaders mentor special needs students to bring Unified Cheer to their school’s sports program. Front row, from left, Addie Blackstone and Maya Veilleux. Second row, Paige Owen and Henry Olson. Visible in back row, Kennedy Dumond, Brooklynn Michaud, Addie Benavente, and Kylie Barron.

Text and photos
by Monica Charette

When a group of special needs students at Winslow High School expressed interest in being cheerleaders, senior Adeline “Addie” Blackstone decided to make it happen. With full backing by school administration, a commitment by 13 of her fellow Winslow varsity cheerleaders to be mentors, and financial support from the ShineOnCass Foundation, Coach Addie is now leading the school’s first Winslow Unified Cheer Team.

“I have such compassion for the students in the Unified community who don’t get the same opportunities that I do,” Blackstone said, sharing that she did some research, wrote a proposal, and presented her idea to start a unified cheer team to school.

Winslow High School Unified cheerleaders at practice after the school started its first unified cheer team. Spotting (left on the floor) Addie Benavente, Maya Veilleux, Jocelyn Lizzotte, Kylie McCafferty (top of formation), Nydia Alverado (faculty coach), Kennedy Dumond, spotter (right on the floor) Hayden Breton, with Coach Addie Blackstone (right front) cheering them on.

Unified sports combine students with and without intellectual disabilities to play on the same team to promote inclusion and acceptance. Multiple area high schools, as well as the Alfond Youth Community Center, have unified basketball teams that compete against each other. Thanks to Blackstone and the varsity cheerleaders, Winslow now has its first unified cheer team.

Blackstone received her school’s ShineOnCass Junior Service Award last year, along with a $100 gift by the Foundation to pay it forward. Blackstone said the honor inspired her to “go further” to spread kindness.

ShineOnCass Junior Service Awards are presented annually to service-focused students at Messalonskee, Waterville, Lawrence, and Winslow high schools in memory of Cassidy Charette. Charette, a Messalonskee junior who died in a hayride accident in 2014, was a longtime community volunteer and youth mentor.

“When I won the ShineOnCass Junior Service Award, I knew that this was exactly how I wanted to pay it forward – to honor Cassidy, and spread her light,” Blackstone said.

But there were a few things needed to get started, like uniforms for the 19 cheerleaders. Inspired by Addie’s volunteer work, the ShineOnCass Foundation provided additional funding so the team would have matching T-shirts to wear at all games.

Monica Charette, Cassidy’s mother and executive director for ShineOnCass, said Blackstone’s enthusiasm and spirit to give back to her school community inspired the Foundation to provide additional funding to start the program this year.

“I am so thankful for the support of my community and from ShineOnCass for helping me make this happen,” Blackstone said. “It’s gone far beyond what my dreams could ever have imagined. Getting to see how much the students love cheering and how much joy it’s spreading throughout the community is incredible to watch.”

Winslow students, as well as parents and other community members, are filling the bleachers at home games in support of both unified basketball players and the sport’s new cheerleaders.

Kelly Daignault, unified science teacher and the cheer team’s student advisor, notes the positive effect from partnerships between students and peer mentors.

“We are so fortunate to have caring students at Winslow High who want what is best for their peers,” Daignault said. “As a Unified Champion high school, our teachers work together to bring the philosophy of inclusion into the classroom and do whatever we can to support them.”

Debbie Michaud, whose daughter Brooklyn is a special needs student on the cheer team, says Brooklyn is most excited when she is cheering on her peers.

“Allowing Brooklyn to have the opportunity to cheer makes my heart so happy,” Michaud said. “Brooklyn has such joy, and this experience allows her to share that joy with everyone around her. When she is on the sideline cheering, she is a student like everyone else.”

For Brooklyn, it is just pure happiness being part of a team. “I love my cheer friends! And I get to wear a bow!”

A fundraising event for Winslow Unified Sports “Dine to Donate” will be held February 24 and 25 at Opa, on Main St., in Waterville, where 10 percent of all food sales will be donated to Winslow’s Unified basketball and cheer programs. Upcoming games are being held on February 13, at 3:30 p.m., at Winslow High School.

Winslow council repeals public safety department

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by Jonathan Strieff

In a first reading of the ordinance at the January 13, Winslow town council meeting, council members voted 4-3 to repeal the Winslow Public Safety Department adopted on November 21, 2022, and reinstate the previously separated Police Department and Fire and Rescue Department.

The ordinance, sponsored by the newly-appointed Council Chairman, Fran Hudson, seeks to address staffing shortages, high rates of overtime pay, and the lack of cross training of officers promised by transitioning to the public safety model adopted in 2022.

“Since adopting the Public Safety Department, Winslow has lost six police officers and eight firefighters,” Hudson cited for pursuing the restructuring. “If I were a new graduate from the police academy or the firefighters academy, I would be looking for a job at a Police or Fire Department, not a Public Safety Department.”

Hudson also referenced other Maine municipalities like Gardiner and Old Town that transitioned to Public Safety Departments only to revert back to more traditional models after a few years.

Council members in favor of preserving the Public Safety Department, like Second District Council Member Dale Macklin and Councilor-at-Large Jeffery West, noted that overtime pay was on pace with what the council had budgeted for the fiscal year and that personnel disputes, common when the Police and Fire Departments had been managed separately, seemed to have disappeared since adopting the unified Public Safety Department’.

Public Safety Director, Leonard McDaid, and Deputy Fire Chief, Michael Murphy, both spoke favorable about the operations of the Public Safety Department, but both acknowledged that they, “serve at the will of the council,” and will run organize the departments accordingly.

The council also heard a presentation from Winslow Town Sexton, Jason Fitch, about the potential to expand McClintock Cemetery. Fitch shared that an abutting landowner has offered to sell the town up to two acres of land for new burial and cremation plots, but the Sexton needed to receive council approval to even sit down to negotiations with him. Fitch estimated the additional land would meet the towns needs for 10 years of burials and pointed out that there is currently no inventory available for burial or cremation plots in Winslow.

At the council meeting, Deputy Fire Chief Murphy also awarded Captain Adam Burgess with the award of Firefighter of the Year for 2024 and recognized retiring firefighter Paul DuCett for 28 years of service.

Husson University Online celebrates Term 4 academic award recipients

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Husson University Online has announced the academic achievements of students recently named to the president’s list, dean’s list and honors list for Term 4 of the 2023-2024 academic year. Courses for full-time online undergraduate students are offered over the course of seven weeks. This accelerated timeframe provides adult learners with an opportunity to balance existing personal and professional commitments as they complete their studies.

Full-time online students must be enrolled as an undergraduate, carry a full-time load of 12 credit hours over the course of 21 weeks, complete all attempted courses in the time allotted, and achieve a designated semester grade-point average. Credits from pass/fail classes do not qualify toward meeting the minimum credit hour requirement.

President’s List: 3.80 to 4.0 semester grade-point average

Dean’s List: 3.60 to 3.79 semester grade-point average

Honor’s List: 3.40 to 3.59 semester grade-point average

Ashley Castagnetto, of Winslow, – President’s List – BS Healthcare Administration & Public Health;

Sarah Rodrigue, of Cornville, – President’s List – BS Accounting;

Vivian Tschamler, of Whitefield, – Dean’s List – BS Psychology.

Waterville/Winslow bridge closed until June

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Starting this past Monday, January 6, 2025, through June 20, 2025, the project will be closing the Ticonic bridge to all traffic for construction activities requiring access to the entire bridge. During this time, pedestrians will NOT be allowed to transit the bridge. Both pedestrians and vehicles will be required to follow the posted detour routes. The detour routes can be found in the traffic control drawings on the MaineDOT website (Plans F-H). Message boards will be used to warn drivers of the closure.

On June 20, westbound vehicle traffic will remain prohibited from the bridge for a period of approximately one year. Westbound traffic should continue to follow the detour routes that are posted. Eastbound traffic will be reopened at approximately 5 p.m., on June 20, 2025, and will be allowed access to the bridge during the westbound detour. At that time the bridge will reopen to pedestrian traffic utilizing the new sidewalk on the upstream side of the bridge.

The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing the Ticonic Bridge (#2854), located on Route 201 over the Kennebec River, at the Waterville-Winslow town line. The Ticonic Bridge will be replaced on alignment, with a new two span, steel girder with concrete bridge deck structure. A single concrete pier will be built in the river to support the new bridge.

This new structure will replace the aging Ticonic Bridge, portions of which are over 100 years old and at the end of their useful life. The new bridge will carry five lanes of traffic similar to the existing bridge, feature widened shoulders for bicyclists, and include sidewalks on both sides of the bridge.

The new Ticonic Bridge will be built one half at a time. During construction limiting the number of lanes on the bridge will be necessary to provide the space needed by the contractor to demolish the existing bridge and to build the new one.

While construction is underway, two lanes of eastbound traffic will be maintained across the bridge with westbound traffic detoured south to the Carter Memorial Bridge. During the first half of construction, pedestrians will be detoured to the nearby Two Cent Bridge pedestrian crossing.

The bridge will be closed to all traffic and pedestrians for up to 25 weeks during construction to support the safe and efficient completion of critical construction activities.

Area scouts take part in Veterans Day parade

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Front Row, left to right, Bear Scout Declan McLaughlin, Girl Scout Lila Reynolds, Tiger Scout Boone Mclaughlin, Girl Scout Cadence Metcalf, and Bear Scout Beckett Metcalf. Back, Cubmaster Christopher Reynolds, Bear Scout Lux Reynolds, Webelos Cole Stufflebeam, Tenderfoot Scout William Vincent, Tenderfoot Scout Christopher Santiago, Tenderfoot Scout Hunter Brown, and Scoutmaster Christopher Santiago. (photo by Chuck Mahaleris)

by Chuck Mahaleris

On November 11, 2024, Scouts in Cub Scout Pack #410 and Troop #410 joined Scouts from Augusta Troop #603, Windsor Pack #609, and Winslow Troop #433, in marching in the Waterville Veterans Day Parade to honor and thank all veterans but specifically those from our Central Maine/Kennebec Valley Region. Troop #410, in Vassalboro, Scoutmaster Chris Santiago said, “This is our third year in a row marching in the Waterville Veterans Parade (post-pandemic). It is an honor for us to march to honor and show gratitude for the veterans of the Armed Forces within our community who have served our great country.

“We do so with admiration and gratitude, especially for our Charter Organization, American Legion Post #126 Vassalboro. The parade helps reinforce lessons about character and leadership, citizenship, personal fitness, and a love of the outdoors. These are four of scouting’s major tenants, the other two being personal safety and family/reverence.”

Pine Tree Council Commissioner Mike Labbe said that Scouting has a long history of strong partnerships with and support to our nation’s veterans. Labbe, who is the MyHealthy Vet Coordinator at VA Maine Medical Center, is also a Navy veteran himself having served on most ship types, with aviation squadrons, and with NATO commands.

“Some of Scouting America’s earliest partnerships as an organization were with groups such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. We, as a nation, owe so much to those who stepped forward and answered the call to serve. We teach our Cubs and Scouts to practice good citizenship and that includes by honoring our veterans.” Santiago added, “Our unit currently has approximately 20 scouts representing the communities of Vassalboro, China, and Waterville, but we always welcome new scouts. Our Cub Scout Pack accepts boys and girls in Grades K-5. For more information contact vassalborocubscoutpack410@gmail.com. Our Troop currently accepts boys in Grades 6-12. For more information contact vassalborobsatroop410 @gmail.com.”

EVENTS: Yummy, Ready-to-Be-Baked turkey pies coming Dec. 7

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It’s one of Winslow’s most beloved holiday traditions! On Saturday, December 7, from noon to 3 p.m., Winslow Congregational Church (12 Lithgow Street) will be offering over 400 incredibly yummy, ready-to-be-baked turkey pies for sale. The cost is $15 per pie (2 for $25), with all proceeds going to empower the Christian/humanitarian work of the church, and for building improvements and repairs.

Freshly-prepared for baking and featuring an all-new crust recipe and a mouth-watering blend of turkey, peas, celery, carrots, onions, broth, and a pinch of sage, each turkey pie will be perfect for supper or for freezing for later winter comfort-food enjoyment.

Also available for your sweet tooth will be various delectable dessert pies, also available for $15 each, prepared by the members of Benton Falls Congregational Church and which will raise money for that church.

For more information, please call Winslow Congregational Church at 872-2544.