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MOUNT VERNON — The Dr. Shaw Memorial Library has planned an iPhone personalization class for 4 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the 344 Pond Road library. The class will include customizing the control center, setting up wallpapers and widgets, and setting up groups of apps. This class is free; non-town residents also are welcome. Those […]

Aging in rural areas is increasingly viable, as communities and neighbors create support networks for older adults who want to stay where they are.

MOUNT VERNON — Dr. Shaw Memorial Library is set to offer a free three-part class, Introduction to Google Drive and Google Docs, at 10 a.m. Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 7-9, at 344 Pond Road. It will cover topics such as why to use Google Drive, how to organize the drive, how to upload to one’s […]

The Aging in Place Committee welcomes its older residents to kick start their week by coming to Monday Muffin Mornings from 9-10:30 a.m. The group is set to resume Feb. 5 at the Mount Vernon Community Center, 2 N Road. “The Aging Brain” is the kickoff topic. Next, the group will meet Feb. 19 at […]

Farmington Cooperative Extension Service has planned a series of STEM activities mainly for children 8 and older, to be held at Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, 344 Pond Road in Mount Vernon. Younger children also are welcome to attend, with a parent in attendance. The series is set for 4-5 p.m. Wednesdays at the library, beginning […]

Kennon Schwarzrock, age 77, of Lake Lillian, MN passed away surrounded by his family at Rice Care Center - Therapy Suite of Willmar. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at United Lutheran Church in Lake Lillian with Rev. David Nelson officiating. Burial will be in the Community Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at K-M Funeral Home in Lake Lillian, and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday.

Donald Olson passed away in Scarborough, This is the full obituary story where you can express condolences and share memories.

Donald Hugh Olson, 83, a guiding light at the Andover Organ Company for 53 years and company president for 15, ended his battle with Parkinsons Disease on July 30, 2023, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough. He was the son of Harold and Alice Olson of Osceola, Wisconsin.

The Marti Stevens Interactive Improvisational Theater group is scheduled to present a program at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at the Mt. Vernon Community Center, 2 N Road. The theater group, together with Spectrum Generations of Central Maine, has been awarded an AARP Community Challenge grant to present scenarios and discussions about challenges Maine’s elder […]

Rhonda Marquis of Mount Vernon plans to present a program about winter sowing and how to save money and feed that desire to garden in the winter. The program, sponsored by the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the Mount Vernon Community Center, 2 North Road. Winter sowing […]