STILL LIFE: Weeding crew

Yvonne Lefebvre, left, and Priscilla Jackson, right, both members of the Central Maine Gardening Club, weed the flower gardens outside the Alfond Youth Center on North Street in Waterville on Thursday. The gardening club will be running a a fundraiser plant sale at the Methodist church at 22 School St. in Oakland on June 8, from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Bereavement course for volunteers offered

SKOWHEGAN -- "Bereavement Companion Volunteer" training will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning Wednesday, May 29 at Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, 41 Main St. The six-week training will end on July 3. Those who attend are encouraged to bring a bag lunch.

MCI announces top students for 2013

PITTSFIELD -- Maine Central Institute has announced its top students from the class of 2013. The top ranking is based solely on grade-point average.

Madison ready for Memorial Day events

MADISON -- The Memorial Day p will begin at 10 a.m. Monday starting in Anson. Madison Post 39 American Legion Commander Ralph Withee will speak at the Anson Veterans Memorial. The parade will continue to Madison Library where Withee will present the Memorial Day message followed by the NCB39 Sea Cadets presenting the Table For One (POW/MIA Ceremony). The parade will then continue up Main Street to Madison Junoir High School.

Donations requested for June 22 yard sale

FARMINGTON -- A benefit indoor yard sale for Literacy Volunteers will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Mount Blue HIgh School, 129 Seamon Road.

Historical society open house Sunday

EAST VASSALBORO -- The museum of the Vassalboro Historical Society, 327 Main St., will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

STILL LIFE: Community gardeners

Elizabeth Vigue wipes rain from her brow as Chuck Kittrel plants peppers in their section of the Waterville Parks and Recreation garden on North Street in Waterville Friday afternoon. The couple rented the space for $10 for the summer season.

STILL LIFE: Head light

Mike Pellerin of Mike's Electrical Services installs one of two new signs at Headquarters Salon on Main Street in Waterville on May 13.

STILL LIFE: Honoring the fallen

Cadets from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy ran from the Vassalboro facility to St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Waterville on Thursday during the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers run. Once there, the 42 cadets paid tribute to Trooper Jeffrey Parola who died in 1994 while responding to a call involving firearms in Sidney.

STILL LIFE: Memorial Day preparations

Nate Bernier of the Waterville Parks and Recreation Department brushes grass clippings off the Civil War monument in Veterans Park on Wednesday. The park will be site of Memorial Day events.

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