Mill Stream Receives Diamond Grange Award
Category: Grange News
Grange Today! 11-28-2025
Articles in this edition include:
- National Grange President calls for action to strengthen rural America
- National Grange holds elections
- A Call to Act: President charts a future of connection, courage, and growth
- “What does the Grange mean to you?”
- Support the Grange Foundation through the Common Routes Challenge
- As Temperatures Drop, Respiratory Risks Rise
- View from the Hill
- Free Webinar on Alcohol Use Disorder among Women in Rural America
- We need Red, White, and YOU!
- Keeping America Fed: Why Farm Labor Reform Can’t Wait
- Grange honors and celebrates
- Grange Foundation elects advisory board members
- Juniors and Youth Learn at Sea
- Recipes from the Heartland
- Health Care Premium Tax Credits: What’s at stake for rural America?
- 3 Ways You Can Help Tackle Hunger and Strengthen Communities This Holiday Season
- Member Benefit: MemberDeals
- Grange Store: Stocking Stuffers
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Note that all recent issues are available on the National Grange Website. To save server space, we only post the table of contents on the MSG Website.
MSG Office Building Sold
By Sherry Harriman, MSG Master/President
Our office building has been sold!
Our new mailing address and location are:
36 Anthony Ave., Suite 102
Augusta, ME 04330
We hope to be completely in our new office by December 13, 2025.
Our phone will remain the same: 207-623-3421 and toll-free number 1-800-464-3421.
Our email address will change. (To be finalized upon installation.)
Letters are going in the mail tomorrow to each Grange, Master, Officers, Deputies, Directors, and Committee folks. You can share the exciting news and info with everyone!
Fraternally,
Sherry
Directions to the new office:
- From Rt 95, Exit 112B going north or 112 going south. Stay to the right.
- Follow Rt 27 North, toward Belgrade about ½ mile.
- Take left at the light between Irving and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
- Take 1st left onto Anthony Ave (go past Great Wall Buffet and past Fairfield Inn)
- Number 36 is the third building on the right. It has a brick archway at the entrance with glass doors. Suite 102 is straight back to the left.
Santa Is Coming to Vienna
National Grange Honors Night
Join us TONIGHT, Friday, November 21 at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT as we celebrate the outstanding achievements, service, and leadership of Grange members from across the nation at National Grange Honors Night. This special program shines a light on the individuals and Granges whose dedication strengthens our communities and embodies what it means to be #GrangeStrong.
Tonight’s event will include:
- Grange Hall of Fame induction
- Celebration of Remembrance for the Grange leaders who have gone to the great Grange above
- Departmental Awards for the 2024-2025 Grange Year
We hope that you and your Granges will tune in live on YouTube or Facebook to celebrate the accomplishments and honor those who helped us reach where we are today, as we look ahead to another incredible year for the Grange.
Please invite your members, friends, and community partners to join us online as we recognize excellence throughout the Grange. Let’s celebrate and honor together – no matter where you are!
Click to watch on YouTube on November 21, 8:30 pm ET
Click to watch on Facebook on November 21, 8:30 pm ET
Communication Shorts 11-15-2025
By Walter Boomsma,
MSG Communications Director
207 343-1842
Communication Shorts are brief (short) but important items posted for your information and use. Please send us your ideas and thoughts!
November Bulletin
The November Bulletin is available for download. Recent issues of the Bulletin can be found on the Program Books and Information Page in the communications section.
New Words for Thirds Resource
We’ve added a sample press kit to the Words for Thirds Resources. A press kit is often provided to reporters who are attending or writing about a particular event. This one is based on five dictionary days, but is easily adaptable. Help reporters and journalists who are helping you.
Craft Shows
It’s that time of year! In case you missed it, we’ve created a Grange Craft Show Logo or Icon. It will be beneficial when we receive announcements of craft shows that do not include a photo or flyer and help create a sense of “branding” of Grange Craft shows. Feel free to use it! And remember to get your craft show listed on the website, where it will be seen across the state and beyond.
Website Subscribers Sought
See the last page of the November Bulletin! Be sure to share with members!
Don’t Shoot the Piano Player!
He’s playing as fast as he can! We’re still catching up with results and information from the State Session. A printable ODD Directory is now available! Get yours today! (A copy will be snail-mailed to secretaries with the Bulletin.) The online ODD Directory should also be correct.
Think About This!
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
An Idea for Your Grange
With all the recent media attention to Food Insecurity, it could make sense to add some food items to your Book Exchange Box. If it’s outside, be aware of freezing!
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Online Directories Available 24-7
Thanks to those who help us keep these directories current by letting us know of changes!
- The Directory of Granges features all Granges in the state with a contact person. Please make sure your listing is correct! Visitors to the site frequently consult these directories.
- The ODD Directory features all state officers, directors, and deputies, along with their contact information. Updated November 15, 2025.
Hollis Grange Words for Thirds
Northeast Grange Leaders’ Conference Information
Key dates:
- Deadline for Hotel Registration – December 1, 2025
- Deadline for Registration – December 15, 2025
- Conference Dates – January 9 – 11, 2026
Registration Form for the conference
This is the only information we’ve received. There is a contact listed on the registration form
Valley Grange Words for Thirds Team visits local schools
Valley Grange Teams are currently celebrating Dictionary Days and Words for Thirds with area schools.WABI-TV5 caught up with the team at Ridgeview Elementary School in Dexter.
To learn more about the Guilford Grange’s Project, visit the Valley Grange Website or Facebook Page.
Don’t Forget Your Clock!
Daylight Saving Time ends tomorrow morning. No, you really don’t have to stay awake and do it at 2:00 a.m. We could probably have a lot of fun with the question of whether it ends at 2:00 a.m. before or after you change it.
Some people change their clocks before retiring; some wait until the next morning. Some make the change to habits gradually, although that seems potentially confusing, and besides, it’s too late this time.
There’s at least one story suggesting that the idea for the twice-yearly time change came from someone who had a blanket that was too short, so he cut some off one end and sewed it onto the other.
It’s also a good time to check/change the batteries in your smoke detectors. You can do that during the extra hour you’re getting!