Tag: Grange News

Sorting at Valley Grange

It’s knitting, crocheting, and quilting season at Valley Grange in Guilford! Mary Annis, Joyce Flanders, Pat Engstrom, and Janice Boomsma had fun sorting recent donations at our March Meeting, including a large bag from Linda Kain.

These handcrafted products are distributed through many different local outlets. Hats and mittens go to our local schools, including Piscataquis Elementary, SeDoMoCha, Brownville Elementary, Ridgeview Elementary, and Harmony Elementary. Lap robes are available to local nursing homes, and we supply the Hospice Program’s Operation Gratitude for Veterans.

Help is always needed and welcomed! If you are interested, contact Mary Annis (564-0820) or Pat Engstrom (564-8290).

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We’re Back!

by Walter Boomsma, MSG Communications Director

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The recent website outages we’ve been experiencing appear to be over! We are now fully available on the new servers. We are sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience!

It might be my imagination, but it seems the site now loads faster! We’ll continue to monitor our uptime and keep you informed. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know!

MSG Website Outages

Maine State Grange Communications

We are aware that the MSG Website has recently experienced outages lasting from a few minutes to half an hour. Most seem to be happening overnight and early in the morning.

Our website host has announced a scheduled period of server updates between March 20 at 12:00 AM Eastern time and March 20 at 7:00 AM Eastern time. During this time, we may experience a brief loss of connectivity to our website hosting and associated services as our environment is being moved.

Hopefully, this move will resolve these temporary outages. We will continue to monitor the situation and take further action if necessary. Our apologies for any inconvenience, and thanks for your patience!

Grange Month at Enterprise Grange

Submitted by Marilyn Stinson

Enterprise Grange is located at 15 Alexander Reed Road in Richmond, Maine.

Enterprise #48 in Richmond will observe Grange Month as usual… Community Citizen Awards will be on Sunday, April 26, at 3:00 pm for Richmond and the surrounding towns. 

Then, on Wednesday, the 29th, they will host Fifth Degree for Sagadahoc Pomona.  Candidates from other Granges are welcome. Sagadahoc Pomona may be looking for help with the Degree work. We’ll start with a potluck supper at 6:00 pm, followed by the meeting and the degree at 7:00 pm.

Note that this has been changed to the Welcome Ceremony instead of the Fifth Degree. All other details remain the same.

For more information, contact Marilyn Stinson by email or at 207-380-3901.

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Grange Today! 3-13-2026

The Newsletter of the National Grange

Articles in this edition include:

  • Celebrating Agricultural Literacy Week: March 16–20, 2026
  • How Urban Hospitals Tap Rural Benefits – and Why It Matters
  • National Grange Releases New Report Examining Diversion of Rural Health Care Dollars to Urban Hospitals
  • Grange Heirloom for March
  • Support the Grange Foundation through the Common Routes Challenge
  • Grange Month is around the corner
  • Grange Store Notice
  • Hamp Watch: Where is our National Grange President?
  • Recipes from the Heartland
  • Grange Member Benefit: HarvestHosts
  • Grange Store: Guidelines for Grange Leaders 

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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.

Ocean View Grange Farmers Market

by Larry Bailey, Master/President

Ocean View Grange is located at 435 Port Clyde Road in St George, Maine.

Spring is near (I think) and the Ocean View Grange is coming alive. I would love to see our Farmers Market program reopen. People who have veggies, fruits, bread, meat, pies, cookies, flowers, and any kind of farm/home/garden products to sell should join the Farmers Market at the Grange. This is how it works…There is no cost to you. You come to the Grange parking area, set up your table and/or tent, and display your products. You decide the days(s) and the opening and closing times for yourself. The only thing the Grange provides is the space for you to set up.

If you are interested, please contact me via the Facebook message area or email larrybailey@roadrunner.com -207-372-8075

Ocean View Grange Facebook Page

Exciting Times at Vassalboro Grange

Vassalboro Grange is located at 351 Main Street in Vassalboro, Maine.

Vassalboro Grange not only recently added fifteen new members, but those members are also working hard to “get our Grange back on track.” They recently received a National Grange Rural Life Initiative Grant to help. Master/President Holly Weidner notes that a current challenge is “to keep up with all the reporting of our work.”

That work includes updating their bylaws and electing a full slate of officers. We can definitely add Vassalboro Grange #322 to the list of exciting Granges! Stay tuned. There’s more to come!

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Grange Today! 2-27-2026

The Newsletter of the National Grange

Articles in this edition include:

  • 2026–2027: A Year of Growth. A Year of Action. A Year for All of Us 
  • Apply for a Rural Life Initiative grant
  • Pioneer Grange launches community food pantry
  • View from the Hill 
  • Adam’s Story: Free rural mental health resources for Grange communities
  • Promote National Ag Day with your Grange
  • Support the Grange Foundation through the Common Routes Challenge
  •  Life Line Screening – A New Benefit from the National Grange
  • Save the Dates!
  • Recipes from the Heartland
  • Member Benefit: MemberDeals
  • Grange Store: Veteran Recognition Pin

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Mill Stream Grange Makes Hearts

Our February 6th program was a Valentine card making party! Junior Granger and 2026 Miss Western Maine Jr. Teen Natalie shared some facts with us about the holiday before crafting cards as a group for the residents of Woodlands Senior Living in Farmington.

Big thanks to Girl Scout Troop #2096 for loaning their scissors, glue sticks, and markers!

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Mill Stream Juniors Recognized

National Award Received for Community Service Project

With great delight, Master Jill Sampson presented our Junior Grangers with a FIRST PLACE medal for their National Junior Grange Community Service Project entry, a “Coastal Cleanup” of Vienna’s own Mill Stream. The prize was announced at the Awards Night during the National Grange in November. Congratulations Juniors! We’re very proud of you!

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