{"id":99368,"date":"2026-05-08T07:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99368"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:11:28","slug":"community-service-night-at-highland-grange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99368","title":{"rendered":"Community Service Night at Highland Lake Grange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Busy night at Highland Lake Grange. 37 people turned out, including Grange members and guests, to celebrate this year&#8217;s Community Citizen Award recipient: Suzanne Joyce. We also recognized six members of Highland Lake Grange for their dedication and membership over many decades. Maine State Grange Assistant Steward, Membership Director, and Past Master\/President Rick Grotton presented the certificates with the assistance of Judy Meserve, Maine State Grange Ceres, and Jim Meserve, Maine State Grange Executive Committee. 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We also recognized six members of Highland Lake Grange for their dedication and membership over many decades. Maine State Grange Assistant Steward, Membership Director, and Past Master\/President Rick Grotton presented &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99368\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Community Service Night at Highland Lake Grange&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,159],"tags":[753,34,258,427,543],"post_folder":[696],"class_list":["post-99368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-service","category-exciting-granges","tag-community-citizens","tag-grange-activities","tag-grange-news","tag-highland-lake-grange","tag-westbrook-maine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Busy night at Highland Lake Grange. 37 people turned out, including Grange members and guests, to celebrate this year&#8217;s Community Citizen Award recipient: Suzanne Joyce. 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