WATERVILLE — Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area offers bereavement support groups and workshops at The Hospice Community Center, 304 Main St., according to a press release. Call 873-3615 for more information or to register.

BELGRADE — The Belgrade Talent Show & Outstanding Citizen Award will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Belgrade Community Center for All Seasons.

FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington junior John Ochira was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the Maine Higher Education Assistance Foundation.

WATERVILLE — The Waterville non-sanctioned bridge club winners on Thursday were: Betty Perry and Francis Roy, Flo Fortin and Connie Hallee tied with Ginny Ellis and Janet Sylvester, Eva Nichols and Pat Nutt, Charles Gagnon and Dollis Bezier, Connie Fedorovich and Paul Leberman.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington recently announced the following free events:

UNITY — Unity College has begun a multi-year Maine black bear study. The study will involve both faculty and students and include the trapping, tracking, and in at least one case, attachment of a video camera to a Maine black bear.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Derrick Giggey, of Albion, and Marisa Weed, of Winslow, were named to the 2012 fall dean’s list at the University at Albany.

WATERVILLE — HealthReach Community Health Centers recently announced the four members who will join its 2013 Board of Directors. The new members are: Gary Pierson, of Livermore Falls; Janine White, of New Portland; Jody Watson, of China; and Dana Kempton, of Skowhegan.

FARMINGTON — Two sessions of a lard rendering class are set for 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. today at Sandy River Farm Market.

WINSLOW — The Winslow VFW will host a craft show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 30.