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2021
Compost webinar series to begin March 11
Virtual events to be offered by the UMaine Cooperative Extension.
Virtual veteran town hall set for March 11
VA Maine Healthcare System will hold a virtual veteran town hall from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 11, to provide the latest updates on the COVID-19 vaccine and its planning efforts to administer the vaccine. Those who join via Webex will have the ability to type in questions live during the town hall. Those […]
Capital Area Technical Center announces February Professionals of the Month
Capital Area Technical Center in Augusta has announced its February Professionals of the Month. Everett Blair of Whitefield is a senior from Erskine Academy in South China, enrolled for the second year in the Law Enforcement Academy program. He has enjoyed the opportunities he has had in the program. He feels he has benefitted from […]
Local students earn honors at Merrimack College
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Gabriel Lewis of Augusta has been named to the 2020 fall semester dean’s list at Merrimack College. A freshmen in the Girard School of Business in the honors program, he is majoring in business administration. Meredith Lewis of Augusta has been named to the 2020 fall semester president’s list at Merrimack […]
Le Moyne College names local students to dean’s list
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two local students have been named to the 2020 fall dean’s list at Le Moyne College. They are Kaitlin Hunt, a first-year nursing major from Monmouth; and Tucker Charles, a first-year management and leadership major from Oakland. To make the list, students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or above.
Local students make University of Rhode Island dean’s list
KINGSTON, R.I. — Local students have been named to the 2020 fall dean’s list at the University of Rhode Island. They include Haley Leavitt of Livermore Falls, Oliver Blanchard of Pittston, Gabrielle Blanco of Winthrop, and Evan Stone of Wilton. To be included on the dean’s list, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter […]
Agricultural research updates webinar to be held March 10
University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Orono will offer three research updates for the agricultural industry from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. Scheduled are Andrei Alyokhin, University of Maine professor of applied entomology, about the persistence of the Colorado potato beetle; Aaron Buzza, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology assistant scientist, on the […]
Obituary: James H. Benedix Sr.
LITCHFIELD/COCOA BEACH, Fla. – James H. Benedix Sr., of Cocoa Beach, Fla. and Litchfield, Maine, left this world peacefully, Monday, Feb. …
Obituary: Patricia (Varrelmann) Hazatone
HAYWARD, Calif. – Patricia (Varrelmann) Hazatone passed away Monday, Nov. 2, 2020 at her home in Hayward, Calif., after a long …