The museum plans to launch a capital campaign with activities-packed family “FUNdraising” day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30.
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Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Hallowell ladies guild assisting Augusta pregnancy center
Members of the Sacred Heart Ladies Guild, based at Sacred Heart Church on 12 Summer St. in Hallowell, plan to set up baby cribs at the church to collect items for a local pregnancy center that has helped thousands of women over the years. The cribs will be set up at the church on Sunday, […]
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Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Hathaway women project seeks stories, photos, artifacts
WATERVILLE — Artist Maggie Libby, Colby Special Collections and Archives staff, and Paula J. Raymond, a South End neighbor and partner in the Hathaway Women project, are gathering the stories of the women who worked at the Hathaway shirt factory. Women of the Hathaway are invited to share their memories, stories, pictures and artifacts from […]
Posted inCommunity
Meals on Wheels program selected as grant semi-finalist
Spectrum Generations was recently selected by the State Farm Neighborhood Assist program as a semi-finalist for a $25,000 grant in support of the Meals on Wheels program. A total of 200 semi-finalists have been selected for this round of consideration. Winners will be selected following a 10-day voting period that goes through Friday, May 6. […]
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UMaine exhibit to feature work by graduating art majors
Each spring the Charles Danforth Gallery at the University of Maine at Augusta exhibits the work of its graduating art majors who complete their studies at the university with a final year-long body of work. This year’s show, “Start to Finish,” features works in illustration, graphic design, painting, drawing and collage. This year’s artists are […]
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Farm-to-table youth summer camp to be held in August
Registration is required by May 20.
Posted inBusiness
Elon Musk sells $4 billion in Tesla shares, presumably for Twitter deal
Analysts said Tesla investors fear Musk will be distracted by Twitter and less engaged in running the electric car company.
Posted inNation & World
Dry Southwest braces for stiffer winds, ‘epic’ fire danger
More than 3,000 firefighters were battling fires in Arizona and New Mexico on Thursday.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Top Democrats push for federal crackdown on high gas prices
Democratic leaders have announced an effort to give the Federal Trade Commission increased authority to crack down on oil and gas companies that engage in price gouging.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Harvard report brings joy, grief for descendants of enslaved
In its pledge to atone for ties to slavery, the Massachusetts university identified dozens of people who were enslaved by the school’s first leaders and faculty members.