A music and poetry Extravaganza, hosted by WXNZ radio and the Friends of the Skowhegan Opera House, is set for 2-5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Opera House, 225 Water St. The Extravaganza also will be livestreamed on WXNZ and the Wesserunsett Arts Council’s Facebook page, and recorded on Channel 11, Madison, according to […]
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Skowhegan speaker series to begin with Penobscot tribal historian
The Skowhegan History House Museum and Research Center plans to present the first of the Wabanaki Voices Speaker Series with James Francis, Penobscot tribal historian, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Tewksbury Hall on Weston Avenue. Francis will talk about sense of place, the relationship between natural resources, place names and Wabanaki world view, […]
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Gardiner civic groups to meet, clean up watershed
GARDINER — In celebration of Earth Day and Day of Caring, several civic groups plan to pick up trash in the Cobbossee Watershed from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 23. The groups include Upstream, Gardiner Main Street, Gardiner Boys and Girls Club, Gardiner Rotary, Friends of Cobbossee Watershed, Kennebec Valley Trout Unlimited and Kennebec […]
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Coalition to hold walk-in vaccine clinic in Rangeley
Healthy Community Coalition plans to host a COVID-19 walk-in vaccine clinic from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Rangeley Health & Wellness at 25 Dallas Hill Road. The clinic will take place on the ground floor of the center, according to a news release from the Farmington-based coalition. Adults are eligible to […]
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UMaine at Farmington plans to celebrate Arts Week April 18-23
The University of Maine at Farmington’s annual Arts Week celebration is scheduled to run Monday to Saturday, April 18-23. Art Week events will feature student work in the visual, performing and literary arts; music performances; and artist talks. A National Science Foundation Study found a direct line from arts and culture to innovative thinking, one […]
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Wild Seed Project lecturer to share gardening tips for habitat, pollinators
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust plans to welcome Anna Fialkoff, program manager at The Wild Seeds Project, for a lecture on gardening for habitat and pollinators. The virtual lecture will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 21, and will detail garden management practices that best promote local wildlife. Participants are encouraged to ask questions […]
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UN says Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations
Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, prices were already on the rise, ‘but the war has made a bad situation worse,’ U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
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Devastating house fire in Montville leaves 1 adult dead, 2 critically injured
The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the blaze Wednesday afternoon at 50 Darci Road.
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Senate approves bill to give the Passamaquoddy Tribe authority over water on its own lands
But the bill granting the tribe the right to regulate its own drinking water supplies would have to pick up at least one more vote to override a possible veto from Gov. Janet Mills.
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Delta loses $940 million; bookings surge
Shares of the Atlanta-based airline jump more than 6 percent.