The Mt. Blue Garden Club plans to hold the last of its local summer garden tours at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Beth Myers’ property at 135 Marwick Road in Farmington. Myers also will share information about the recently added square foot garden beds. Enchanted walking paths, vegetable rows, overflowing herb gardens, and raised […]
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Maine workforce program receives $500K to help homeless veterans
Fedcap Inc. is launching Veterans Forward to provide veterans, service members and their families critically needed support in emergency situations such as housing, substance use treatment, home heating assistance, food and clothing, and job training across Maine. The program is essential given rising costs because of record inflation that put additional financial stress on many […]
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