Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s seventh presentation of their 26th annual Winter Speaker Series, Agro-acoustics: Listening to the Sounds of Soils, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12. Louise Roberts, assistant professor of marine biology at the University of Liverpool, will be featured. FOMB’s Winter Speaker Series presentations, held via Zoom, are accessible via hyperlink […]
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Ag department to boost access to Maine-grown foods for older adults
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry plans to utilize an $800,000 federal grant to expand the Maine Senior FarmShare Program. The program provides low-income older adults the opportunity to receive up to a $50 share of fresh, local produce at no cost directly from Maine farmers. The department estimates that the […]
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UMaine Augusta to offer virtual dental assisting program info session April 13
The EFDA program is available at UMA’s Lewiston Center and Bangor campus.
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Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. challenging Biden in 2024
Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.
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800,000 lose power as freezing rain hits Ontario and Quebec
Freezing rain and thunderstorms have pummeled parts of Ontario and Quebec.
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Jill Biden accepts tulip named for her by the Netherlands
The ‘Jill Biden’ tulip is reddish orange with fringed petals.
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Prince Harry will testify in phone hacking case in June
He wants to reform the tabloid press as part of his life’s work.
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King’s wife officially identified as Queen Camilla
She will be crowned alongside her husband on May 6.
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No driver? No problem. Robotaxis eye San Francisco expansion
Cruise, a subsidiary of GM, and Waymo, a spinoff from Google, still must navigate around potential roadblocks.
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New Ram electric pickup can go up to 500 miles on charge
The 654-horsepower truck also can travel from zero to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds.