FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue Middle School has announced the following students were named to its third quarter honor roll for the 2022-23 academic year. Grade 6 — High honors: Briton Barnaby, Meadow Bean, Berlynn Blake, Margaret Bremner, Emma Childs, Mia Couillard, Lucas DeMarco, Remi Dunham, Colby Fakhoury-Bryant, Oliver Farish, Iris Feegel, Olivia Fish and Bode Fournier. […]
Stacy Blanchet
Posted inCommunity
Ag department offers farm loans for underserved, beginning farmers
BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency offers farm ownership and farm operating loans to underserved applicants as well as beginning farmers and ranchers. Underserved or beginning farmers and ranchers who cannot obtain commercial credit from a bank can apply for FSA direct or guaranteed loans. “Farming and ranching is a capital-intensive […]
advertisement
Posted inThings to Do
War and Treaty plan to perform at Stone Mountain Arts Center
The War and Treaty will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 29, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. The duo have amassed a following as eclectic as their sound itself and their bluesy but joyful fusion of southernsoul, gospel, country, and rock-and-roll. The husband-and-wife team of Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter […]
Posted inThings to Do
North Sea Gas to perform Gardiner concert
The Scottish, folk band, North Sea Gas plans to bring their spontaneous, storytelling music to an exclusive appearance at the Gardiner/Augusta Lions Club, at 25 Lions Ave. in Gardiner, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 28. Their 40 years of experience and award winning albums promises to bring a touch of Celtic harmony and music to […]
Posted inThings to Do
The Nordica Trio to be presented by ArtsFarmington
ArtsFarmington plans to presents The Nordica Trio at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 28, at the Nordica Auditorium, at 224 Main St. in Farmington The Nordica Trio consists of Graybert Beacham, violin; Karen Beacham, clarinet; and Martin Perry, piano. They will be performing the works of Alan Hovhaness, Bela Bartok, Aram Khatchaturian, and Alexander Arutiunian. […]
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
‘The Sixties Show’ travels back in time
When you get to my age, the music of your youth is not only nostalgic but a vivid reminder of better times and a simpler life. For me, the ’60s were filled with some of my favorite songs and artists so when I heard that a stage show/concert was coming to the Waterville Opera House […]
Posted inCommunity
Moscow school registering kindergarten, preschool students for fall
Moscow Elementary School, 125 Canada Road, is registering new students for kindergarten and preschool classes starting in the fall. Preschool students must be 4 years old by Oct. 15. Kindergarten students must be 5 years old by Oct. 15. Moscow Elementary serves students in the areas of Bingham, Moscow, Concord, and Pleasant Ridge Plantation. To […]
Posted inCommunity
Winthrop library to host theater group April 26
WINTHROP — The Marti Stevens Interactive Improvisational Theater is set to perform at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, at the Bailey Public Library, 39 Bowdoin St. The group will perform short acts about the challenges that older Mainers encounter as they live and age in their communities. This is a free interactive performance, and each […]
Posted inCommunity
Literacy Volunteers recognizes poetry contest winners
Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties has announced the winners of its 13th annual poetry contest, funded in part by Western Mountain Financial Services and the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation. Laine Kuehn of Belfast was the contest judge, according to a news release from Barbara Averill, executive director of the Farmington-based organization. Contest […]
Posted inCommunity
Chewonki to offer free coastal ecology kayak expedition for high schoolers
Interested families must submit an application on Chewonki’s website before May 7.