Fayette Central School welcomes Fayette parents planning to enroll their children in kindergarten or pre-kindergarten for the 2024-25 school year. People can register children for pre-K by contacting the school at 685-4770 or [email protected]. The school is set to screen new students Thursday, June 13. To be eligible to start school this fall, a child […]
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Presentation on gravestone symbols set for April 20
AUGUSTA — Cemetery historian and author Ron Romano plans to give a presentation, “An Understanding Symbolism on Maine’s Early Gravestones,” at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20. The talk will be held in the Community Meeting Room at Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St. Romano will describe in this heavily illustrated presentation the “anatomy” of a […]
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Sidney teen achieves Eagle Scout status
AUGUSTA — Einin Riddle of Sidney is just 14 years old but has accomplished something fewer than 6% of all Scouts achieve — she earned the Eagle Scout rank, according to a news release from Kennebec Valley District Chairman Chuck Mahaleris. A presentation was held at the Augusta Lodge of Elks on April 6. Riddle […]
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Winslow High School lists honor roll students
The following Winslow High School students have made the third quarter honor roll for the 2023-24 academic year. Seniors — High honors: David Doughty, Mason Lee, Travis Letourneau, Talon Loftus, Megan Morrison, Jayda Parker, Ann Prickett, Joseph Richards, Justin Rogers, Elizabeth Schmitt, Alyssa Spaulding, and Brook Vincent. Honors: Bianca Akoa, Emma Barry-Spaulding, Opal Butler, Hannah […]
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Gibbs Library National Poetry Month event set for April 20
WASHINGTON — Gibbs Library is set to present a National Poetry Month event at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in the Bryant Room at 40 Old Union Road. Award-winning Maine poets Jefferson Navicky and Dawn Potter will read their poems and discuss their craft. A brief Q&A and book signing will follow the reading. Snacks […]
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Hallowell studio plans Earth Day collaborative water dance performance
The River Studio’s intergenerational dance group, The Spiral Dance Collective, will offer a free collaborative performance, the sixth bi-annual National Water Dance.
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Girl Scouts of Maine to host Green ME Up Earth Day Festival
The Girl Scouts of Maine is set to host a free Green ME Up Earth Day celebration, featuring hands-on environmental activities for the public. The event runs from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the L.L. Bean Flagship Store Campus in Freeport. Green ME Up is an annual festival of sustainability celebrating Earth […]
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Maine’s First Ship plans 17th Century Foodways event in Bath
BATH — Maine’s First Ship is set to hold its second 17th Century Foodways event and luncheon on Saturday, April 20, at the Bath Freight Shed, 27 Commercial St. MFS — the Bath non-profit whose volunteer force has reconstructed the sailing vessel Virginia, originally built by colonists at Popham in 1607-08, brings back guests chef […]
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Carrabec High School names honor students
Students from Anson, Embden, New Portland and Solon attend Carrabec High School.
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Penobscot Marine Museum curator to present exhibit
CAMDEN — Penobscot Marine Museum Digital Curator Matt Wheeler is set to present a hybrid illustrated talk, “Jim Moore: Midcoast Correspondent,” at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at the Camden Public Library, 55 Main St. The presentation will explore Moore’s life and work as a denizen of Midcoast Maine. This event is presented in […]