Nolan Burgess of Whitefield, a senior at Erskine Academy, has been selected to receive the 2024 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, recognizes a high school senior’s academic excellence, outstanding school citizenship and leadership. Burgess is a consistent high-honors student in a highly competitive academic program that includes honors or accelerated […]
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Worthington Scholarship Foundation opens applications
ROCKLAND — The Worthington Scholarship Foundation’s 2024 scholarship application process is open. Students graduating from a state public high school who meet the eligibility requirements may apply. “I am so excited to extend our scholarship to students in every public high school in Maine this year. Each scholarship season brings a thrill of anticipation as […]
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Extension to offer vegetable, fruit school in Augusta March 26
AUGUSTA — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association plans to host the Maine Vegetable and Fruit School. The event is planned from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Elks Lodge 964, 397 Civic Center Drive. Geared toward individuals involved in vegetable and […]
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Cony High to hold Chizzle Wizzle show this week
AUGUSTA — Cony High School is set to hold its 133rd annual Chizzle Wizzle musical variety show at 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, March 12-15. The show will be held in the Viles Auditorium at the high school, 60 Pierce Drive. The theme for this year’s show is When Pigs Fly. The ticket booth will […]
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Winslow Elementary School registration open for 4-year-olds
Winslow Elementary School registration will soon be open to children who will be 4 on or before Oct. 15. Registration packets will be available for picked up at the school’s office between 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the school’s office, 285 Benton Ave., beginning Monday, March 18. Completed registrations need to […]
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Educators, students, supporters celebrate outdoor learning in Maine
Maine environmental education organizations celebrated advancements in outdoor learning in Maine on Feb. 27 with around 100 attendees including students, teachers and legislators in the Hall of Flags at the Maine State House. Celebration organizers also announced the release of the 2022 Census of Community-Based Outdoor and Environmental Learning report, a collaborative data project hosted […]
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4-H program features farm visits, career exploration for teens
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H plans to offer its Ag Ambassador program in March and April. The program, open to all Maine teens ages 14-18, focuses on career exploration in the local food system through farm and production visits around the state and provides opportunities to build relationships with industry professionals. The Spring 2024 […]
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Virtual dental assisting program info session set for March 22
The University of Maine at Augusta is set to hold a virtual Expanded Functions Dental Assisting program information session at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 22. During the event attendees can learn more about the program and faculty, and students will be available to answer questions including how current dental assistants can further their careers in […]
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Downeast Trout Unlimited to host meeting about water quality in streams
Downeast Trout Unlimited plans to host David Thorne, fisheries biologist and stream habitat coordinator for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, for a discussion of efforts to improve water quality and increase reproductive success of Brook Trout in streams impaired by acidic deposition. The hybrid meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, […]
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Mid-Coast Audubon to offer Damariscotta Mills birding field trip
Mid-Coast Audubon is set to lead a field trip in the Damariscotta Mills area Saturday, March 16, to check the pools above and below the famous fish ladder and also look out over Great Salt Bay. Participants can expect to see a good representation of overwintering ducks, including Hooded, Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, […]