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Damariscotta gallery seeks ‘Night and Day’ show submissions
River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit items for the upcoming show, “Night and Day.” Submissions, open to members and non-members alike, include all mediums and styles. People can embrace abstract concepts, explore the emotional contrasts within human experiences or challenge traditional notions of light and dark. Or they may wish to focus on […]
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United Way of Kennebec Valley raises more than $1M
AUGUSTA — United Way of Kennebec Valley recently revealed a record-breaking fundraising achievement: $1,910,377 for its 2023 campaign. This amount reflects a substantial 4% increase over the previous year’s total. The announcement was made on Jan. 18 during UWKV’s sold-out Campaign Celebration at Governor Hill Mansion, where Campaign Co-Chairs Michele Pelletier and Daniel Webster III […]
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Winslow High School recognizes honor roll students
Winslow High School has named the following students to its second quarter honor roll for the 2023-24 academic year. Seniors High honors: Hannah Daigneault, David Doughty, Travis Letourneau, Matthew Quirion, Matthew Reynolds, Justin Rogers, Elizabeth Schmitt and Brooke Vincent. Honors: Bianca Akoa, Tatiannamarie Camp, Savannah Cloutier, Elizabeth Dionne, Gage Dorval, Savannah Estes, Uliana Fournier, Liliana […]
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Bridge clubs announce recent winners
Elm City Bridge Club Sylvia Palmer and Linda Anderson finished first at the Elm City Bridge Club in Waterville during the Jan. 30 duplicate bridge session. Janine Prewitt and Maureen Brochu placed second; Diane Bishop and Ken Harvey placed third. Games begin at 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Waterville Elks Lodge, 76 Industrial St.; new […]
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UMaine Extension, partners help bring outdoor learning to students statewide
ORONO — Maine Outdoor School for All, a network of organizations that includes University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is expanding its community partnership, taking a significant step toward the goal of offering outdoor education to students across the entire state. To commemorate the milestone, a ceremonial signing event was held at the University of Maine […]
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Ag department designates Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas
The United States Department of Agriculture has designated Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas. This secretarial natural disaster designation allows the department’s Farm Service Agency to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs. These include the replacement of […]
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New Ventures Maine offers free classes in February
AUGUSTA — New Ventures Maine plans to offer free workshops and classes statewide in February in three program areas: career, business and financial education. Workshops and classes are designed to help people in Maine gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to build a career, start a business and manage money. The full class schedule is […]
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Upper Kennebec Valley Junior/Senior High names honor students
BINGHAM — The following Upper Kennebec Valley Junior/Senior High School students were named to the second quarter honor roll for the 2023-24 academic year. Fifth grade High honors: Peyton Brooks and Karissa Carrigan. Honors: Promise Cabassa and Aelon Glynn. Sixth grade High honors: Bryce Hartwell and Landon Hartwell. Honors: Annalyse Chandler, Caroline Gould, Abigayle Ingersoll and Skylynn Washburn. […]
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Smithsonian African American historian to speak in Camden Feb. 11
Kate McMahon, Ph.D., is set to be the featured speaker at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, for the Camden Rockport Historical Society’s renewed winter speaker series at the Camden Public Library’s Picker Room, 55 Main St. McMahon, an African American historian, will speak on “Freedom’s Woods: Peterborough and African Americans in Midcoast Maine, 1776-1865.” The […]