GARDINER — Chrysalis Place Food Center is scheduled to hold its Turkey Donation Day Saturday, Nov. 19. Donations can be dropped off between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at either Goldfinch Creamery, 316 Water St. in Gardiner, or at Goggin’s IGA, 268 Water St. in Randolph. The center annually prepares Christmas orders consisting of several […]
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Tourism association kicks off statewide food drive
The association seeks canned, non-perishable food at Calais, Fryeburg, Hampden, Kittery, Yarmouth sites.
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UMaine Farmington brings students to campus to take part in actuarial competition
The University of Maine at Farmington Actuarial Science program recently brought more than 100 Maine high school students to the Farmington campus to learn about actuarial science and participate in the national 2022-2023 “Modeling the Future Challenge.” UMF offers the only bachelor’s degree program in Actuarial Science in Maine and New Hampshire. Students from the […]
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Becoming a policy entrepreneur topic of Nov. 21 talk
The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk “Becoming a Policy Entrepreneur: Learning to love the creative and sometimes surreal world of policy making” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21, offered both remotely via Zoom and in person at 107 Norman Smith […]
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Banners in Fairfield, elsewhere showcase military veterans in region
A program — Hometown Heroes — has been operating in central Maine for a number of years, and a Fairfield-based group has expanded it to include banners that spotlight more military veterans.
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Winter Coat, Mitten and Hat Giveaway event set for Nov. 20 in Augusta
The Greater Augusta Back to School Program is partnering with the Augusta Fire Department for a Winter Coat, Mitten & Hat Giveaway from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Hartford Fire station at the top of Water Street in Augusta. A total of 200 winter coats, mittens and hats will be […]
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Rangeley church to host Seniors’ Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 20
RANGELEY — For the 40th year, the Vestry of the Church of the Good Shepherd is scheduled to host its annual Seniors’ Thanksgiving Dinner. It will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, in the undercroft of the 2614 Main St. church. The dinner will include home-cooked turkey with all the trimmings […]
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South China church taking soup-to-go orders for Nov. 19 event
South China Community Church is scheduled to hold a soup-to-go sale from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the church at 246 Village St., South China. Fish chowder, garlic chicken, and curry squash soups are available and comes with oyster crackers and gingerbread. The cost is $8 a pint or $14 a […]
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Jefferson society 2023 calendars ready to order
Jefferson Historical Society’s 2023 vintage photo calendars are available to order. Businesses, organizations and people featured for the 2023 edition include Bond Brothers Grocery Store, Bay View Store, John Robert MacDonald and his neighbors, Raymond Bond’s boat building, Damariscotta Lake Farm during the Cleaves era; the ‘new’ Hoffses Store, Waldo and Ruby Clark, Jefferson Woman’s […]
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Waterville museum to begin indoor performance series for children Nov. 19
WATERVILLE — The Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine, 7 Eustis Parkwaye, plans a new indoors performance series, The Stage at CDM, to help families fill the long winter months with magic and music. As the museum team continues to work on fabrication of the professionally designed new exhibits for the Exhibits Hall, they are […]