The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Business After Hours is scheduled to be hosted by Bangor Savings Bank from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, at 5 Senator Way Building 1 in Augusta. The event is free and open to chamber members and guests. The chamber organizes free monthly networking receptions for members […]
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Washington library to exhibit works by Rockland oil painter
WASHINGTON — Gibbs Library is presenting “Fabric as Vehicle,” an exhibition of oil paintings by Carol Sloane of Rockland, a founding member of our town of Washington’s art community and gallery spaces. The range and reach of her work traces her passion for landscape, portraiture, still life, and marking the passage of time. A collection […]
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Kennebec County projects, nonprofits get boost from grants
More than $38,000 in Maine Community Foundation grants aim to help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in Kennebec County. The six grants through MaineCF’s Community Building Grant Program include $38,570 recommended by the Kennebec County Committee and a $6,250 grant from a donor-advised fund, according to a news release from the foundation. Grant recipients include: […]
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Foundation awards grants in Franklin, Somerset counties
More than $78,000 in Maine Community Foundation grants aim to help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in Franklin and Somerset counties. The 11 grants through MaineCF’s Community Building Grant Program include $77,630 recommended by the Western Mountains Committee and two additional grants totaling $20,000 from people with donor-advised funds, according to a news release from […]
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Lawrence High field hockey teams plan fundraiser July 22 in Waterville
The Lawrence varsity and junior varsity field hockey girls will host a car wash fundraiser from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, July 22, at Grass Eater’s 177 College Ave. facility in Waterville. Car washes will be by donation only to raise funds and the girls also will collect any bottles, cans and deposit-option returnables, according […]
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Historic Damariscotta site seeks volunteer guides
Docent opportunities are available at Damariscotta’s Chapman-Hall House. Volunteer guides provide a valuable service in sharing community history with the visiting public. The Chapman-Hall House historic site, dated to 1754, is the oldest house still in existence in Damariscotta. The house is open on weekends, June through the second Sunday in October. During a tour, […]
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Damariscotta library to host July 27 talk with US head archivist, local art historian
Recently retired Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero will talk with art historian and Chamberlain resident Caroline Bruzelius, distinguished Duke University professor emerita, in an event “Critical History: A Conversational with America’s Archivist” set from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, in Porter Hall of the Skidompha Library at 184 Main St. […]
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Local students make St. Michael’s College dean’s list
COLCHESTER, Vt. — Three local students made the 2022 spring semester dean’s list at Saint Michael’s College. Osman Karas of Jefferson, a sophomore engineering major, is a graduate of Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. Drew Williams of Richmond, a junior art education/art and design major, is a graduate of Richmond Middle/High School. Cambelle Nutting of Vassalboro, […]
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Madison group collecting school supplies until September
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 39 in Madison are collecting school supplies for children and for the classrooms in their local schools, Madison — School Administrative District 59 and Carrabec — Regional School Unit 74. A list of suggested items includes rulers, erasers, pencils, colored pencils, ink pens (blue, black and red), […]
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Camden-Rockport society plans living history event July 23
The Troops at Camden, a Maine living history group interpreting the period 1779-1814, will be encamped from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 23, on the grounds of the 1770s Thorndike Homestead on U.S. Route 1 in Camden. This free, family friendly event is an opportunity for the public to learn what life was […]