WATERVILLE — The 24th annual Gene & Lucille Letourneau Ice Fishing Derby is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 20. The official weigh-in is from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Muskie Community Center, 38 Gold St. Participants can bring their family and warm up next to the fire pit, play a game of corn hole, or […]
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Winterpaloozah set for Feb. 20 in Rangeley
The Winterpaloozah event is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, on Haley Pond on Pond Street in Rangeley. The free event will feature horse and wagon rides, cardboard sled races, ice skating, saucer bowling, pond hockey, curling, snow golf, fat tire bikes, kicksleds, snow kiting, XC skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, snow castle, […]
Rangeley Winterpaloozah set for Feb. 20
The Rangeley Skating Club and the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce plan to host the seventh annual Rangeley Winterpaloozah event. The celebration of winter activities and competitions is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, on Haley Pond and at Haley Pond Park, 7 Pond St. The free event will include horse […]
Portland Stage seeks pieces from playwrights
The Clauder Competition submission window closes March 31.
Feeling put out by potholes? You’re not alone
Public works directors in central Maine say the problem with potholes isn’t any worse these days than in past years, just don’t tell that to drivers shelling out hundreds of dollars for repairs.
OUT Maine donors send 900-plus books to school libraries
This past fall, OUT Maine Executive Director Jeanne Dooley had a flash of inspiration: What if school libraries had more inclusive books available to their students? OUT Maine, an organization that serves LGBTQ+ youth, already had recommended reading lists for families and educators on its website. The key was to get these books into libraries, according […]
Farmington university to host walk-in COVID-19 booster clinic
The University of Maine at Farmington plans to host a public walk-in COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 274 Front St., the former Notify MD Center purchased by UMF. The clinic is for individuals 18 and older. Vaccines are provided at no cost. Those attending will be administered […]
Schools join nonprofit to break silence of dating violence
High schools from York to Caribou are bringing the bold, survivor-powered outreach of Finding Our Voices to their students starting in February’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, according to a news release from the nonprofit group. Finding Our Voices is marking its three-year anniversary on Valentine’s Day with its posters and bookmarks going […]
Schools join nonprofit to break silence of dating violence
High schools from York to Caribou are bringing the bold, survivor-powered outreach of Finding Our Voices to their students starting in February’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, according to a news release from the nonprofit group. Finding Our Voices is marking its three-year anniversary on Valentine’s Day with its posters and bookmarks going […]
CMP improves power reliability for Wilton customers
New substation replaces a more than 50-year-old facility.