WATERVILLE — Mount Merici Academy plans to hold Catholic Schools Week from Monday through Saturday, Jan. 30-Feb. 5. During the week, the students will bring in non-perishable items to be donated to the food bank at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Colby Street in Waterville. The shelter’s offerings include emergency shelter and resources, guidance on […]
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Bath-area land trust to host talk on rainbow smelt
BATH — The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is scheduled to host a talk by Dr. Danielle Frechette, a biologist at the Maine Department of Marine Resources, on the lives of rainbow smelt at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. The virtual evening lecture will provide insights into the biology, ecology, behavior and natural history of the […]
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Mid Maine Vettes Club elects 2022 officers
The Mid Maine Vettes Corvette Club held its annual Christmas party at the Village Inn restaurant in Auburn, where members planned upcoming events and elected officers. The new club officers for 2022 include Raymond Faucher, president; Chuck Mailhot, vice president; Richard Therrien, treasurer; Melody Fox, secretary; and Brent Fox, social director. Members scheduled several Corvette […]
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China student achieves dean’s list at TN university
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lydia Gilman of China qualified for the 2021 fall dean’s list at Belmont University. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.
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Union library to host outdoors, travel writer via Zoom
Vose Library plans to host Carey Kish for its next Vose or Virtual Wednesday session, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, via Zoom. Closed captioning will be available. Kish, of Mount Desert Island, is an outdoors and travel writer, veteran hiker and backpacker with more than 20,000 trail miles under his boots. His hiking […]
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Waterville cinema plans ‘Bring Back Date Night’ series
WATERVILLE — From Monday, Jan. 31 through February, the Maine Film Center and Railroad Square Cinema plans to host a “Bring Back Date Night” series, which features five films at 7 p.m. Mondays. The five films include the romantic comedy “10 Things I Hate About You” and the Hong Kong drama “In the Mood for […]
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Gardiner library announces Children’s Room opening
The Gardiner Public Library has announced that starting Monday, Jan. 31, the Children’s Room is scheduled to be open to all visitors Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No appointments will be required on these days of the week. The library will continue to offer single-family visits by appointment Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. To set up an […]
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Camden Garden Club to continue Winter Horticultural Series
The second of the annual five-part Winter Horticulture Series, presented online in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1. Tom Seymour will present “Foraging — My Favorite Wild Edibles.” In addition to writing his garden column, From The Ground Up, for Courier Publications since the mid-1990s, Seymour is […]
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Registration opens for WinterKids’ Downhill 24 fundraiser
Registration is open for the 10th annual WinterKids Downhill 24, scheduled for on Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5, at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley. Presented by Agren, the WinterKids Downhill 24 is a 24-hour ski and snowboard challenge to raise money for WinterKids programs to help more kids build healthy habits through outdoor, winter […]
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Catholic high school seniors eligible for scholarships
PORTLAND — The determination process for the 2022 Lila Grace Amirault Scholarships has begun, with any Catholic students attending a Catholic high school in Maine eligible to submit an application. To view an application and scholarship requirements, visit portlanddiocese.org. The deadline to submit applications is Friday, Feb. 18. The scholarship fund was established by Patrick […]