Webelo Willow Mudie listens attentively recently as Webelo Tristan Morton traces the room on the tactile map while they prepare for guidance from Alicia Stevens, a certified orientation and mobility specialist from the Maine Department of Labor’s Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Special goggles, hands-on demonstrations and sensory challenges give the Scouts an […]
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Waterville gallery to open ‘Shirt Stories: Frescoes’ exhibit
Waterville Creates’ next exhibition at its Ticonic Gallery, “Shirt Stories: Frescoes” by Barbara Sullivan, is scheduled to open Monday, Nov. 15, at 10 Water St. #106. A special members’ only reception will be held with the artist from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18. To learn more about becoming a member, visit watervillecreates.org/membership. “Shirt […]
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Ladies Guild toiletries drive underway in Waterville
WATERVILLE — The St. Theresa’s Ladies Guild of Corpus Christi Parish is holding its annual toiletries drive to collect items of need for area food pantries in the colder months ahead. The guild is accepting donations of shampoo, toothpaste, shavers, soap, deodorant and feminine products (no sample sizes or opened containers). Through Sunday, Nov. 14, […]
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Carrabec High names 1st-quarter honor students
Students from Anson, Embden, North Anson, New Portland and Solon attend CHS.
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Extension to offer holiday recipes for electric pressure cooker
FORT KENT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is scheduled to offer an online class on cooking winter holiday dishes from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18. Cooking for the Holidays with an Electric Pressure Cooker is a cook-along webinar that will feature bread stuffing and pumpkin pie. Participants can select a recipe to […]
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Diocese to send delegation to World Youth Day in Portugal
PORTLAND — The Diocese of Portland plans to send a delegation of youth and their chaperones to the World Youth Day celebration in Lisbon, Portugal, to be held Aug 1-5, 2023. A virtual information meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, to introduce the pilgrimage and go over preliminary details for the trip. […]
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University to host student talks about sustainability research
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is scheduled to host Sustainability Lightning Talks, five-minute presentations by Maine students about their sustainability research, from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15. Eight Maine students will present research about various topics, including promoting health in an Indigenous […]
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Leeds society to host open house, holiday sale Dec. 4
The society plans also to commemorate Veterans Day on Nov. 14 at the Veterans’ Memorial.
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Augusta library to offer Chinese calligraphy class
AUGUSTA — Lithgow Library is scheduled to host a beginner class in Chinese calligraphy at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, via Zoom. Artist Jojo Liu will guide participants in how to hold a brush and write basic strokes. To register for the free event, call the library’s adult reference desk. Space is limited. All materials and […]
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Elm City Bridge Club recognizes Nov. 2 winners
FAIRFIELD — Dick Quinlan and Patricia Kick were winners at the Elm City Bridge Club’s Nov. 2 game. Suzon Morrison and David Bourque placed second, and Ed and Joyce Rushton and Paul and Judy Jones, tied for third. The club meets at noon every Tuesday at the Elks Lodge, Industrial Road in Waterville. Participants are […]