WILTON — St. Luke’s Lobster Roll Lunches are due back for Blueberry Fest on Saturday, Aug. 7, at 59 High St. Lunches are to be sold by pre-order and walk-up starting at 11 a.m. Pre-orders are strongly encouraged. To place an order, call 207-645-2639 or email [email protected]. Lunches cost $18 and include a fresh clear […]
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Windsor fairgrounds to hold free drive-in movie event
UScellular is to provide each vehicle popular movie snacks, including popcorn, candy, and water.
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Augusta-based parish collecting items to help single mothers
AUGUSTA — In the coming weeks, St. Michael Parish plans to help local single mothers who need assistance keeping up with the expenses of caring for their children. Large baskets will be stationed in the front of each parish church the weekends of Aug. 7-8 and 14-15 for parishioners and community members to drop off […]
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Edward Little class of 1950 to hold reunion
LEWISTON — Edward Little High School class of 1950 is to hold its 71st annual reunion at noon Monday, Aug. 2, at the Chick-A-Dee Restaurant, 1472 Lisbon St. For more information, contact Ronald Hart, alumni chair, at 772-559-0267.
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Vienna Union Hall awarded Sheltered Venue Grant
VIENNA — The Vienna Union Hall (VUH) Association has been awarded a Sheltered Venue Operators Grant from the US Small Business Administration. The Grant of $6040, while small by comparison to others awarded to larger venues, will help the Vienna Union Hall to keep operating after having to shut down in 2020 because of the […]
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Community foundation awards almost $29K to nonprofits
The Kennebec County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $28,950 in grants to four nonprofit organizations through its Community Building Grant Program. Grant recipients include: Augusta Teen Center, for a continuum of positive youth development services to help teenagers suspended from school and first-time offenders learn from their mistakes: $10,000. Boys & Girls […]
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Coalition offers free valet bike parking at Thompson’s Point
PORTLAND — Bicycle-riding music fans are to be able to safely park their bikes for free at all 11 Thompson’s Point concerts this year, the Bicycle Coalition of Maine announced July 28 in a joint statement with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. “We’re really excited to be partnering with the BCM to bring this free service […]
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‘Taste of Waterville’ to be held at Head of Falls
The 28th annual Taste of Waterville, an adult-focused experience highlighting the area’s ethnicity and diversity, is to be held from noon to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Head of Falls on Front Street, along the Kennebec River. Taste of Waterville will include a variety of food, cultural and culinary booths, along with music, cash […]
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Hallowell homestead offers tours of gardens, grounds
HALLOWELL — Vaughan Woods & Historic Homestead at 2 Litchfield Road, a nonprofit nature preserve and historic house museum, invites the public next month to tour the gardens and grounds of the 1794 Vaughan Homestead. Tours are to be held from 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays, Aug. 12, 19 and 26, and between noon and […]
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Fort Western lecture series continues with history author
AUGUSTA — Award-winning historian and author Alan Taylor is to present “Freedom, Slavery, and Maine Statehood in 1820” at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, at Central Church, 20 Mission Ave. Taylor’s presentation will be the sixth of a series of lectures sponsored by Old Fort Western and the Maine Bicentennial Commission. A 1977 graduate of […]