WATERVILLE — Corpus Christi Parish plans to utilize a Maine dessert to raise money for students in need of school supplies. A blueberry pie sale is to be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, Aug. 15, in the hall of Notre Dame Church, 116 Silver St. The pies cost $18 each and can be […]
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Kennebec Land Trust to offer Hewett Oak Hill tour, laud donors
Members are asked to RSVP by Friday, Aug. 13.
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Colby museum virtual event to focus on visual culture
The Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville plans to host a virtual panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, about a broad spectrum of Maine visual culture in the mid-century era. “Visual Culture: Issues and Institutions” is to expose audiences to some of the rich visual creations produced in, by, and for the […]
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Maine Media extends photo submission deadline to Aug. 11
ROCKPORT — Maine Media Workshops + College has extended the deadline to accept new submissions for the 2021 The Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11. The $20,000 prize is awarded annually to a photographer whose work demonstrates a compelling new vision in photographic portraiture. In addition […]
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Photo archivist to share stories, images of Wiscasset
Kevin Johnson, photo archivist for the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, plans to showcase the current exhibit of early 20th-century photos at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Old Jail in Wiscasset. Johnson is scheduled to speak at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, during a reception at the historic Museum & Old Jail on Federal Street. His slide […]
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Palermo library to offer book walk during August
Palermo Community Library is holding a book walk for all of August on the featured story “A House for Hermit Crab” by Eric Carleis. Families can read the book while hiking the Palermo Preserve trails at 1401 Turner Ridge Road. They will find laminated pages of the book attached to trees, which children can read […]
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Washington group to host photo exhibit, history talk
The Washington Lakes Watershed Association is to display its photo contest exhibit from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Corner Gallery, Washington Village Center, Washington. After viewing the gallery, attendees can gather in the outside tent for a talk on the history of Medomak Camp by Holly Stone and the history of […]
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Madison legion auxiliary seeks school supplies
Madison-based American Legion Auxiliary Unit 9 is collecting school supplies for children and staff in its local school districts (Madison School Administrative District 59 and Carrabec Regional School Unit 74). Suggestions for items in need include rulers, erases, pencils, colored pencils, ink pens (black, blue and red), crayons, Post-its, glue sticks, glue, scissors, backpacks, pencil […]
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Readfield student makes University of Hartford’s dean’s list
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Molly McGrail of Readfield has been named to the 2021 spring dean’s list at the University of Hartford.
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Winthrop society to host virtual talk about Cobb Farm
Winthrop Maine Historical Society plans to host Jennifer Phillips — whose ancestral roots in town trace back to 1802 — at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, via Zoom. Phillips lived in Illinois before moving to Winthrop in 2019 with her husband Curt, son Ricky and the recently-deceased Anne Cobb Bird. Bird is the oldest child […]