WHITEFIELD — Sheepscot General Store owners and coworkers will dish out free ice cream with all the topping they can muster from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at 98 Townhouse Road, in celebration of its 10th anniversary. The ice cream social also will include music by Red Bird, Bertie Koller and Army of […]
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Universities to hold home garden irrigation webinar
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension plan to offer a webinar about irrigation for the home garden from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 23. “Irrigation for the Home Garden” explores different ways to water a garden, with a focus on how to successfully install, maintain and manage […]
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Maranacook High names top 10 scholars
Lily Cannell has been named valedictorian, and Thomas Trafton salutatorian.
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Cobb relative to talk about family’s historic Winthrop farm
WINTHROP — The Bailey Library is scheduled to host Jennifer Phillips at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, in the King Event Room on the first floor of the library on Bowdoin Street. The event is the sixth part of a yearlong series celebrating Maine women. Phillips will give a slideshow presentation that focuses on the […]
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Foundation seeks applications for conservation grants
The Maine Community Foundation’s Conservation for All grant program, launched last year, seeks applications from organizations and projects dedicated to helping Maine people access and connect to the outdoors. The program provides general support grants to organizations and projects that build strong connections between people in Maine and its land and water. Grants up to […]
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UMA students participate in research workshop
This spring, six University of Maine at Augusta students were selected from a large field of candidates to take part in three-week course focusing on “Bridging Disciplines: The impacts of exposure to toxic substances on health, regenerative capacity, and aging,” an educational opportunity from the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor. The online and in-person […]
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Health Care Golf Classic set for July 12
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital’s annual Health Care Golf Classic at the Sugarloaf Golf Club is to take place Monday, July 12. The beneficiaries are the Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County and the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center. Both provide health services to people in need. The Monday-featured contest is a four-person […]
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EMCC recognizes students for academic achievement
BANGOR – Eastern Maine Community College has announced its 2021 spring president’s list, dean’s list, and honorable mentions list. Each semester the academic dean prepares for the president a list of those dean’s list students who have earned a grade point average of 4.0 while carrying 12 credit hours or more. President Lisa Larson acknowledges […]
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Global Dempsey Challenge 2021 to run in September
LEWISTON — This year’s Dempsey Challenge is set for Sept. 25 and 26, and sees the introduction of the event’s first, global challenge. Presented by Amgen Oncology and founded by Patrick Dempsey, the Dempsey Challenge is the primary fundraising event for the Dempsey Center. Since its inception in 2009, the event has raised more than […]
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Library to host class on organizing, preserving photos
CAMDEN — Photo preservation specialist Cheryl Freye of Winthrop is to present a free, educational Zoom class about saving, organizing, and sharing photographs at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 22. Freye’s class, hosted by Camden Public Library, is ideal for anyone feeling overwhelmed by multitudes of photographs and videos accumulated in hard copy and on multiple […]