United Way of the Tri-Valley Area in Farmington is collaborating with the other eight United Ways of Maine to offer a Week of Action from June 21 to 25. This will be a statewide effort to get the community involved and helping. United Way of the Tri-Valley Area has several local in-person opportunities, as well […]
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Explorer public transit system to resume regular routes
WATERVILLE — The Kennebec and Somerset Explorer public transit system, a service of the Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, is scheduled to resume regular routes and times beginning Monday, June 21. Because of COVID-19 precautions, the system changed to an on-demand service last spring, halting traditional operations and requiring people to call ahead for rides. […]
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Stalking focus of Maine’s law enforcement community training
University of Maine at Augusta’s Campus Alliance Project recently collaborated with the Maine Chiefs of Police Association for program.
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Area students make Plymouth State dean’s list
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Three local students have been named to the 2021 spring semester dean’s list at Plymouth State University: Drake Goupil of Greene, Patrick Rush of Farmingdale and Ariana Wiles of Manchester. To be named to the dean’s list, a student must achieve a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.69 during the Spring […]
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Vassalboro student makes Minnesota college dean’s list
DULUTH, Minn. — Gwinna Remillard of Vassalboro has been named to the 2021 spring dean’s list at The College of St. Scholastica. Dean’s list members have achieved a 3.75 grade point average or above on a 4.0 scale.
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Plymouth State names local students to president’s list
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Five local students have been named to the 2021 spring semester president’s list at Plymouth State University. They include Acacia Fournier of Jay, Anna Dodge of Litchfield, Betsy Hunt of Thorndike, Julianna Labul of Farmington and Dylan Burroughs of Manchester. To be named to the president’s list, a student must achieve a grade point […]
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Erskine Academy lists top 10 seniors for class of 2021
Michael Nicholas III is valedictorian, and Jane Blanchard salutatorian.
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Rachel Carson wildlife refuge to offer art workshops
The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is to hold a “Sense of Wonder” art workshop day Saturday, June 19. In celebration of Carson’s legacy and 50 years of conservation on the refuge in her name, leading artists will share their “sense of wonder” for nature at a special place on the refuge, Timber Point, 1 […]
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Russian-born master wood carver to share craft
The Camden Public Library and Maine Coast Workshop invite the public to attend a special online presentation by world-renowned wood carving master Alexander Grabovetskiy at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 16. Maine Coast Workshop is hosting Grabovetskiy at its studio in Camden for a five-day immersion workshop. This Zoom event is a unique opportunity for the […]
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Diocese lifts dispensation from obligation to attend Mass
PORTLAND — Effective Father’s Day weekend, June 19-20, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has lifted the general dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation throughout the state of Maine. Issued because of the pandemic, the dispensation has been in place for Maine Catholics since March 18, 2020. In […]