AUBURN — The Center for Workforce & Professional Development at Central Maine Community College plans to offer a free Precision Machining Training Academy from May 24 to Aug. 31. The deadline to register is Friday, May 7, to register, visit bit.ly/3cVrVh7. Valued at nearly $10,000 in free training, plus wages earned through the worksite, the […]
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Drive-up spaghetti meal fundraiser planned for May 1
PALERMO — The Waldo County Republicans Committee will sponsor a drive-up spaghetti meal fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Malcolm Glidden American Legion Post 163, Turner Ridge Road. The cost $10 per dinner or $16 per two dinners, and $8 for each additional dinner. The choice of a homemade meat […]
Art show shines spotlight on Maine Media students
During May, the Camden Public Library will host an online show of photographic artwork by Sue Michlovitz and Dianne Kittle called “Visual Artists: Our Journeys to a Personal Project.” Michlovitz and Kittle are both pursuing Master of Fine Arts degrees at Maine Media College in Rockport and are to graduate in May. The images featured […]
Online art auction to benefit Wiscasset gallery
WISCASSET — The Maine Art Gallery has gathered a number of noteworthy, yet affordable, works of art for an online auction that will be open for bidding from Saturday, May 1 to Tuesday, June 15. The pieces, donated by artists and collectors, offer the buyer an opportunity to obtain fine art while helping to support […]
Lab releases 2020 Maine tick program data
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab 2020 Surveillance Program data is now compiled and available on the Maine Tick Data webpage, extension.umaine.edu/ticks/maine-tick-data. In 2019, the lab began testing tick samples for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis — the three most common tick-borne diseases. In 2020, an additional testing panel was added to […]
Fairfield student completes research project
WORCESTER, Mass. — Braden Ballard of Fairfield, a member of the class of 2022 majoring in civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense research project. The project was entitled “Pollution Mapping & Management Methods for Rivers,” done with Ecuador Project Center. At WPI, all […]
Phi Kappa Phi inducts Bowdoin, Palermo students
BATON ROUGE, La. — Two University of Southern Maine students Amanda Nalls of Bowdoin and Cora Gavett of Palermo recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. They are among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to […]
WinterKids offers virtual training for preschool teachers
WESTBROOK — WinterKids has launched a virtual training to go alongside its “Preschool Guide to Outdoor Active Learning” binder. For a limited time teachers can get both the training and the binder for free. This training is a contact-free option to gain new resources to help with lesson planning for early childhood classes this spring […]
Farmingdale student receives 2021 Principal’s Award
FARMINGDALE — Resident Ian Stebbins, a senior at Hall-Dale High School, has been selected to receive the 2021 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Stebbins, the son of Mark and Karen Stebbins, is the last of three Stebbins […]
Skowhegan’s Blue Star Marker refinished, returned to rest area
SKOWHEGAN — The town’s Blue Star Marker, dedicated in honor members of all military branches, was reinstalled April 7 by community volunteers Melvin Burnham, David McDermott, Jason Frost and Ron Wilbur. In 2016, the Bloomfield Garden Club raised funds for this marker, located at the Kennebec Banks rest area on U.S. Route 2 east of […]