KVCC’s Kristin Wallaker named a 2021 New Century Workforce Scholar.
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Pine Tree Camp announces 1st April staycation
The Rome camp will deliver a fully-accessible You Spring Week April 19-23.
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Skowhegan science project offers birding tips April 11
Skowhegan Outdoors will be at Lake George Regional Park, West, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 11, to discuss how to get involved with a community science project, and help researchers collect data with minimal prior knowledge. The park is located at West Lake George Park Road in Skowhegan. The Maine Bird Atlas program […]
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Tech center names Whitefield teenager student of year
AUGUSTA — Everett Blair of Whitefield is Capital Area Technical Center’s 2021 Student of the Year. A senior from Erskine Academy in South China enrolled for the second year in the Law Enforcement Academy program, Blair will ship out in July for 10-week basic combat training with the U.S. Army National Guard. He will then attend […]
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Maranacook students spend winter night in woods
A group of 10 outing club students from Maranacook Community High School, in Readfield, spent a recent weekend at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson, and learned how to build outdoor shelters from David Butler of Maine Path and Paddle Guides. The club won the trip through the Teens to Trails Fall 2020 Trip Lottery. […]
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Waldo extension to give talk about rural Maine living
BELFAST — The Waldo County Extension Association will offer two virtual presentations about rural living in Maine from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13. The event is in lieu of the annual Rural Living Day, canceled this year because of the pandemic. “Rural Living Night 2021” opens with “Grandmother’s Gift — Skomon (corn)” with […]
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Kennebec Water District upgrades payment tech
WATERVILLE — Kennebec Water District has launched a new online customer portal allowing consumers to pay water bills, receive usage and billing notifications, track water consumption trends, and consolidate multiple accounts in one location. Customers also can sign up to receive urgent notices from KWD in the event of a water reliability or water quality […]
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‘Great American Buy Local Day’ set
People are encouraged Wednesday, April 7, to participate in the annual “The Great American Buy Local Day” initiative, to support local businesses, the communities they serve, and tens of millions of people they employ. The campaign encourages everyone to continue to support businesses that might just be opening back up amid the pandemic, are expanding […]
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Hallowell library to hold community read via Zoom
HALLOWELL — Hubbard Free Library will hold a Zoom community read of “The Plague,” a short 1947 novel by Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus, at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1. “The Plague” depicts the French Algerian town of Oran, which is suddenly struck by the bubonic plague. It raises many of the same issues we […]
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Scholarships available to women pursuing science, engineering degrees
Established in 2013, the Laurendeau Fund provides renewable scholarship support to young women who are graduating seniors from high schools in Maine, and are pursuing post-secondary education in science or engineering at a four-year university. The deadline for applications is June 1. Applications are available through the Maine Community Foundation at mainecf.org. There is a […]