SEARSPORT — The newly formed Penobscot Maritime Heritage Association’s celebration of Maine’s 200th birthday has been postponed until July 2021. The tall ships, schooners, Navy vessels and UMaine’s 3-D printed boat that were originally scheduled to visit the Penobscot River this year to honor Maine’s rich maritime heritage are being rescheduled to take part in […]
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UMaine Extension offers webinar on ticks in Maine set for June 25
Ticks in Maine will be the focus of a free University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 25, led by Griffin Dill and Dr. Beatrice Szantyr, according to a news release from the UMaine Extension office in Orono. Dill is the manager of the Tick Lab at Cooperative Extension […]
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Maine Women’s Fund announces $53,000 in emergency grant funding
Fund to improve safety of women, girls across state and throughout Wabanaki territories during pandemic.
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Winslow High School’s 2020 graduates
Winslow High School has announced its class of 2020 graduates, according to a news release from the school. Haneen Kawa Ali, Carly Kayla Anderson, Alika Guinevere Andrews, Kathryn Brianna Bailey, Lily Claire Barkdull, Rylee Hunter Batey, Devin Allan Bettencourt, Eric Matthew Booth and Sebastian Lee Bouchard. Also, Cameron Ryan Brockway, Brandon Charles Campbell, Lydia Jo […]
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Nokomis Regional High School lists 2020 graduates
Nokomis serves students in Corinna, Dixmont, Etna, Hartland, Newport, Palmyra, Plymouth and St. Albans.
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Maine Initiatives awards $516,920 to grassroots organizations responding to COVID-19
A total of $516,920 in grants have been awarded to 57 community-based nonprofit organizations responding to the COVID-19 crisis across the state of Maine, according to a news release from Andrea Berry, director of Communications and Engagement, Maine Initiatives, a community-based foundation based in Portland. These grants are made from the COVID-19 Community Care Fund, […]
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Volunteer Maine awards 5 agencies Volunteer Generation Fund grants
Alfond Youth and Community Center and Catholic Charities Maine received funding to start new volunteer programs through the Maine VGF initiative.
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Summer Dudley achieves Nichols College academic honors
DUDLEY, Mass. — Summer Dudley of West Gardiner, has been named to the 2020 spring semester dean’s list at Nichols College. In order to be included on the dean’s list, a student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for at least 12 undergraduate credit-hours and must have received no grades below B- […]
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Educare Central Maine begins to reopen childcare classrooms
WATERVILLE — Educare Central Maine has started welcoming back children and families to its school after closing its doors in mid-March to COVID-19, according to a news release from Tracye Fortin, executive director. New health procedures and recommendations are allowing families and children to transition back to Educare. “We worked extremely hard to gather information […]
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Local residents graduate from Saint Anselm College
Graduates include Michelle Lemelin, Alexis Caldwell, Hannah Cunningham, Elijah Fish and Brooke Haskell.