WATERVILLE — MaineGeneral Health’s Peter Alfond Prevention & Heathy Living Center has restarted its Colby College Walking Program at the Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center, 4900 Mayflower Hill Drive. The program was suspended for several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is for those age 55 and older. Community members may walk from […]
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Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest set for Dec. 6-8
WISCASSET – The three-day Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Dec. 6-8, in Wiscasset Village, and features family events Friday and Saturday evenings. There will be a visit from Santa who arrives via a light parade. Children get treats and cocoa, adults get hot toddies. Sheep will […]
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Family Festival of Trees set for Waterville Elks Banquet & Conference Center
Volunteers are needed to assist the Alfond Youth & Community Center and Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s annual fundraising event.
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Lawrence Junior High School lists 1st quarter honors
FAIRFIELD — Lawrence Junior High School has announced the following students were named to its first-quarter honor roll for the 2024-25 school year. Eighth grade High honors: Cheyenne Arbour, Maddison Bolduc, Lincoln Boyce, Brody Cagle, Alexandria Caverly, Logan Chartier, Gabrielle Coldwell, Allana Cole, Peyton Dow, Airyanna Garcia, Madilyn Gauthier, Eloise Giles, Maira Goldsmith, Masyn Goodwin, […]
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Film screening, panel discussion set for Nov. 20 at UMaine Augusta
AUGUSTA — In honor of Native American Heritage Month and the University of Maine at Augusta’s academic theme of Indigeneity, UMA’s DEI Council plans to host a film screening and panel discussion for “Mary and Molly,” with Penobscot Nation Tribal elder and filmmaker Donna Loring. The event is set for noon Wednesday, Nov. 20, in […]
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Franklin County Commission collecting pajamas for children during winter months
The project is organized by the Franklin County Children’s Task Force which is partnering with the Farmington Rotary Club for distribution.
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Waterville’s Center for Small Town Jewish Life ‘Shabbaton’ draws 250 people
WATERVILLE — Nearly 250 people recently gathered at Colby College for the annual Fall Shabbaton — a weekend of learning, singing and community experiences hosted by the Center for Small Town Jewish Life. For nearly a decade, the center has brought together people across lines of difference who reflect significant viewpoint, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity. […]
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Winthrop High School Drama Club to presents ‘Clue: On Stage’
WINTHROP — The Winthrop High School Drama Club is set to present “Clue: On Stage” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, and Saturday, Nov. 23, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at the school’s performing arts center, 211 Rambler Road. This fast-paced, who-done-it comedy is based loosely on the movie, which is based on the […]
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AgeWise Maine offers Nov. 20 vaccine clinic at Spectrum Generations
HALLOWELL — The AgeWise Maine Initiative, a collaboration of Maine’s five Area Agencies on Aging in partnership with Northern Light Health, is set to offer a vaccination clinic from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Cohen Community Center, 22 Town Farm Road. Launched in 2023 and powered by USAging grant funding, AgeWise […]
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Women’s basic chainsaw skills and safety class set for Nov. 23
TURNER — The Androscoggin Chapter of the Maine Women’s Network is teaming up with Axe Women Loggers of Maine to offer a women’s basic chainsaw skills and safety class. Two time options are available for the three-hour class, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23, at the pavilion at Ricker Hill Tasting Room at […]