MANCHESTER — Designing Women is scheduled to hold its 14th annual juried fine art and craft show from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Longfellow’s Greenhouses at 81 Puddledock Road. Nineteen artisans will celebrate the end of summer with a show to help support Winthrop’s Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Center. The […]
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Maine Wildlife: Stay Safe, Keep them Safe topic of virtual talk
Maine Wildlife: Stay Safe, Keep them Safe is the topic of a virtual talk set for 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24. This virtual talk, presented by Jennifer Marchigiani of Misfits Rehab, will discuss what a wildlife rehabilitator does and how she got started as a wildlife rehabilitator. She will share some information about Maine’s wildlife, […]
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Wiscasset event to feature musical instrument maker’s art
WISCASSET — Selected pieces from Jonathan Waldo’s 42-year career in making musical instruments, furniture and art is scheduled to be on display from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, in the Hasenfus Gallery, 64 Main St., during the Wiscasset Art Walk. He will demonstrate some of the instruments during the evening. “My instrument making […]
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Winthrop library to host Maine writer, entrepreneur
WINTHROP — Maine writer and entrepreneur Erin Elizabeth is scheduled to give a presentation, “Embodied Success: Key Strategies for Better Living,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25. The event is part of a series put on this year by the Bailey Public Library, 39 Bowdoin St., that celebrates Maine women. The presentation will focus on […]
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Virtual talk to cover Castine-inspired ‘Little Locksmith’ memoir
The University of Maine at Augusta, in partnership with the Castine Historical Society, is scheduled to host a virtual panel discussion about author Katharine Butler Hathaway and her 1943 memoir, “The Little Locksmith.” This event, to be held via Zoom from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, is part of UMA’s Maine’s Mid-Century Moment […]
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Auburn college offers free early childhood educator training
AUBURN – The Center for Workforce and Professional Development at Central Maine Community College is partnering with area employers and service providers to recruit candidates interested in becoming a qualified early childhood educator with a Child Development Associate Credential. Successful candidates will be hired as teacher/teacher assistants by employer-partners and take part in free training […]
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Iowa dairy expert to visit Washington, Albion farms
WASHINGTON — Larry Tranel, an Iowa State University Extension and Outreach dairy specialist and expert in the economics of efficient milking systems, is set to visit two local farms Tuesday, Aug. 24. He plans to be at Bò Lait Farm, 414 W. Washington Road in Washington, at 10:30 a.m. and Sweetland Farm, 29 Bessey Ridge Road […]
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Youth-led ‘Now is Our Time’ conference set for Aug. 29
Young people from Western Maine plan to convene for a new youth-led conference, “Now is Our Time.” Hosted by Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County and Maine Youth Action Network, the conference is set to take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, at Kineowatha Park, 90 High St. in Wilton. […]
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Rangeley church to observe 100 years of service, worship
Beginning this month, the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley plans to celebrate 100 years of service and worship. Throughout the year, in addition to regular Sunday services, Good Shepherd will host several special celebrations and events to mark this milestone. “The Shepherd’s Arms — Celebrating 100 Years of Reaching Out in Love” is […]
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Nordica Scholarship winners to perform via livestream
Kaleigh Hunter and Emma Jones, winners of last year’s Nordica Scholarship, are scheduled to perform in this year’s Nordica Day Concert. The livestreamed event will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, from Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. Aug. 17 was the date in 1911 when world-famous opera diva and Farmington […]