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Click It or Ticket Campaign kicks off Monday

AUGUSTA – Together with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) two-week Click It or Ticket Campaign, the Maine Buckle Up. No Excuses! Campaign kicks-off on May 24th with State police, municipal police, and sheriff departments stepping up patrols through June 6. These campaigns are intended to raise awareness about the importance of seat belt […]

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SeniorsPlus offers transportation to vaccine sites

LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties, has launched assistance with accessing COVID-19 vaccinations as part of the nationwide effort by the Department of Health and Human Services to reach all Americans, including the homebound and individuals in remote rural areas. This new social services outreach effort […]

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School of Performing Arts presents virtual production of ‘Twelfth Night’

ORONO — The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present an on-demand virtual production of its final spring 2021 show, William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” filmed in the Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden on the UMaine campus and streaming online through May 9. “Twelfth Night,” one of Shakespeare’s best-known romantic comedies, centers on […]

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UMaine tuition raffle deadline soon

ORONO — Four weeks remain to enter for a chance to win a year’s worth of in-state tuition at the University of Maine for yourself, a family member or friend, or perhaps a student in need. The UMaine Alumni Association will pay at least $9,000 to cover the prize recipient’s tuition at UMaine in Orono […]

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UMaine, UNH Extensions offer webinar on fiddleheads

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about fiddleheads from 6 to 7:15  p.m. Wednesday, April 14. “Fiddleheads: A Spring Tradition” topics include how to properly identify, sustainably harvest and safely cook ostrich fern fiddleheads. UMaine Extension agriculture professional Dave Fuller will […]

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Free summer classes available for high school students and incoming first-year students from Maine

AUGUSTA — Maine’s community colleges are offering free classes this summer to re-engage Maine’s high school students in their educational journey. Maine high school seniors graduating this spring and attending a community college this fall can take a free summer class under the new Momentum from the Start program. All tuition and fees are waived […]