AARP Maine is seeking nominations for its 2022 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service which honors those individuals who share their experience, talent, and skills to enrich the lives of others in their community. The annual award is named after AARP’s founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, who founded AARP in 1958 at the age of […]
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Grief support group facilitator training to be offered
Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area is offering a 20-hour grief support group facilitator training in August. This program will prepare trainees to facilitate grieving children’s peer support groups through the Hope’s Place program as well as facilitate adult grief support groups such as partner loss, grieving parents, infant loss, adults grieving parents, survivors of suicide, […]
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Kick For Cass returns July 9 to Waterville
More than 500 players, including 13 high school soccer teams from around the state, plan to join the return of the 11-hour, continuous soccer game, Kick For Cass, on Saturday, July 9, at Thomas College in Waterville. The annual event is held in honor and in memory of Cassidy Charette, a former midfielder for Messalonskee […]
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Winthrop to hold Friends on the 4th 5K
WINTHROP — Tthe 20th annual Friends on the 4th 5K Run/Jog/Walk is scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday July 4, at Norcross Point. The race, with a scenic course that runs along the eastern shore of Maranacook Lake, is open to all ages. The registration fee is $25 for those 11 and older and $15 for […]
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Augusta program to offer business, career, financial education
Augusta-based New Ventures Maine has announced tuition-free online workshops and classes for the summer that are designed to help people in Maine gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to start a business, build a career, and manage money. The full class schedule with offerings in June, July and August is accessible at newventuresmaine.org. Classes include: […]
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Palermo library book walk to start July 5 at town’s preserve trails
Beginning Tuesday, July 5, hikers can read a book while walking Palermo Preserve trails at 1401 Turner Ridge Road in Palermo. The featured story is “The Way Back Home” by Oliver Jeffers. As families walk along the wooded path, they will find laminated pages of the book attached to trees. The Book Walk allows children […]
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Fort Western to celebrate museum’s 100th anniversary, Fourth of July
AUGUSTA — This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Fort Western Museum. As part of the celebration, Augusta’s Fourth of July parade is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. at the State Capitol Parking lot and proceed down Capitol Street, turning left onto State Street, through Memorial Circle down Water Street, and end at […]
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Farmington plans 4th of July parade
The Farmington Rotary plans the return of the Fourth of July parade, set for 10 a.m. Monday, July 4. The staging area for all participants will be at the Olsen Student Center parking lot on High Street in Farmington. Line up and judging is at 9 am. “Celebrating America’s Superheroes” is this year’s theme. Chamber […]
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Rangeley chamber plans July 3rd in the Park event
The Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce plans to hold its seventh annual July 3rd in the Park event from 10 a.m. until dusk. On Sunday, July 3, the park will feature activities, food and entertainment for all ages provided by area nonprofit organizations, according to a news release from the chamber. Festivities will start at […]
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Hallowell to present original Declaration of Independence
The Hallowell Initiatives Committee plans to sponsor a public presentation of Hallowell’s original broadside of the Declaration of Independence from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and Monday, July 3 and July 4, at Hallowell City Hall, 1 Winthrop St. Hallowell’s original 1776 printed version of the declaration was found in a picture frame in […]