RAYMOND — Kicking off with a celebratory open house scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 7, the boyhood home of author Nathaniel Hawthorne will be transformed into an events center. The 40 Hawthorne Road house will be available for activities like meetings, receptions, small weddings, crafts fairs and birthday parties from May through […]
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Wiscasset gallery offers calendar of exhibits, classes
The 2022 season opens with “Time Shift” by Spindleworks’ artists.
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Winslow quilters to hold fundraiser for Waterville youth center
The Happy Quilters of Winslow plan to hold a craft fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at the Alfond Youth & Community Center, 126 North St. in Waterville. Proceeds will benefit youth programs at the center, according to a news release from the center. The quilters have been quilting and donating […]
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Waterville Farmers’ Market to open May 5
Waterville Farmers’ Market is scheduled to be open from 2 to 6 p.m. every Thursday, beginning May 5, at Head of Falls on Front Street. Seedlings are available and new meat vendors have been added this year. FarmDrop will be available as well, according to a news release from the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce. To […]
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Farmington society to hold May Fair event
The Farmington Historical Society plans to hold a May Fair celebration, similar to those held for many years in town, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Titcomb House, 118 Academy St. For more than 50 years, from 1896 until after World War II, the Women’s Alliance of the Unitarian Church, […]
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Winthrop historical society reschedules doll party for May 7
Winthrop Maine Historical Society has rescheduled its doll party with local author Karen Richards Toothaker for 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 7. The party will be held at the Winthrop History and Heritage Center at 107 Main St. The interactive, make-and-take doll party requires no sewing, according to a news release from the society. […]
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Birding enthusiast to present phone applications program
Anna Christie-Carnicella, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s land protection specialist and birding enthusiast, plans to give an interactive program on birding phone applications at 8:30 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7. This is a program designed for beginner birders, according to a news release from the Bath-based trust. The program will start in the trust’s conference room […]
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Land trust seeks volunteers for Woolwich lake alewife count
WOOLWICH — As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual Nequasset alewife count. Counting alewives is a way to celebrate spring, take part in one of the world’s great migrations, and help an important and historic fishery, according to a […]
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Farmington health coalition to host vaccine clinics
Healthy Community Coalition plans to host several COVID-19 walk-in vaccine clinics in Greater Franklin County in the coming weeks for individuals ages 18 and older. Vaccines are provided at no cost and all are welcome, according to a news release from Franklin Community Health Network. Those attending will be administered their choice of the Moderna […]
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Hathaway women project seeks stories, photos, artifacts
WATERVILLE — Artist Maggie Libby, Colby Special Collections and Archives staff, and Paula J. Raymond, a South End neighbor and partner in the Hathaway Women project, are gathering the stories of the women who worked at the Hathaway shirt factory. Women of the Hathaway are invited to share their memories, stories, pictures and artifacts from […]