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 […]
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Hallowell ladies guild assisting Augusta pregnancy center
Members of the Sacred Heart Ladies Guild, based at Sacred Heart Church on 12 Summer St. in Hallowell, plan to set up baby cribs at the church to collect items for a local pregnancy center that has helped thousands of women over the years. The cribs will be set up at the church on Sunday, […]
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Children’s Discovery Museum, artist partner to make exhibit pieces
The museum plans to launch a capital campaign with activities-packed family “FUNdraising” day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30.
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Farm-to-table youth summer camp to be held in August
Registration is required by May 20.
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UMaine exhibit to feature work by graduating art majors
Each spring the Charles Danforth Gallery at the University of Maine at Augusta exhibits the work of its graduating art majors who complete their studies at the university with a final year-long body of work. This year’s show, “Start to Finish,” features works in illustration, graphic design, painting, drawing and collage. This year’s artists are […]
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Meals on Wheels program selected as grant semi-finalist
Spectrum Generations was recently selected by the State Farm Neighborhood Assist program as a semi-finalist for a $25,000 grant in support of the Meals on Wheels program. A total of 200 semi-finalists have been selected for this round of consideration. Winners will be selected following a 10-day voting period that goes through Friday, May 6. […]
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Wiscasset-based association offers ‘Dressing for Tea with Mrs. Chapman’
Lincoln County Historical Association’s Chapman-Hall House Stewardship Committee plans to offer an opportunity to observe fashion styles for women and men from 1750 to the late 1820s. “Dressing for Tea with Mrs. Chapman,” a Zoom program, is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5. The program will provide historical insights to taking tea […]
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Skowhegan center plans to hold 2nd Wabanaki series talk
The Skowhegan History House is set to hold the second of the Wabanaki Voices Speaker Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5, with Darren Ranco at Tewksbury Hall on Island Avenue. Ranco, a Penobscot Tribal member, is an associate professor of anthropology and coordinator of Native American research at the University of Maine at Orono, […]