Healthy Community Coalition’s mobile health unit plans to offer free education and health screenings, substance use resources including harm reduction services, COVID-19 vaccines for adults, and many other resources in Greater Franklin County communities in the coming weeks. Individualized health coaching and connections to services are also offered. Not all services are offered at each […]
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Farmington-based alliance to host talk on foliage hikes Sept. 21
Sam Shirley of the High Peaks Alliance is set to host a presentation on some of his favorite easy, moderate and strenuous foliage hikes in western Maine’s High Peaks region. This free presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Thomas Auditorium on High Street. The presentation […]
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Breast cancer awareness benefit set Saturday in Farmington
Stylists at Hair Designs Unlimited have raised more than $3,400 for the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta over the years.
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Hannaford donates $350,000 to MaineHealth in support of Food As Medicine program
Funding will increase access to nutritious food for needy individuals with chronic health conditions in greater Franklin County.
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Two 14-year-old boys charged in connection to theft, vandalism at UMF
A camera, production equipment and an SUV were stolen, and damage was done to classrooms and offices late in the weekend, campus police said.
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Farmington, Skowhegan extensions to host gardening series
Local gardeners can take advantage of a new in-person learning opportunity offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension this fall. The six-part series, Fall in the Garden, is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 20 through Oct. 11. Two sessions will be hosted by Franklin County Extension at 138 Pleasant […]
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UMF police investigate burglaries, vandalism and a vehicle theft
Officials say University of Maine at Farmington classrooms and offices, and Mt. Blue Community Access TV studio were entered, and an SUV was stolen from a campus parking lot.
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Farmington Fair to have a ‘good array of vendors’
Annual event will be Sept. 18 to 24 with most buildings not opening until noon on weekdays.
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Cub Scout signups to be held in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Cub Scout Pack 585 signups are set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at W.G. Mallet School, 116 Middle St. Scouting is a neighborhood-centered, parent volunteer-run program for all youth in grades K-5 that aims to combine fun with educational activities and lifelong values. Youth may join at any level, and parental support […]
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Farmington-based Audubon to host loon studies expert Sept. 14
Western Maine Audubon plans to hold its first free talk of the fall, “Loons,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14. The talk will be held at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Thomas Auditorium in Prebel Hall. Dr. Mark Pokras, an expert on loon studies, will speak. Pokras, a graduate of Cornell and Tufts University, […]