The Vickerys of Richmond were awarded the Bicknell Award for Birding Conservation Excellence.
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Rangeley trust seeks water quality volunteers
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust needs water quality volunteers for the 2023 season. Volunteers collect clarity, dissolved oxygen data, and total phosphorus biweekly on regional water bodies. Each year, the trust appeals to the community to lend a hand; there are three ways to help. First, one can become a certified water quality monitor and gather […]
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‘New York, I Love You’ chock full of stars, magic — writes JP Devine
Here’s a bright, sparkling, and really magical comedy-drama anthology film that has been hiding since 2008, it was received with pans and raves the way Modigliani and Van Gogh once were. Give it a look. It consists of 11 short films, each one different, each directed by one of 11 directors and chock full of […]
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Devin Gray just a Maine boy that loves music — and has gone everywhere
Musician to perform July 8 at the Portland Conservatory of Music.
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Lewiston theater hosts 2,500 students, educators
More than 2,500 students from 21 Maine schools recently attended nine sold-out student matinee performances of The Public Theatre’s production of “Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical.” The theater’s student matinee program enables schools to attend a performance at the Lewiston theater for the reduced rate of $5 a ticket, offering the majority of students the […]
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New StoryWalk experience unveiled at Augusta’s Arboretum
Viles Arboretum and Healthy Communities of the Capitol Area have launched of a new StoryWalk, a collaborative project for young people here in Augusta. The StoryWalk features 18 stations and will showcase a rotation of stories used with the local Maine SNAP-Ed program as well as a selection from beloved Maine Children’s authors. The first […]
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SNAPSHOT: Vassalboro Scouts hold Flag Day ceremony
Vassalboro Scouting Pack 410 and Troop 410 held a Flag Day Ceremony on June 11 with American Legion Post 126 Vassalboro at St. Bridget’s Center, that included the retirement of Colors collected from across the town. Check out other upcoming area events!
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Musk oven mount donated to L. C. Bates Museum
The L.C. Bates Museum recently welcomed a new animal to its mammal collection, a musk Oxen. The musk ox is a male originating from Alaska, where musk oxen were hunted to extinction during the nineteenth century but reintroduced in the twentieth century through the transplantation of musk oxen from Greenland. Today, musk oxen are most […]
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Vassalboro Pack 410 holds Blue & Gold Banquet
Vassalboro Pack 410 held its Annual Blue & Gold Banquet on Sunday, June 11, along with its Charter Organization, American Legion Post 126, at St. Bridget’s Center. The camping themed banquet saw the recognition of the 17 Scouts within the unit as they advance in rank. It was a family celebration that discussed many of […]
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Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta makes call for buskers auditions
The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta 2023 is scheduled to return on the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday weekend, Friday through Monday, Oct. 6-9. Woven into the festival are performances by buskers, stage and street performers, who span the gamut of entertainment, from music to magic. Selected buskers will perform on a small stage and street corners […]