Applications for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Food Preserver Program are now available. The 10-session course is scheduled to meet from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, June 14 to Sept. 6, at the UMaine Extension office, 75 Clearwater Drive in Falmouth, and at Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Road. The 35-hour course combines […]
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Historical association plans summer programs for children
Lincoln County Historical Association plans to offer its annual program — Summer with the Past, Discovering 18th and 19th Century Art, Crafts and History — for children ages 7-11. This year’s sessions will be held from June 27 to July 1 at the Chapman-Hall House, on Main Street in Damariscotta, and from Aug. 8 to […]
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Union Fair to bring back blueberry queen competition, with changes
Organizers of the Union Fair — Maine Wild Blueberry Festival plan this year to bring back the long tradition of the Maine Wild Blueberry Queen competition. The event is scheduled for Friday, July 29, with the coronation ceremony at 7 p.m. With the festival being moved to the end of July it’s hoped that more […]
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Union Fair to move from August to July
The 151st Union Fair — Maine Wild Blueberry Festival is scheduled this year to move from the third Saturday in August, to Wednesday through Sunday, July 27-31. Although the agricultural fair will be shortened from eight days to five there still will be eight days of events. From Sunday through Thursday, July 24-28, Harness Racing […]
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Skiff raffle to benefit scholarship for women boatbuilders
ROCKLAND — The Apprenticeshop is raffling off a 12-foot flat bottom rowboat, a Susan Skiff, to raise funds for the Mary Lacy Scholarship for Women. The scholarship fund was established in 2020 to encourage more women to participate in boatbuilding apprenticeships as part of a long-term goal to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion across The […]
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Short film submissions by K-12 students sought for festival
The 44th annual Maine Student Film + Video Festival is accepting submissions until June 15. All Maine students in grades K-12 are eligible to enter for free. Films will be judged by category: Narrative, Documentary, and Creative (animated, experimental, etc.), and by age group: Grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12, according to a news release from […]
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Maine International Film Festival plans July festivities
MIFF is accepting film submissions through April 22 and ticket go on sale in mid-June.
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Rangeley summer youth drama camp registration opens
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts is offering three different week-long day camps in drama for youth this summer at the RFA Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St. Whatever COVID guidelines are appropriate at the time will be used, according to a news release from RFA. • July 11-15, Drama Camp Week 1 for children ages […]
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Registration opens for summer Catholic youth program
PORTLAND — Hundreds of Maine youths can participate in a weeklong Catholic youth program for those in grades one through 12 that is dedicated to teaching the Gospel. Registration is open for Totus Tuus 2022, which will be presented in 10 Maine communities this summer: Farmington, June 19-24; Houlton, June 19-24; Fort Kent, June 26-July […]
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Camden arts, book fair to return in July
Plans are underway for the Summer Harbor Arts & Books Fair, scheduled for the weekend of July 9-10. The event returns after two years of cancellation because to the pandemic. The fair is an opportunity for artists, crafters and makers to exhibit their work on the grounds surrounding the Camden Public Library, according to a […]