After being virtual for two years, The Travis Mills Foundation’s Miles for Mills Memorial Day 5K, is scheduled to be held in person starting at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 29, at a new location, Brunswick Landing on Admiral Fitch Avenue. A virtual component will also be offered, according to a news release from the foundation. […]
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Sidney arts academy to host open houses
SIDNEY — Maine Arts Academy plans to hold open houses for prospective students on the following dates: • Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m. • Thursday, March 24, at 5 p.m. • Tuesday, April 12, at 5 p.m. • Monday, May 9, at 5 p.m. • Sunday, May 22, at 2 p.m. Students will have […]
Country music nonprofit to host guitar competition
The contest is open to high school students.
Colby College art museum plans spring, summer exhibits
WATERVILLE — Life and death, the nature of public selfhood and acts of seeing and expression are among themes explored in the exhibitions to be on view at the Colby College Museum of Art this spring and summer at 5600 Mayflower Hill. The breadth of the works featured in the museum’s upcoming exhibitions advance its […]
Augusta’s Fort Western museum to reopen May 29
Fort Western, the 1754 national landmark fort, store, and house on the Kennebec River in downtown Augusta, will open for the 2021 season on Saturday, May 29. Fort Western was built as part of the Massachusetts military and settlement expansion into the Kennebec River Valley. During the French and Indian War, soldiers were stationed at […]
Wayne Farmers’ Market to open May 29
The Wayne Farmers’ Market is to open for the season from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 29, and plans to continue every Saturday morning until Labor Day weekend. The market is located on Route 133, on the green next to the post office, overlooking the Mill Pond. There will be a wide variety […]
Extension’s blueberry field days to open May 25
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is to host in-person wild blueberry field days from 3 to 5 p.m. beginning Tuesday, May 25, with a combined pest and crop management meeting on Jordan Way off Nicolin Road in Ellsworth. ”Summer 2021 Wild Blueberry Field Days” will continue through July 9 with themed meetings about […]
Augusta musician to hold neurofibromatosis fundraiser
An EP release concert, to benefit Neurofibromatosis Northeast, will be streamed May 29.
Farmington hospital to offer walk-in vaccine clinic
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 walk-in vaccine clinic is to administer the Pfizer vaccine for those 12 and older from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 25. Parental consent is required for anyone younger than 18. The Pfizer vaccine will require a second dose 21 days later. Also offered the week of May 24, […]
Pittsfield school to hold multi-cultural food fest
PITTSFIELD — International boarding students at Maine Central Institute plan to host the annual International Food Festival from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 23, on MCI’s Boutelle Savage front campus. The public is invited to sample foods from more than a dozen countries, prepared by students, faculty, and staff. In case of inclement […]