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 library seeks submissions for Whimsi House project
The houses are set to be on display April 11 through May 7 on Vose Library’s Nature Trail/StoryWalk.
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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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Union library program to cover Freedom wild bird rehab center
Vose Library’s next Vose or Virtual Wednesday program is scheduled to feature Laura Suomi-Lecker at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, via Zoom. Suomi-Lecker is the education and outreach coordinator and longtime volunteer with Avian Haven Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center in Freedom. She is also the technical director at Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District, […]
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Union library to host ‘Aventurine and the Reckoning’ author
UNION — The next Vose or Virtual Wednesday Series event, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, will feature author Anne Britting Oleson. She will discuss her latest novel, “Aventurine and the Reckoning.” Oleson lives and writes from the mountains of central Maine according to a news release from the library. She has published five […]
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Vose Library to host owner of rug-hooking company
UNION — Vose Library is scheduled to host Elizabeth Miller during for its next Vose or Virtual Wednesday program, set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, via Zoom. Nearly 20 years ago Miller moved with her husband and four young kids from suburban New Jersey to a 200-year-old Federal period house and barn in rural […]
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Union library to host organic farm founder
Vose Library plans to continue its Vose or Virtual Wednesday series with a talk by Katherine Langelier about her organic farm. The talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, via Zoom. Langelier, the founder and CEO of Herbal Revolution Farm + Apothecary, will share ways to stay healthy and vital using herbs and […]
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Union library to host Guini Ridge Farm owner
Vose Library’s Vose or Virtual Wednesday series is scheduled to host Wendy Reinemann at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, via Zoom. With her husband and family, Reinemann owns and has been operating Guini Ridge Farm since 2001, according to an event news release. It is a diversified operation that includes raising livestock, market gardens and […]
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Union library to offer Zoom concert by percussion-piano duo
UNION — The duo Cherry & Jerry is scheduled to perform live music by African American composers at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16. The concert is to be held via Zoom during the Vose Library’s Vose or Virtual Wednesday Series. Cherry & Jerry’s hour-long program will feature ragtime, blues, jazz and Broadway, according to a […]
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Union library to host outdoors, travel writer via Zoom
Vose Library plans to host Carey Kish for its next Vose or Virtual Wednesday session, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, via Zoom. Closed captioning will be available. Kish, of Mount Desert Island, is an outdoors and travel writer, veteran hiker and backpacker with more than 20,000 trail miles under his boots. His hiking […]