ORONO — Maine’s attorney general and four other individuals with differing personal and professional perspectives plan to address the topic The State of Civil Rights in Maine as part of eastern and central Maine’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. The free, online event will be livestreamed on YouTube from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. […]
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Camden library to offer online Google Photos training class
The Camden Public Library plans to host a training class via Zoom at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, for people who would like to learn how to manage and edit their pictures using Google Photos. The class is part of the library’s monthly Tech Help Thursdays series. In this session, library technician Henry Herbst will […]
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UMaine Extension to offer virtual 4-H club
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a Virtual All About Maine Trees 4-H SPIN (SPecial INterest) Club for youth ages 9 to 16. The club plans to meet at 4:30 p.m. on Mondays, Jan. 24 and 31, and Feb. 7 and 14, and Tuesday, Feb. 22. The program also includes an […]
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Woodland owners organization to hold online forum
Maine Woodland Owners, based in Augusta, plans to host its annual Forestry Forum on Wednesday, Jan 12, via Zoom. The forum will start with a brief member meeting at 8 a.m. and will be followed by a series of presentations on wood markets, woodland wildlife, forest carbon markets, and forest pest and disease updates. This […]
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Healthy Living for ME to offer diabetes prevention program
Healthy Living for ME plans to offer the National Diabetes Prevention Program to Mainers in 2022. The workshop is for adults who are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes or who have pre-diabetes. It is estimated that more that 86,000 Mainers are aware they have prediabetes. “I can say from personal experience that the […]
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Camden library to offer ‘Jumpstart January’ series
The Camden Public Library plans to start its “Jumpstart January” program series the second week of January, with two free workshops designed to help people overcome barriers and nurture their creativity. On Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 6:30 p.m., the library will host an online class with performance mindset coach and author Gilda Joffe. Joffe has […]
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Series of educational events to focus on caring for Earth
WINSLOW — The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon-Maine have launched a partnership which plans to host a series of free educational events this January, February and March, all via zoom, to teach new ways to relate to and care for the earth. “Our small center sits on 3.75 acres along the Sebasticook River in […]
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Camden library to offer online yoga meditation class
The Camden Public Library plans to kick off its annual “Jumpstart January” series at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, with an online guided Yoga Nidra meditation class. The program is designed to help bring relief and recovery from post-holiday exhaustion. Camden-based health and wellness coach Hester Kohl Brooks will facilitate the free program. “Yoga Nidra […]
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Maine Media, Camden National partner for online art lecture series
The Alumni Lecture Series showcases photographers, filmmakers, artists, and writers from around the world.
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University extensions to offer webinar on growing microgreens
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension plan to offer a webinar for home gardeners about growing microgreens indoors at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan 3, 2022. The session details the ideal conditions for growing high-quality microgreens indoors, and the variety of herb, flower and vegetable seeds typically used. UMaine Extension […]