Winthrop Maine Historical Society is planning many November and December events. The Winthrop History and Heritage Center at 107 Main St. will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays with free gift wrapping for Gift Shop purchases. Gift wrapping for outside purchases will be available 4-7 p.m. Fridays for a donation to the […]
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Nominations sought for 2022-23 Heroes Among Us program
The Massachusetts State Lottery and the Boston Celtics are teaming up once again to recognize and honor local individuals for their heroic actions at each Boston Celtics home game during the 2022-23 season, according to a news release from the Boston Celtics. Nominations for the 2022-23 Heroes Among Us program are open and ongoing. The […]
Six Maine oral health programs receive over $47K
Funding will advance oral health and overall wellness in underserved communities.
SKILLS, Inc. to hold hiring event Nov. 16 in Hinckley
HINCKLEY — SKILLS, Inc., a nonprofit serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in central Maine, has planned a hiring event for 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Northern Kennebec Valley Career Center at 23 Stanley Road. The center is located in the Averill building on the campus of the Kennebec Valley Community College […]
Scholarships offered to adult learners in Franklin County
Adult learners from Franklin County who are returning to school for post-secondary education are eligible to apply for the Hugh and Elizabeth Montgomery Scholarship at the Maine Community Foundation, with offices in Ellsworth and Portland. Preference is given to students for whom a scholarship would make a significant difference in their ability to attend school. […]
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust receives grant for project
The Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust is the recipient of a grant from the Land Trust Alliance and the Open Space Institute, the funds from which will be used to incorporate climate science into strategic land protection and stewardship efforts. This will harness the land’s natural ability to capture and store carbon, according to a […]
Restoring traditional sweetgrass harvesting focus of Nov. 14 talk
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is scheduled to host a talk, “Wabanaki plant gathering in Acadia National Park: Mobilizing Indigenous Knowledge to restore traditional sweet grass harvesting,” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14. The talk will be held remotely via Zoom and in […]
Franco-American, Irish genealogy talk set for Nov. 14 via Zoom
The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine plans to host a lunch talk at noon on Zoom on Monday, Nov. 14. The talk will cover the intersection of Franco-American and Irish genealogy with B.J. Jamieson. Jamieson is the genealogy reference specialist at the Maine State Library. This position allows her to indulge her […]
Chesterville society to hold 1-room schoolhouse reunion Nov. 13
The Chesterville Center Union Meeting House and the Chesterville Heritage Society are collaborating on an evening of reminiscences about attending a one-room schoolhouse. The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Meeting House, 3 Borough Road in Chesterville. Rural Maine schoolhouses were typically of the one-room variety until the 1957 Sinclair […]
Farmington church taking orders for Nov. 23 Thanksgiving pie sale
FARMINGTON — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is accepting advance orders only for its annual Thanksgiving Pie Sale, set for 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 59 High St. Orders must be received by Sunday, Nov. 20. All pies are nine inches. Apple, pumpkin and custard cost $12. Chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, pecan, rhubarb and […]