Vet to Vet Maine, a nonprofit that connects volunteer veterans with vulnerable veterans who need a friend, is recruiting volunteers statewide after recently launching an interactive online volunteer peer companion training course. Veterans who would like to become volunteer peer companions or phone pals no longer have to wait for live training sessions to be […]
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Rangeley chorus welcomes new members, sets 1st rehearsal for Nov. 4
The Rangeley Community Chorus plans to begin rehearsals for the annual holiday performance, and it will be welcoming new members. All that is required is a general love for singing and ability to attend most of the rehearsals, which will be held from 6:30 to 8 Friday and Sunday evenings. The first rehearsal is scheduled […]
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UMaine Extension to offer Recipe to Market online workshop
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to offer an online workshop for entrepreneurs and farmers interested in starting a home-based, specialty food business in Maine from 9 a.m.–noon Friday. Nov. 18. Recipe to Market is a multidisciplinary program with topics including business basics, an overview of the specialty food industry and product development, licensing […]
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Western Maine Audubon to present talk on Maine lichens
Western Maine Audubon plans to host a free talk on Maine lichens live via Zoom by Dr. Ron Butler. The Zoom talk will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall, University of Maine at Farmington, 173 High St., Farmington, according to a news release from Will Jones, Western Maine Audubon. […]
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Farmington-based organization receives Recreational Trail Program grant
The Bonney Woods Corporation has been awarded a 2022 Recreational Trail Program grant, in the amount of $43,272, by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands. The grant will allow for updates to three trails. The corporation plans to improve the entrance and trail to Bonney Woods from Orchard Street, rehabilitate and smooth out the […]
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Open Book Players plan Nov. 7 auditions for ‘A Christmas Carol and More’
Open Book Players plan to hold auditions for “A Christmas Carol and More” at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, at Oak Hill High School, 56 School Road in Wales. The performances will be held Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 3 and 4, at Oak Hill High School. The players’ primary residence, Johnson Hall, is closed for restoration. The […]
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Presentation on dementia, care continuum set for Nov. 8 in Farmington
Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice, together with the Woodlands Senior Living, the Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Franklin Community Health Network, plan to present a free community education program about dementia and the care continuum. The presentation will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the Bass Room […]
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Orono center to offer talk about social-ecological systems Nov. 7
The talk will be held in person and via Zoom.
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Wilton church welcomes new rector
WILTON _ St. Luke’s Episcopal Church has announced that the Rev. John Balicki is its new rector. Before becoming an Episcopal priest, Balicki has been a civil engineer, regional planner, Catholic priest, pastoral counselor, and the bicycle/pedestrian coordinator for the state of Maine. Most recently, he served as Episcopal priest at St. Alban’s Church in […]
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Unity-based association to hold Farmer to Farmer Conference Nov. 5-7
Farmers from around the state plan to gather Saturday through Monday, Nov. 5-7, at the Hutchinson Center at 80 Belmont Ave. in Belfast to learn from their peers and agricultural experts from around the Northeast. Participants can join with their fellow farmers at this year’s conference for offerings that include 30 educational sessions, farm tours […]