Healthy Community Coalition plans to host a COVID-19 walk-in vaccine clinic from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Rangeley Health & Wellness at 25 Dallas Hill Road. The clinic will take place on the ground floor of the center, according to a news release from the Farmington-based coalition. Adults are eligible to […]
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Wild Seed Project lecturer to share gardening tips for habitat, pollinators
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust plans to welcome Anna Fialkoff, program manager at The Wild Seeds Project, for a lecture on gardening for habitat and pollinators. The virtual lecture will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 21, and will detail garden management practices that best promote local wildlife. Participants are encouraged to ask questions […]
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Soil health webinar for farmers to be held in April
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to offer a free webinar for farmers on soil health management from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20. Soil Health Management topics include what soil health is, how it is measured and how to improve total soil health by managing a farm’s cropping system, according to […]
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UMaine at Farmington series to present author of Maine-based novel
The University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writers Series is set to present fiction writer Gregory Brown as the program’s final reader of the season. Brown will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in The Landing at the UMF Olsen Student Center on South Street. The reading is free and open […]
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Ocean of Mercy retreat to be held in Bar Harbor
All students at Maine colleges and universities can gather for a day of retreat by the sea, Ocean of Mercy. The event is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Holy Redeemer Church on 56 Mt. Desert St. in Bar Harbor, according to a news release from the Roman Catholic Diocese […]
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Mt. Blue Garden Club to host state horticulturist
The Mt. Blue area Garden Club plans to host Gary Fish, the state horticulturist, to speak at its 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, meeting. The meeting is to be held at Trinity United Methodist Church, 612 Farmington Falls Road in Farmington. Fish will present “Beetles, Bittersweet, and Buckthorn, OH MY!,” focusing on invasive pests in […]
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UMaine’s Greenhouse Plastic Recycling program set to open
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension expects to open its Greenhouse Plastic Recycling program Tuesday, April 19, with drop-off sites available statewide through Nov. 21. Plastic eligible for recycling is clear, low-density polyethylene No. 4 (LDPE No. 4) used to cover greenhouses, high tunnels, hoop houses and other agricultural structures. The program will also […]
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Mitchell Center talk to cover ‘creative ecologies’
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a talk on how art can help solve people’s most pressing environmental and social problems. The talk is scheduled for 3-4 p.m. Monday, April 18. Many artists, critics, curators and organizations are exploring new ways of […]
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Camden film club to discuss saving coral reefs with art
The Camden Public Library’s Friday Film Club plans to watch and discuss the 2014 documentary “Angel Azul” as part of the library’s celebration of Maritime Month in April. The film takes a look at one artist’s attempt to draw attention to the perilous situation coral reefs face worldwide, according to a news release from the […]
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Farmington coalition expands distribution hours of COVID-19 test kits
FARMINGTON — The Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County has expanded its hours for distributing free at-home COVID-19 test kits at its office at 105 Mt. Blue Circle, Suite #1 while supplies last. The tests kits can now be picked up from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The tests being distributed […]