REGION — University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to offer two advanced beekeeping webinars, two sessions each, beginning with Honey Bee Diseases and Pests set for 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10 and 17. The next course, Swarming and Swarm Management, is planned for 6-8:30 p.m. March 3 and 10. The fee is $35. The $50 […]
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Lewiston Adult Education offers winter-spring brochure
Lewiston Adult Education and Auburn Adult & Community Education has put together it’s Winter-Spring 2022 brochure which features Chair Zumba, basket weaving, chickens, and conversational Somali classes among its new schedule. The brochure is dedicated in the memory of Edward Little High School teacher Larry Gordon, who died last fall. Gordon did the design and […]
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Monmouth library to present ‘Maine Burning: The Ku Klux Klan Invasion’
MONMOUTH — Author Mark Leslie plans to talk about the Ku Klux Klan in Maine at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, via Zoom. When about 15,000 Ku Klux Klan members from around the state gathered outside Waterville in September 1923 for their first annual gathering and lit the forest “ablaze with burning crosses,” the event […]
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Catholics invited to participate in prayer vigil
PORTLAND — Maine Catholics are invited to join thousands of Catholics across the country in nine days of prayer for life and human dignity. The event, “9 Days for Life,” is scheduled to run from Wednesday, Jan. 19, through Thursday, Jan. 27, and is a novena for the protection of life, according to a news […]
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Camden library to offer cardboard portraits workshop
The Camden Public Library plans to offer a free online class that will teach participants how to turn cardboard into art at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25. Librarian Amy Hand will provide step-by-step instructions for upcycling cardboard scraps into self-portraits in a 90-minute workshop on Zoom. “People tend to have a lot of cardboard at […]
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Camden Garden Club’s winter horticultural series to return
Camden Garden Club plans to hold the first of the annual five-part winter horticulture series at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, presented online with the Camden Public Library. To start the series, Stacey Keefer will present Birds, Bugs and Botanicals — Nature Photography. She will share her tips for capturing those unique subjects and special […]
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Massachusetts college names local president’s list honor students
DUDLEY, Mass. — Tyler Dunn of Mount Vernon and Keegan Choate of Winthrop have been named to the president’s list honors for the 2021 fall semester at Nichols College. The president’s list gives recognition to those students who achieve high grades during a single semester. Students whose semester grade point average is 3.85 or higher for […]
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Education center to offer virtual, in-person sessions
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center plans to host free individualized virtual and in-person sessions for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. Virtual — Essentials of College Planning: • Monday, Jan. 24, at 9 a.m. • Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 9 and 10 a.m. • Thursday, Jan. 27, […]
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Weeklong Catholic youth program returns this summer
The deadline to apply for a Totus Tuus teaching position is Feb. 7.
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Camden Winterfest event needs ice carving teams
Camden’s Winterfest Week is scheduled for Saturday through Sunday, Feb. 5 to 13. This long-running community celebration includes ice sculpting, music and hot food, as well as new traditions like the Doggie Fashion Show, Polar Plunge, and a Story Walk. It all kicks off at 11 a.m. Feb. 5 in the Camden Amphitheatre on Atlantic […]