WINTHROP — The Bailey Library is scheduled to host Jennifer Phillips at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, in the King Event Room on the first floor of the library on Bowdoin Street. The event is the sixth part of a yearlong series celebrating Maine women. Phillips will give a slideshow presentation that focuses on the […]
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Foundation seeks applications for conservation grants
The Maine Community Foundation’s Conservation for All grant program, launched last year, seeks applications from organizations and projects dedicated to helping Maine people access and connect to the outdoors. The program provides general support grants to organizations and projects that build strong connections between people in Maine and its land and water. Grants up to […]
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Health Care Golf Classic set for July 12
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital’s annual Health Care Golf Classic at the Sugarloaf Golf Club is to take place Monday, July 12. The beneficiaries are the Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County and the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center. Both provide health services to people in need. The Monday-featured contest is a four-person […]
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EMCC recognizes students for academic achievement
BANGOR – Eastern Maine Community College has announced its 2021 spring president’s list, dean’s list, and honorable mentions list. Each semester the academic dean prepares for the president a list of those dean’s list students who have earned a grade point average of 4.0 while carrying 12 credit hours or more. President Lisa Larson acknowledges […]
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Library to host class on organizing, preserving photos
CAMDEN — Photo preservation specialist Cheryl Freye of Winthrop is to present a free, educational Zoom class about saving, organizing, and sharing photographs at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 22. Freye’s class, hosted by Camden Public Library, is ideal for anyone feeling overwhelmed by multitudes of photographs and videos accumulated in hard copy and on multiple […]
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Global Dempsey Challenge 2021 to run in September
LEWISTON — This year’s Dempsey Challenge is set for Sept. 25 and 26, and sees the introduction of the event’s first, global challenge. Presented by Amgen Oncology and founded by Patrick Dempsey, the Dempsey Challenge is the primary fundraising event for the Dempsey Center. Since its inception in 2009, the event has raised more than […]
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Center to offer career, education sessions
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center plans to host free individualized sessions in “Essentials of College Planning” for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The virtual sessions are being held at the following dates and times: • Wednesday, July 7 at 10 a.m.; • Thursday, July 8 at […]
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United Ways partner to offer ‘Week of Action’
United Way of the Tri-Valley Area in Farmington is collaborating with the other eight United Ways of Maine to offer a Week of Action from June 21 to 25. This will be a statewide effort to get the community involved and helping. United Way of the Tri-Valley Area has several local in-person opportunities, as well […]
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Stalking focus of Maine’s law enforcement community training
University of Maine at Augusta’s Campus Alliance Project recently collaborated with the Maine Chiefs of Police Association for program.
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Rachel Carson wildlife refuge to offer art workshops
The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is to hold a “Sense of Wonder” art workshop day Saturday, June 19. In celebration of Carson’s legacy and 50 years of conservation on the refuge in her name, leading artists will share their “sense of wonder” for nature at a special place on the refuge, Timber Point, 1 […]