Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will cohost a free online Zoom presentation on the ecology of horseshoe crabs in the Great Salt Bay on at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 15. To register for the event, email Julia Pierce at jpierce@librarycamden.org to request the Zoom login information. The Great Salt Bay in Damariscotta hosts one […]
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Organic certification application period open
UNITY — MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) Certification Services is accepting applications for organic certification from crop and livestock producers until June 1. Adult use and medical cannabis producers interested in certification can apply to the MOFGA Certified Clean Cannabis program through June 30. Application materials and supporting documents can be downloaded at […]
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Masonic takeout-pickup supper planned
Reservations for meals must be made before 5 p.m. Thursday, April 15.
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‘Best Dog on Earth Day’ to be celebrated April 24
Based on trail conditions, the route and registration location will be announced prior to the event.
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Pine Tree Camp announces 1st April staycation
The Rome camp will deliver a fully-accessible You Spring Week April 19-23.
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Tech center names Whitefield teenager student of year
AUGUSTA — Everett Blair of Whitefield is Capital Area Technical Center’s 2021 Student of the Year. A senior from Erskine Academy in South China enrolled for the second year in the Law Enforcement Academy program, Blair will ship out in July for 10-week basic combat training with the U.S. Army National Guard. He will then attend […]
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Waldo extension to give talk about rural Maine living
BELFAST — The Waldo County Extension Association will offer two virtual presentations about rural living in Maine from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13. The event is in lieu of the annual Rural Living Day, canceled this year because of the pandemic. “Rural Living Night 2021” opens with “Grandmother’s Gift — Skomon (corn)” with […]
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‘Great American Buy Local Day’ set
People are encouraged Wednesday, April 7, to participate in the annual “The Great American Buy Local Day” initiative, to support local businesses, the communities they serve, and tens of millions of people they employ. The campaign encourages everyone to continue to support businesses that might just be opening back up amid the pandemic, are expanding […]
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Scholarships available to women pursuing science, engineering degrees
Established in 2013, the Laurendeau Fund provides renewable scholarship support to young women who are graduating seniors from high schools in Maine, and are pursuing post-secondary education in science or engineering at a four-year university. The deadline for applications is June 1. Applications are available through the Maine Community Foundation at mainecf.org. There is a […]
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Hallowell library to hold community read via Zoom
HALLOWELL — Hubbard Free Library will hold a Zoom community read of “The Plague,” a short 1947 novel by Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus, at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1. “The Plague” depicts the French Algerian town of Oran, which is suddenly struck by the bubonic plague. It raises many of the same issues we […]