Catholic Charities Maine has recognized the volunteer service of Anne Skelton of Auburn. April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week, and Catholic Charities has more than 500 volunteers who give 33,000 hours of support to its 20-plus programs statewide every year. Their work equates to approximately $1 million in time donated, according to Kelly Day, director […]
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Talk on South Africa’s water-related challenges set for April 15
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk, “Doing Research with Society: Addressing complex water-related challenges in South Africa,” at 3 p.m. on Monday, April 15. All talks in the Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both remotely via Zoom […]
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United Way of Tri-Valley Area celebrates mothers with brunch, bingo
WILTON — This year United Way of the Tri-Valley Area plans to celebrate mothers with brunch and bingo. The event is set for Sunday, May 12, at the Wilton Masonic Hall, Wilton Masonic Hall. Brunch will be from 9-11 a.m., and bingo starts at noon. There are limited seats. Each mother will receive a carnation, […]
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Enrollment begins for summer musical theater camps
The L/A Community Little Theatre’s 2024 summer musical theater programs for children and teens are set to start with mandatory orientations on Saturday, June 22, and culminate with performances the weekend of July 19-21. The Youth Camp production will be “James and the Giant Peach Jr.,” and the Teen Camp production will be “Beauty and […]
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Local students earn collegiate recognition for 2023 fall semester
The following colleges and universities recently announced area students’ academic achievements during the 2023 fall semester. University of Maine BATON ROUGE, La. — Sonia Leone of Fryeburg, a student at University of Maine, recently was initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all […]
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Monmouth school sets pre-K, kindergarten registration dates
Monmouth Memorial School has announced its pre-kindergarten and kindergarten registration dates for the 2024-25 school year. Pre-K screening dates are set for Tuesday and Wednesday, June 11 and 12. Those who have a child who will be 4 years old by Oct. 15 are eligible for pre-k. Kindergarten screening will take place on Thursday, June […]
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Sierra Club Maine, Tribes to host ‘Covenant of the Salmon People’ film
Sierra Club Maine — in partnership with the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho, Wabanaki Alliance and the Penobscot Indian Nation — is set to host two screenings of the film “Covenant of the Salmon People.” One showing will be at 116 Maquoit Road in Brunswick on Wednesday, April 17, and the other will be at […]
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Pine Tree Camp in Rome to host info session for parents of children with disabilities
Attendees can get a first-hand look at the campus, experience the wide array of fully accessible programming and participate in a live Q&A.
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Maine’s poet laureate to speak at Norway church
NORWAY — Julia Bouwsma, Maine’s sixth poet laureate, is set to speak and share her poetry at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 14, at the First Universalist Church of Norway, 479 Main St. Bouwsma lives off the grid in the mountains of western Maine, where she is a poet, farmer and small-town librarian. She is the […]
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Winthrop Maine Historical Society announces 2024 speaker series
Winthrop Maine Historical Society’s 2024 speaker series is set to run from Thursday, April 11, to Thursday, Nov. 14. The schedule is as follows: April 11 — Arborist Pete Bohman from the Maine American Chestnut Foundation; May 9 — Lynne Roberts Reed and Leon Roberts from Roberts Funeral Home; June 13 — Kenny Wing: Penobscot […]