The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club is set to sponsor three local high school sophomores to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp from Sunday to Wednesday, June 23-26, at Camp Hinds in Raymond. Bridgton Rotary will pay the camp tuition of $750 per student as part of the club’s ongoing commitment to nurturing the next […]
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UMaine-led research aims to help maple industry tap new markets
ORONO — Mainers know their maple syrup — the state is the third-largest producer of it nationwide. The same can’t be said in many other places. In parts of the southern and western U.S., many consumers don’t realize that maple syrup comes in different flavors based on when it was harvested or how long it […]
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UMaine project to livestream total solar eclipse from stratosphere
ORONO — When Noah Lambert of Bar Harbor enrolled at the University of Maine, launching a giant balloon 90,000 feet in the air to livestream a total solar eclipse wasn’t an activity he imagined being able to do during his college career. For the past year, Lambert and nine other undergraduate and graduate students have […]
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Tripp Middle School names honor students
TURNER — Tripp Middle School has announced the following students were named to its second trimester honor roll for the 2023-24 academic year. Grade 8 — High honors: Austin Clark, Zooey Driscoll, Darren Flagg, Chase Hogan, Elizabeth Kowalski, Landon Marquis, Ava Thibodeau, Lydia Trytek and Autumn Wise. Honors: Reese Bilodeau, Savannah Boulay, James Brisson, Jackson Brooks, […]
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West Paris schedules April worship services
The First Universalist Church of West Paris holds services at 9 a.m. on Sundays at the church at 208 Main St. Music is performed by guitarist Davy Sturtevant. Refreshments follow the services, which are as follows. April 7, Earth Day Celebration, led by the church’s worship service committee. A slide show will be part of […]
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Trek and Sojourn series continues at Auburn church
The First Universalist Church of Auburn is set to present a story of a spiritual journey at noon Sunday, April 7, in the 169 Pleasant St. vestry. The Adult Religious Exploration committee plans to host “Holly Cooney’s talk, From Fear to Faith: A Solo Three-Month Biking Trip on the American Discovery Trail.” Through pictures and […]
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Brunswick center launches online photo collection, contest
BRUNSWICK — Pejepscot History Center has announced the digitization and online launch of its extensive photo collection, comprising more than 26,000 images chronicling the history of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell. This achievement was made possible through the efforts of the center’s volunteers, who digitized and cataloged each photograph. The collection is scheduled to be accessible […]
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Lewiston cribbage league names March 28 winners
Lewiston Senior Cribbage League players Chris Pugh and Claude Boucher placed first on March 28. Bill Saucier and Pauline Cornish came in second, Pat Belanger and Ron Maheux third, Roger Labbe and David Marshall fourth, and Cecile Bussiere and Richard Cloutier fifth. The league plays at 9 a.m. Thursdays at the Lewiston Armory/Lewiston Senior Center, […]
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Canton society seeks submissions for cook-off
The Canton Historical Society is set to hold a chili and chowder cook-off from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6. The fundraiser for the society will be held at its 25 Turner St. headquarters. Local chefs will prepare their favorite chili or chowder for the contest. The public will sample and vote for the […]
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Talk on browntail moth outbreaks set for April 1
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk, “The Menacing Moth of Maine:Understanding Browntail Moth and Their Outbreaks,” at 3 p.m. Monday, April 1. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both remotely via Zoom […]