The Christine B. Foundation and Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center plan to co-host its Maine Cancer Series, starting with the Downeast Living With Cancer Conference: Living With Cancer in the Time of a Pandemic. The event is scheduled to be held via Zoom at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, and will focus on the […]
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Saint Dominic Academy Holiday Festival set for Nov. 6
Vendor registration for the festival is open.
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St. Joseph Nutrition Center to host Winter Farmers’ Market
The Farmington Farmers’ Market will move indoors to a new location at the St. Joseph Center starting on Saturday, Nov. 6. The winter market will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, November through April, at the center, located at the corner of Quebec and Middle Streets. The Center houses the St. Joseph […]
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Auburn library to offer card-making workshop
Auburn Public Library plans to offer an in-person workshop, Crafts ’n Creations: Card-Making Basics, set for 2-4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, in the library’s Androscoggin Community Room, at 49 Spring St. In this beginner class, participants can review the components that make up a card, the tools used to create basic cards, and how to […]
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Symposium on pandemic perseverance set for Nov. 5
PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine and Maine Behavioral Healthcare plan to present a daylong symposium to help people persevere during the pandemic. The program, “Resilience from Trauma During the Time of COVID-19,” is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at Hannaford Hall on USM’s Portland Campus. Attendees can participate […]
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Lewiston-based conservation district plans supervisor election
LEWISTON — To run for the office of district supervisor for the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District, contact the district manager to obtain nomination papers. Nomination papers must be received at the district office, complete and with the signatures of 25 registered voters residing in Androscoggin or Sagadahoc county, by 4:30 p.m. Sunday, […]
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Bridgton groups forge partnership around Stevens Brook
BRIDGTON — Alanna Doughty of Lakes Environmental Association and Mike Davis of the Bridgton Historical Society shared their mill knowledge with the 17 participants who joined the Stevens Brook Trail History Walk on Oct. 21. Rich with history, this trail walk focused on the mills from the Pondicherry Woolen Mill at the Food City site […]
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Lewiston library to host book binding workshop Nov. 4
Lewiston Public Library, in collaboration with Purplebean Bindery, plans to host a book binding workshop for adults and teens from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4. This free, public program will take place in the Couture Room at the 200 Lisbon St. library. Anna Low of Purplebean Bindery will teach a class on book […]
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Listing of All Saints’ Day Masses in Maine available
PORTLAND — A listing of All Saints’ Day Masses at Maine churches for Monday, Nov. 1, is available at portlanddiocese.org, including a Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert Deeley at 12:15 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. All Saints’ Day is traditionally a holy day of obligation. In 2021, however, the obligation […]
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Writers series to host ‘Flight of the Diamond Smugglers’ author
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writers Series is set to present award-winning writer Matthew Gavin Frank as the program’s third reader of the season. Frank will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center Lobby at 186 High St. The reading is […]