As part of Camden’s celebration of Olmsted 200, the Camden Public Library plans to host landscape designer and historian Eleanor “Noni” Ames for a narrated slideshow honoring the designed landscape legacy of Camden and Rockport. Ames’s talk is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, via Zoom. Olmsted 200 is a nationwide celebration of the […]
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Auburn club asks members to bring auction item to meeting
The Auburn Art Club is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, at the Park Avenue Methodist Church at 439 Park Ave., in Auburn. This meeting is the club’s annual scholarship auction. Funds raised at the auction will be used to offer a scholarship to a young person wishing to pursue a degree […]
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Universities to hold winter holiday decoration webinar Nov. 1
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension are scheduled to offer a webinar about creating winter holiday decorations from available natural materials from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1. “Tips and Tipping for Long-Lasting Holiday Decorations” will show how to harvest and handle evergreens, and how to […]
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Community Family Giveback Day set for Oct. 23 in Lewiston
LEWISTON — New Mainers Public Health Initiative, in partnership with the Power Health Tour and organized youth, is scheduled to hold a free Community Family Giveback Day from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Kennedy Park, 120 Park St. This family event will feature giveaways, health and wellness information, empowerment information, screenings, COVID-19 […]
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Lovell library talk to feature Acadians of Northern Maine
LOVELL — The next Hobbs Library Speaker Series presentation is scheduled to be delivered via Zoom by Lise Pelletier from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, about Maine’s Acadian connections and heritage. Maine is surrounded by reminders of its French-speaking past, such as LaVerdiere’s Drug Stores, ubiquitous until the 1980s, or Aubuchon Hardware, according […]
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Maine Media lecture to feature multi-modal photographer
ROCKPORT — Maine Media Workshops + College’s weekly online Alumni Lecture Series continues from 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19. Photographer Sal Taylor Kydd is scheduled to discuss her newest book of photographs, “Yesterday.” The lecture is hosted by Aline Smithson, visual artist, educator, editor and founder of the fine art photography periodical LENSCRATCH. “Sal Taylor […]
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Maine schools eligible to win $1,000 in outdoor challenge
Teens to Trails is to partner with Arcadia to encourage students to spend more time outdoors from Oct. 23 to 29.
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Greater Franklin Food Council adds steering committee members
FARMINGTON — The Greater Franklin Food Council has added three new members to its Steering Committee. Amanda Adams is an accountant and lives in Farmington with her wife, Mary. Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, she moved to Maine in 2014. She is in the process of completing her post-baccalaureate degree in accounting through the […]
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Department seeks help identifying invasive plants
AUGUSTA — Biologists from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are asking for the public’s help looking out for two severely invasive plants: Stiltgrass (Microstegium vinimeum) and Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium). The plants are only known from a handful of sites in Maine, and the goal is to eliminate them from the state. […]
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Department seeks help identifying invasive plants
AUGUSTA — Biologists from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are asking for the public’s help looking out for two severely invasive plants: Stiltgrass (Microstegium vinimeum) and Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium). The plants are only known from a handful of sites in Maine, and the goal is to eliminate them from the state. […]