LEWISTON — University of Southern Maine Lewiston/Auburn’s first Food For Thought speaker for the 2021-22 year is scheduled to be Joseph Jackson, founder and director of Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition and an accomplished poet. This program is free and open to the public. It will be presented on Zoom at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6. […]
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Farmington college to hold ‘Death of a Salesman’ auditions
FARMINGTON — The New Commons Project and the University of Maine at Farmington are scheduled to conduct auditions for Arthur Miller’s play, “Death of a Salesman,” on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, at the Emery Community Arts Center on the UMF campus. Auditions will begin at 6:30 p.m. Show dates are Dec. […]
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Norway cancer center honors founders
The Board of Directors of the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine honored the original founders of the center during a recent open house to celebrate the opening of the new center. Sue Craib, Barb Deschenes and David Wilson were recognized, and The Healing Room dedicated in their honor.
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Camden library to host free Medicare informational presentations
With the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period approaching, the Camden Public Library plans to host representatives from local agencies for free Medicare informational talks. The talks will be held on Zoom and will offer the public opportunities to learn about Medicare and have their questions answered. Renata Lahner and Nancy Schultz, representing J. Edward Knight Senior […]
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Maritime historian to give slideshow talk about new book
Charles H. Lagerbom will discuss the world’s most dangerous maritime voyage.
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Camden library story hour celebrates first anniversary
October marks the one-year anniversary of the Camden Public Library’s “Friday Explorations Read-Aloud” weekly series with Joseph Coté. Every Friday at 11 a.m., on the library’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, listeners can stream a new recording of Coté reading aloud selections from a wide variety of enthralling books of fiction and non-fiction. “We record […]
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University to host talk on creating sustainable world
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is scheduled to host a talk by Micah Pawling from 3-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, about how history, particularly Wabanaki history, can help create a more sustainable society. All in the center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both remotely via Zoom and […]
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Waterford group to teach advocacy, Pine Tree Amendment
The Waterford UCC Climate Conversations group, working with the leaders of The Pine Tree Amendment Organization, is exploring ways to inform local citizens about that amendment to the state constitution. In its latest session, the state legislature introduced a bipartisan piece of legislation to amend the bill of rights of Maine’s constitution. This climate conversation […]
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick to host Run for Kids
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick plans to hold a Run for Kids 5K race/walk Sunday, Oct. 3, to raise money to match more youth facing adversity with trained and supported volunteer “Bigs.” The race will start at Flight Deck Brewing, 11 Atlantic Ave. in Brunswick, with registration starting at 8 a.m. and the event […]
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Lewiston, Belfast churches to host Transitus services
From the earliest days of the Franciscan Order, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi have gathered on the anniversary of his death to celebrate his Transitus, or passage from earthly life into everlasting life. The Transitus service is a commemoration of his death that was handed down by one of his brother friars, Brother […]