BRIDGTON — Bridgton Public Library has been selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that helps library workers better serve their small and rural communities. The competitive award comes with a $3,000 grant that will help the library […]
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MEOC to host free individualized sessions
ORONO — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and older who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The virtual sessions will be held at the following dates and times: Wednesday, June 2, at 9 a.m., 1 and 2 p.m.; […]
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SeniorsPlus offers transportation to vaccine sites
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties, has launched assistance with accessing COVID-19 vaccinations as part of the nationwide effort by the Department of Health and Human Services to reach all Americans, including the homebound and individuals in remote rural areas. This new social services outreach effort […]
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Grand Opening of Valentine Farm Birding Trail
BETHEL — The return of spring songbirds is already underway. Early mornings are now filled with a variety of songs, rat-a-tat-tats, chirps, and tweets. Knowing some local birds by sight and sound is a satisfying skill, but learning them can be a real undertaking. For those interested in learning more about birds but not ready […]
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Volunteers sought for The Bethel Mural Project
BETHEL — The Bethel Mural Project is a community, public art installation to be painted on all four walls of The Gem Theater, 48 Cross St., June 12 through July 1. The mural will be designed by Ryan Adams, a professional artist from Portland. Adams has painted dozens of murals in Maine as well […]
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Arts commission seeks applications for poet laureate
Stuart Kestenbaum finishes five-year term.
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Library to host talk on coping with COVID, building hope
AUBURN — Greg Marley — a licensed clinical social worker and director of Suicide Prevention for NAMI Maine — will present a program, “Coping With COVID, Building Hope,” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13, via Zoom. The talk is hosted by Auburn Public Library. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This presentation acknowledges […]
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Beware of toxic browntail moth hairs, experts warn
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine Forest Service, and 211 Maine remind residents and visitors that browntail moth caterpillars are emerging from their winter webs in trees. These caterpillars shed tiny hairs that can cause a skin reaction like poison ivy. When the hairs become airborne, they may cause […]
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Volunteers needed for Woolwich alewife count
WOOLWICH — As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual “Nequasset Alewife Count.” Sign up for a count online at kennebecestuary.org/fish-counting. Each fish counter signs up for a two-hour block and counts fish for two 10-minute periods in that block. […]