The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has announced a new, free option for Maine people who need a ride to and from a COVID-19 vaccination appointment.
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Outside Recreation Challenge donates $3,000 to Western Maine food pantries
OXFORD — Local community members recently met the Second Nature Adventure Challenge: to get active outdoors during school vacation week for some healthy fun and to generate $3,000 in cash donations to local food pantries. One hundred seventy-seven people registered their visits to local trails, including winter hikes, walks, cross country ski trips and fat bike […]
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Kennebec Valley governments group nets $25K grant
The Working Communities Challenge Design Grant goes toward a project to focus on safe and affordable housing.
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USDA extends Quality Loss Adjustment Program deadline
The QLA program assists producers whose eligible crops suffered quality losses due to qualifying drought, excessive moisture, flooding, hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, or wildfires.
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UMF to feature virtual reading by author Daniel Suarez
Suarez will read from his work in a remote live reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18.
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‘Maine’s Big Trees’ topic of Kennebec Historical Society’s March 17 virtual talk
The Kennebec Historical Society’s March Facebook Live presentation “Maine’s Big Trees” is planned for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Jan Santerre will be the speaker. Since 1968, the Maine Forest Service has compiled a list of the largest known specimens of native and naturalized trees in Maine. The 2020 Register contains 146 trees, representing 138 […]
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Maine’s bumble bees focus of virtual lecture March 18
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s lecturer will be Kalyn Bickerman-Martens.
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USM/LA to host Mission Working Dogs founder via Zoom
The USM/LA Senior College is hosting the “Food for Thought” session.
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Mid-Coast Audubon offers talk on visiting finches
Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free Zoom presentation about the northern finch winter visitors at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 18. To register for the event, email Julia Pierce at jpierce@librarycamden.org. Irruptions — a sudden population spike — of finches from the north inspired Matthew Young to launch the Finch Research Network […]