GRAY — Maine Wildlife Park will host the Cumberland County Beekeepers Association, a local chapter of the Maine State Beekeeping Association, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, to learn about the industrious life of the honeybee, its job as an important pollinator of fruits and vegetables, and the role of the beekeeper. Parts […]
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Pianist 17-year-old Kostelanetz at Franco Center
LEWISTON — Ksenia Kostelanetz will present the fourth annual Frank Glazer Memorial Steinway Concert at the Gendron Franco Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23. Glazer, who played the inaugural concert on the center’s Steinway piano in 2006 and returned every year to present solo concerts, died in January 2015, weeks shy of his 100th […]
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Registration open for the 2018 Becoming an Outdoors Woman
BRYANT POND — The 2018 Becoming an Outdoors Woman Introductory Skills Weekend is slated for October 5 to 7 at the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, and registration is now open. The Becoming an Outdoors Woman program offers workshops for women 18 and older to gain or improve skills […]
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SeniorsPlus to present wellness expo
NEWRY — The 11th annual Aging Well Living Well Expo will be held Friday, Oct. 5, at the Grand Summit Hotel and Conference Center at Sunday River in Newry. The expo is presented by SeniorsPlus, the designated Agency on Aging for Western Maine. The expo runs from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. A breakfast keynote […]
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Daniel P. Gautreau
HANOVER — Daniel P. Gautreau, 69, of Roxbury, died Aug. 8 doing what he loved most, riding his Harley. He was born in Rumford on June 21, 1949, a son of Armand and Patricia (McHale) Gautreau. Danny was educated in Rumford schools and was a graduate of Stephens High School Class of 1967. He served […]
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Marie Anna Blondin
LEWISTON — God has taken another soul into his kingdom. May he guide her and love her for all of eternity. Mrs. Marie Anna Blondin, 104, of Lewiston died Wednesday, Aug. 15. Marie was born on May 6, 1914, in Canada. Her parents were Marie Anna Landry and Emile Landry. Marie had 17 siblings, two […]
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Lavonne Marie Thomas
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Lavonne “Vonnie” M. Thomas, 82, passed peacefully surrounded by close friends after a short illness on Saturday, Aug. 11. Vonnie was born in Gilbert, Idaho, on March 24, 1936, to Elmer and Myrtle (Phar) Bell. Vonnie was raised on a farm and following graduation from Nezperce High School, she attended the University of […]
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Republicans may need to vote for Democrats
The most memorable campaign event I attended in 2016 was a rally for John Kasich in Rhode Island. The participants seemed the cream of the middle class — many old-fashioned small-business Republicans, as my father was. The Ohio governor spoke on the benefits of not being angry with everyone all the time. His prescriptions were […]
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Sylvia A. Conley
WINDHAM — Sylvia Arlene Conley, 86, died Monday, Aug. 13, following a long period of declining health. Sylvia was a 1949 graduate of Portland High School and in 1952 from Maine Eye & Eye Infirmary School of Nursing. She was an active member of the MEEI Alumni. As a registered nurse she worked in many capacities […]
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Pushcart prize-winner to lead poetry revision workshop
FARMINGTON — In September, the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance is holding a new workshop on revising poetry with award-winning poet Colin Cheney. Cheney’s “Re(En)Vision Strategies” workshop will examine new strategies for improving the process of revising poetry, tailored to attendees’ poems and concerns. Additionally, attendees will receive feedback on their own manuscripts, exploring possible […]