The Maine Educational Opportunity Center plans to host free individualized virtual sessions for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. Essentials of College Planning virtual sessions are set for: • Thursday, Oct. 5 at 9 and 10 a.m., and 6 and 7 p.m.; • Friday, Oct. 6 at […]
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Senior College instructor to give psychology talk in Auburn Sept. 26
AUBURN — Longtime Senior College instructor Dr. Charles W. Plummer is scheduled to be the featured speaker at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the Auburn Public Library’s Androscoggin Room, 49 Spring St. His “Why you are Who you Are? An Introduction to the Psychology of Personality that Plays a Major Role in one’s Behavior” […]
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Lewiston YWCA’s Strive program to start fall cohort Sept. 26
LEWISTON — YWCA Central Maine’s Strive Program has opened registration for its fall cohort. The program is a free workforce development and professional certificate program designed to provide participants with critical digital literacy and workforce skills while also helping them explore and refine personal strengths and goals. These skills can be used to expand employment […]
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UMaine student’s new documentary explores lives of Ukrainian soldiers
Vita Tomakhiv of Kyiv never planned to leave Ukraine, but then the Russian military invaded. With help from the University of Maine, she fled in June 2022, four months after the war broke out to continue her education. As the Russia-Ukraine war raged on, Tomakhiv, a master’s student in global policy, yearned to help the […]
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Stratton historical society offers 2024 calendars
STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society’s pictorial 2024 calendars are now available. The cover features Stratton High School senior class of 1929 as it appeared in the Pinetum School Yearbook: Beatrice Leavitt, Vera Hobbs, Dilana Moody, Edward Scribner, Madeline Hennigar. This yearbook was in a collection of items originally belonging to Evelyn Viles […]
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Filling Health Care Coverage Gaps webinar set for Sept. 26
AUGUSTA — Consumers for Affordable Health Care plans to offer a Filling Health Care Coverage Gaps webinar at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26. People can learn about options when health care coverage is not enough. Programs that fill health coverage gaps such as hospital free care, sliding scale care and MaineCare for children will be […]
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Rangeley group announces photography show winners
The People’s Choice award is yet to be determined.
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Crafting circle returns to Lewiston library Sept. 20
Lewiston Public Library plans to host a crafting circle at 5 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month. It returns Sept. 20 in the Jeanne Couture Room at 200 Lisbon St. This is a free event, and no registration is required. People can bring a craft to work on, meet, and learn from like-minded […]
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New Gloucester society accepting apple pie orders
The New Gloucester Historical Society is accepting orders for homemade apple pies with apples from Thompson’s Orchard. The cost is $12 each. Advance orders must be placed by contacting Beverly Cadigan at 207-926-3198 or bjtc4ngmhs@gmail.com. Pick up and pay after 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, at the First Congregational Church of New Gloucester, 19 […]
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Rangeley afterschool arts program to begin Sept. 18
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts Free Creative After School Arts Program is scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 18, for grades five through nine. The program is set for 3:10-5 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at the RFA Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St. Michaela Beckman will teach the classes. Registration is required, participants should bring the […]