AUBURN — The LA Senior College in the Community, in collaboration with the Auburn Public Library, plans to host Dr. Charles Plummer, who will present “Self-awareness As a Key Attribute in the Practice of Civility.” The talk is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Androscoggin Room on the ground floor of the […]
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Auburn library’s Nov. 15 talk to cover book on Minot traveler
Author Elizabeth Letts plans to join Auburn Public Library via Zoom at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, to talk about her book, “The Ride of Her Life: the True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America.” The main character, Annie Wilkins, was from Minot, according to a news release from […]
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Auburn community college to offer free general carpentry class
AUBURN — The Center for Workforce and Professional Development at Central Maine Community College plans to offer a free general carpentry class. The class consists of nine modules which include orientation to carpentry, stair layout, floor systems, roof framing, principals of site building and layout and wall systems. Upon completion of each module, learners sit […]
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Chesterville society to hold 1-room schoolhouse reunion Nov. 13
The Chesterville Center Union Meeting House and the Chesterville Heritage Society are collaborating on an evening of reminiscences about attending a one-room schoolhouse. The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Meeting House, 3 Borough Road in Chesterville. Rural Maine schoolhouses were typically of the one-room variety until the 1957 Sinclair […]
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Farmington church taking orders for Nov. 23 Thanksgiving pie sale
FARMINGTON — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is accepting advance orders only for its annual Thanksgiving Pie Sale, set for 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 59 High St. Orders must be received by Sunday, Nov. 20. All pies are nine inches. Apple, pumpkin and custard cost $12. Chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, pecan, rhubarb and […]
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Jay VFW post announces Veterans Day events
JAY — Frank L. Mitchell VFW Post 3335 plans to hold its Veterans Day ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. The event will be held at the VFW Post 3335 flag pole, at 64 Jewell St. Local VFW, AMVETS and American Legion posts, along with their auxiliaries’ members, will participate in this day of […]
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Seneca Club to host Longaberger basket sale Nov. 12
The baskets were donated by an avid collector.
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Educational center to offer college planning sessions in December
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: • Monday, Dec. 5, 9 and 10 a.m.; • Wednesday, Dec. 7, noon, 1, 6 and 7 p.m.; • Monday, Dec. 13, 9: […]
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Winthrop library to kick off poetry series Nov. 12
WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library has announced that the Bookey Readings poetry series, formerly held at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell, will continue at the library’s 39 Bowdoin St. The series will kick off with two Maine poets, Doug Rawlings and Terry Grasse, for a Veterans Day-themed reading scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. […]
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Mobile outreach harm reduction services available through Dec. 28
Sites are located in Wilton, Farmington, Phillips and Livermore Falls.