The Alfond Youth & Community Center is set to host the festival, which is to run over two long weekends and benefit nonprofits that provide aid to those contending with food insecurity and agencies developing workforce readiness programs.
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Augusta Symphony Orchestra to kick off Nov. 6 at South Parish Congregational Church
The Augusta Symphony Orchestra plans to kick off the 2022-23 season with a fall concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at South Parish Congregational Church, 9 Church St. in Augusta. Musical selections for this concert include the Rosamunde Overture by Schubert, and Symphony No. 1 in C major by Bizet. The orchestra also will […]
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No need to be quiet about this: Waterville Public Library reopens after 2 1/2-year closure
The COVID-19 pandemic, extensive renovations and related safety issues had required the library to be closed since March 2020.
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Halloween events serve up spooky fun across central Maine
Costumes and candy ruled Sunday at the Litchfield Fairgrounds for the Regional School Unit 4 PTA Trunk or Treat, an annual event celebrating Halloween, and one of dozens of events and displays scheduled between now and the end of October.
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Colby students, residents help clean up Waterville’s South End
About 20 Colby College students in the college’s civic engagement program on Saturday helped clean up litter, furniture, tires and other trash around the South End of Waterville as part of an effort by the South End Neighborhood Association.
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L. Tardif Jeweler to close after 87 years in downtown Waterville
The family business at 62 Main St., a downtown fixture since opening in 1935, is expected to end its run by year’s end.
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Colby College to honor two Ukrainian photojournalists with Lovejoy Award
This year’s award recipients are Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletka, who covered the Russian siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol earlier this year and countered Russian claims that civilians were not being targeted.
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Without Mills, LePage and Hunkler discuss dam removal, housing, forever chemicals during Waterville forum
Former Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent candidate Sam Hunkler fielded policy questions Tuesday at a forum hosted by the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.
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Brandi Meisner selected for U.S. Chamber Foundation Education and Workforce Fellowship Program
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has announced Brandi Meisner, vice president of operations at Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, was selected to participate in its premiere business leadership program. The Business Leads Fellowship Program trains and equips leaders from state and local chambers of commerce, economic development agencies, and trade associations with resources, access to […]
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Waterville film fest opens submissions, plans ’23 event in new arts center
WATERVILLE — The Maine Film Center has opened submissions for the 26th annual Maine International Film Festival. The festival, scheduled for July 7-16, will be hosted at the Paul J. Schupf Arts Center, which will be the new home for the Maine Film Center in downtown Waterville. For the second year, MIFF will offer Tourmaline […]