STATE — Maine Woodland Owners has announced that it will again offer its popular chainsaw training workshops at locations throughout the state this spring and summer. This hands-on beginner-level training provides instruction on saw handling and maintenance, protective equipment, firewood cutting, and tree felling. Participants must have safety gear (some gear will be available […]
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Extension announces community garden map
STATE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend, and harvest vegetables and flowers in a communal space. The Community Garden Map includes information about local community gardens that allow individuals to have their own garden plots […]
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Honors
UMaryland BATON ROUGE, LA — Geoffrey Cyr of Farmington, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Cyr is among approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff, and alumni to be initiated into Phi […]
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What’s happening
Meeting MADRID — Reeds Mill Church’s annual meeting is Sunday, May 18, at 2 p.m. at the church. The meeting is a month earlier than usual due to services starting June 1 this year. The church is located at 995 Reeds Mill Rd in Madrid. Supporters of the church and all other interested parties are […]
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Emery Community Arts presents Beckett
FARMINGTON — Emery Community Arts Center in Farmington presents Samuel Beckett’s Endgame and Act Without Words I on May 16 at 7 p.m. and on May 17 and 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.simpletix.com/e/samuel-beckett-s-endgame-and-act-without-w-tickets-214830 Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett, famous for writing Waiting for Godot, first produced Endgame and Act Without […]
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Kids’ Book Review: ‘Good Golden Sun’
Good Golden Sun By Brendan Wenzel I love, love, love this bright and colorful children’s picture book, Good Golden Sun! To create the most pleasing pictures, the author/illustrator artfully crafted collages for the pictures with pieces of paper, paints, crayons, and colored pencils. The simple and clear text complements the illustrations spot on. Good Golden […]
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Greenwood’s tax rate expected to rise 12%
GREENWOOD — Like other area towns, Greenwood’s tax rate is expected to rise this year. Significant increases in county and school district budgets have contributed to the overall rise in the FY26 budget. The projected final budget number is $3.7 million after deducting $516,871 in non-property tax revenue. This year the budget was $3.2M. The […]
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Concert planned with PEI musicians
WEST PARIS — North Paris Homestead, LLC, invites you to join us for a concert featuring Cynthia MacLeod and Gordon Belsher. Cynthia MacLeod is one of Prince Edward Island’s finest ambassadors of traditional music, with a distinct style of fiddling that embraces both her local roots and her ancestral connection to the Scottish highlands. Since […]
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Movie Review: ‘Sinners’
If “A Minecraft Movie” is the commercial hit that 2025 needed, then “Sinners” is the creative hit it needed. Writer/director Ryan Coogler has delivered a film that starts off as a compelling-enough 1930s period piece before wildly shifting into supernatural territory. But the later developments don’t devalue the efforts made in the setup, they simply […]
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RSU 10 board approves proposed $43M budget for 2025-2026
BUCKFIELD — The RSU 10 Board of Directors has approved $43 million FY 2025-2026 school budget to present to the annual budget meeting May 28. The budget meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. The board took that action at their April 28 meeting held in […]