LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties, has launched assistance with accessing COVID-19 vaccinations as part of the nationwide effort by the Department of Health and Human Services to reach all Americans, including the homebound and individuals in remote rural areas. This new social services outreach effort […]
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MEOC to host free individualized sessions
ORONO — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and older who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The virtual sessions will be held at the following dates and times: Wednesday, June 2, at 9 a.m., 1 and 2 p.m.; […]
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Arts commission seeks applications for poet laureate
Stuart Kestenbaum finishes five-year term.
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Beware of toxic browntail moth hairs, experts warn
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine Forest Service, and 211 Maine remind residents and visitors that browntail moth caterpillars are emerging from their winter webs in trees. These caterpillars shed tiny hairs that can cause a skin reaction like poison ivy. When the hairs become airborne, they may cause […]
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Volunteers needed for Woolwich alewife count
WOOLWICH — As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual “Nequasset Alewife Count.” Sign up for a count online at kennebecestuary.org/fish-counting. Each fish counter signs up for a two-hour block and counts fish for two 10-minute periods in that block. […]
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National register, survey coordinator to give talk
Winthrop Maine Historical Society will host Michael Goebel-Bain, the national register and survey coordinator for the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 13. A business meeting will follow. The Winthrop resident will provide a broad overview of the national register program as it is administered in Maine. He will cover […]
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Organization to host river historian via Zoom May 12
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s final scheduled presentation of its 24th annual Winter Speaker Series, “River History & the New Environmental Movement,” is to feature river historian Scot McFarlane. The event will be held via Zoom at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, and registration is accessible online at fomb.org. The direct link is zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqdOuhqT8vH9FwbNcs68J4PW3SGo1hr-hM. The presentation […]
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Audubon to discuss peregrine falcon restoration
Western Maine Audubon plans to hold a webinar, “Peregrine Falcon restoration in Acadia National Park,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 12. As one of the first locations chosen to recover peregrine falcons, Acadia has a storied history in the recovery of peregrine falcons. Acadia also hosts the Cadillac Mountain Hawkwatch, which will be entering its […]
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Overdose prevention kits now available for new moms
Family first aid kit with naloxone provided to all new families
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UMA to celebrate 2020, 2021 graduates May 8
US Sen. Angus King to address graduates.