The University of Maine at Farmington plans to host a garden party from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, in the UMF Campus & Community Garden. The event is free and open to the public. This summer’s student garden assistants plan to serve fresh herbal teas made from herbs grown in the garden, […]
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Kennebec Land Trust to hold annual meeting, celebration in Wayne Aug. 20
WAYNE — The Kennebec Land Trust’s 35th anniversary annual meeting, celebration and honoring of land donors is set for Sunday, Aug. 20, at Camp Androscoggin, 126 Leadbetter Road. Many of the trust’s 1,100 household members plan to attend. People are welcome to come for any part of it; there is no cost. The meeting will […]
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Free YMCA memberships available to qualifying Maine veterans
The YMCA Alliance of Northern New England is partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Maine Healthcare System to grant Maine veterans access to YMCA programs and facilities across the state. This initiative will utilize VA funds to cover monthly memberships for qualified Maine veterans. Since the Togus VA Medical Center closed its […]
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Maine nonprofits can connect with unclaimed property resources
AUGUSTA — In honor of National Nonprofit Day on Aug. 17 the Maine Office of the State Treasurer and Maine Association of Nonprofits are reminding Maine nonprofits about available resources in unclaimed property. Maine is home to approximately 7,000 nonprofit organizations. The treasurer’s office runs the state’s unclaimed property program, which holds approximately $310 million […]
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Friends of Merrymeeting Bay to host mushroom walk in Bowdoinham Aug. 17
For directions and more information, call Ed Friedman at 207-666-3372.
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Friends of Merrymeeting Bay to host mushroom walk in Bowdoinham Aug. 17
For directions and more information, call Ed Friedman at 207-666-3372.
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Basilica tours to return during Great Falls Balloon Festival Aug. 19, 20
The St. Margaret of Castello Lay Dominican Pro-chapter is bringing back the basilica tours during the Great Falls Balloon Festival, last offered in 2015. Tours are scheduled from approximately noon to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 19 and 20. Free van rides will be offered between the Oxford Street entrance to the festival and […]
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Civil War battlefields topic of Aug. 17 historical society talk
LEWISTON — The Androscoggin Historical Society plans to host an expert on Civil War battlefields at its next “A Quiet Conversation about Maine Civil War Soldiers,” scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at the society’s 93 Lisbon St. home. Nick Picerno, chairman emeritus of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation in New Market, Virginia, will […]
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Second 2-year watershed protection project kicks off at Hogan, Whitney ponds
OXFORD — A second two-year watershed protection grant project is underway to protect water quality in Hogan and Whitney ponds by reducing erosion that sweeps sediment and phosphorus into the ponds. The project is funded in part by a $77,910 Clean Water Act grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that is administered by the […]
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Master Gardener Volunteer training applications available
Applications for the 2023 program are due at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 1.