WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Conservation Commission is sponsoring a Clean-Up Day for the Town of Woodstock on Saturday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to noon. Although we did the clean up last year on an individual basis, we hope to gather again safely to clean up the roadsides. Conservation Commissions around the country on the first […]
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Green Up Days 2021 scheduled
AREA — The Bethel Conservation Commission and the Woodstock Conservation Commission will host a Green Up Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 1, at Davis Park. Participants will go to various locations to pick up trash, returning to the park where trash will be collected to taken to the dump. To make the […]
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MaineCF’s Animal Welfare Fund seeks proposals
PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH—The Animal Welfare Fund of the Maine Community Foundation seeks applications from Maine organizations that address population control for cats and dogs. The deadline for applications is June 1. For application, guidelines, and a complete list of 2020 grants, visit www.mainecf.org. The Animal Welfare Fund awarded $140,870 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations […]
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Literacy foundation offers guide to children’s books
ORONO — A new guide to children’s books for parents and caregivers, developed by University of Maine associate professor of literacy Susan Bennett-Armistead, is available on the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy website barbarabush.org/parent-reading-guides. “Sharing Stories: Tips for Parents and Caregivers,” features a list of 20 books for children up to age 3. For […]
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Poet to share poems about loss of canines April 29
AUBURN — Local poet Lynne Schmidt will read from her award-winning collection, “Dead Dog Poems,” via Zoom from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, April 29. The journey, hosted by will take the listener through the happy, the terminal diagnosis, eventual death, and the aftermath of grief after such a loss. After the reading, there will be time […]
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Foundation’s Animal Welfare Fund seeks proposals
The Animal Welfare Fund of the Maine Community Foundation seeks applications from Maine organizations that address population control for cats and dogs. The application deadline is June 1. For an application, guidelines, and a complete list of 2020 grants, visit mainecf.org. The fund awarded $140,870 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations in 2020, including: Greater […]
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Androscoggin humane society to help reunite pets with families
LEWISTON — The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society plans to join forces with Petco Love on April 23: National Lost Dog and Cat Awareness Day. Petco Love is a national nonprofit working to lead and inspire change for animals, and animal welfare groups across the country, on a shared mission to help reunite lost pets with […]
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Living history center offers scholarships
LIVERMORE — Norlands Living History Center is accepting applications for the 2021 Gammon History Education Scholarship Awards. The year-two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to qualifying high school seniors or students with equivalent education credentials. To be eligible, students must be from Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford or Kennebec counties and have plans to enroll in post-secondary […]
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Author to discuss spiders in Maine April 29
BATH – Dana Wilde, author of “A Backyard Book of Spiders in Maine,” will speak about Maine’s diverse and captivating spider species at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 29. The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s virtual evening lecture will provide curious observers of arachnids with insights into their biology, ecology, behavior, and natural history. Wilde will read […]
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Auburn area to hold recycling day April 24
A Community Recycle Day will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 24, at the Auburn branch of Community Credit Union, 40 Stanley St., behind Stratham Tire. Personal or business documents will be shred right on site. Community Credit Union, Without A Trace Mobile Shredding, Stratham Tire and the SHAREcenter are partnering to […]