ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant will offer four free “Signs of the Seasons” training sessions for volunteer citizen scientists around the state.  March 16, 4-6:30 p.m., Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth; March 24, 4-6:30 p.m., Audubon Fields Pond Station, 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden; April […]

BETHEL — Emily Fraser of Bethel, a senior at Telstar High School, has been selected to receive the 2020 Principal’s Award, Principal Mark Kenney has announced. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Kenny said, “Emily is very deserving of this […]

BRYANT POND — Camp North Woods is a co-ed overnight camp for youth ages 9 to 13 to learn lifelong outdoor skills as well as the importance of sustaining Maine’s natural resources. Camp North Woods is hosted by the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. Campers receive instruction from and are […]

SOUTH PARIS —  The 2020 McLaughlin Garden Lecture Series continues at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, with Mark Brandhorst’s illustrated lecture, “Creative Gardening with Annuals.” It will be held upstairs in the historic Tribou home at 97 Main St. where Bernard McLaughlin lived with his wife. Brandhorst’s nursery, Halls Pond Gardens in Paris, is known […]

LEWISTON — This spring and summer, Sophia’s House, long-term residential recovery community for women survivors of trafficking/exploitation, will landscape the yard around the newly opened house. The gardens, featuring native plantings that are bird and pollinator friendly, have been made possible through the encouragement and a gift from Barbara and Richard Trafton in memory of their daughter, Margaret Grace Trafton, who loved the outdoors and nature. The […]

GORHAM — The Cumberland County 4-H Leaders Association will host a Mini-Forum, a day filled with hands-on workshops for those ages 5 to 18 on March 21. It will be held at the University of Southern Maine Gorham Campus from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All workshops are either free or have a minimal materials […]

AUBURN — William J. Rogers Post 153, American Legion, 71 South Main St., will host music, karaoke and dance with DJ Jean Louis from 7 to 11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday in March. Members and guests are welcome. Jerry Joe will be presented from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Fridays, March 6 and 20. A St. Paddy’s […]

DIXFIELD — The Stephens High School Class of 1955 will meet at Ellis Variety and Diner, 126 Weld St., at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, for the monthly luncheon.

Annette Dorey to speak at Minot Historical Society MINOT — The Minot Historical Society will have as speaker on Tuesday, March 10, Annette Vance Dorey, a veteran educator who spent August teaching English to Czech adults and youth in two programs. The society will meet at 7 p.m. at the Minot Town Office meeting room […]