The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, Orono, will host a talk about options for adopting community solar projects in Maine from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, March 15. “Community solar” is a catchy phrase with increasing public exposure that can take different forms. How do the different […]
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SeniorsPlus seeks new members for advisory council
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, is seeking new members for its advisory council. The council is a requirement under the Older Americans Act and is responsible for advising on issues concerning older adults and Older Americans Act programs. The council serves as the “eyes and […]
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Farmington nonprofit awarded Affordable Housing Challenge Grant
Non-profit organization Center for Entrepreneurial Studies has received a $20,000 Affordable Housing Challenge Grant from the LEAP Explosion Fund which United Way of the Tri-Valley Area administers. Funding will allow for the center to pilot a tiny house village concept that hopes to address the lack of affordable housing in the region. The mission of […]
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Identify trees in wintertime during walk March 13 in Georgetown
Outdoor program hosted by Kennebec Estuary Land Trust.
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Sonic Sea — Voices of the Deep topic of March 10 speaker series
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s speaker is a scientist and senior researcher in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University.
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2021 Disabled Veterans Controlled Moose Hunt applications available
Applications must be submitted to the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services by 4 p.m. April 30.
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Compost webinar series to begin March 11
Virtual events to be offered by the UMaine Cooperative Extension.
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Virtual veteran town hall set for March 11
VA Maine Healthcare System will hold a virtual veteran town hall from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 11, to provide the latest updates on the COVID-19 vaccine and its planning efforts to administer the vaccine. Those who join via Webex will have the ability to type in questions live during the town hall. Those […]
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Agricultural research updates webinar to be held March 10
University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Orono will offer three research updates for the agricultural industry from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. Scheduled are Andrei Alyokhin, University of Maine professor of applied entomology, about the persistence of the Colorado potato beetle; Aaron Buzza, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology assistant scientist, on the […]
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DKG International teaching workshop to run March 20
The Maine State Organization of DKG International’s annual S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Teaching Workshop will be held virtually on Zoom this year. The free professional development program for all educators will take place Saturday, March 20, and on four consecutive Wednesday evenings in March and April. Presentation topics include the impact of teachers, relationship-based resilience, project-based learning, […]