Kylie Jade Thibodeau of Raymond, a graduating senior at Gray-New Gloucester High School in Gray, has been named one of more than 5,000 candidates in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2024. Inclusion in the program […]
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MaineCF offers grants to nonprofits supporting mass-shooting recovery
Nonprofit organizations located in the Lewiston-Auburn region, which are supporting recovery efforts following the Lewiston mass shootings, may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund. The Broad Recovery Efforts & Organizations Fund will support nonprofit organizations that provided, and are continuing to provide, relevant services and support to people […]
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Gold LEAF Institute senior college spring term to begin Feb. 14
FARMINGTON — The Gold LEAF Institute is set to hold a spring term kickoff Wednesday, Feb. 14. People can learn more about Gold LEAF and the spring courses from 3-4:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, 130 Quebec St. The snow date is Feb. 21. The event is free and open to the public. The […]
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Wilton church to offer ‘Ashes-to-Go’ Feb. 14
WILTON — For the 10th year, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is set to offer Ashes-to-Go in two locations. On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, The Rev. John Balicki, St. Luke’s rector, will be in downtown Wilton from 9-10 a.m. by the post office and then in downtown Farmington from noon until 1 p.m. by the post […]
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School Oral Health Program poster contest organizers seek submissions
The deadline to submit a poster is 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29.
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Auburn Adult Education announces spring courses
Auburn Adult Education is offering spring courses at its new Edward Little High School location, 77 Harris St. The entrance to ELHS is on Western Avenue. To view course offerings and register, visit auburn.maineadulted.org. Check out other upcoming area events!
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Lewiston program taking part in Summer Food Service Program
The Lewiston School Nutrition Program is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided at no charge to youths up to 18 years old attending school. Meals are the same for all children who are attending summer programs at the end of the school year during summer months throughout the city of […]
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New Ventures Maine offers free classes in February
AUGUSTA — New Ventures Maine plans to offer free workshops and classes statewide in February in three program areas: career, business and financial education. Workshops and classes are designed to help people in Maine gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to build a career, start a business and manage money. The full class schedule is […]
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Ag department designates Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas
The United States Department of Agriculture has designated Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas. This secretarial natural disaster designation allows the department’s Farm Service Agency to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs. These include the replacement of […]
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Smithsonian African American historian to speak in Camden Feb. 11
Kate McMahon, Ph.D., is set to be the featured speaker at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, for the Camden Rockport Historical Society’s renewed winter speaker series at the Camden Public Library’s Picker Room, 55 Main St. McMahon, an African American historian, will speak on “Freedom’s Woods: Peterborough and African Americans in Midcoast Maine, 1776-1865.” The […]