Farmington Cooperative Extension Service has planned a series of STEM activities mainly for children 8 and older, to be held at Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, 344 Pond Road in Mount Vernon. Younger children also are welcome to attend, with a parent in attendance. The series is set for 4-5 p.m. Wednesdays at the library, beginning […]
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Mitchell Center to host hybrid talk on agroecology Oct. 30
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a hybrid talk, Transforming Food Systems through Agroecology at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both remotely via Zoom and in person at […]
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Farmington Grange to reopen Wednesday Workers and Warm Up Nov. 1
Farmington Grange No. 12 plans to reopen Wednesday Workers and Warm Up for the season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1. WWW will meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Farmington Grange, 124 Bridge St. It will be open for soup and social time. Attendees can bring […]
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First Farmington Open Chess Tournament crowns champions
The Farmington Open Chess Tournament, hosted recently at the Farmington Community Center, held its inaugural event to celebrate National Chess Day. This tournament marked Farmington’s first-ever sanctioned chess tournament recognized by the U.S. Chess Federation. Its 42 competitors were aged between 12 and 77. Scholastic entrant Charlie Creswell claimed the championship trophy with a crucial […]
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Maine Trucking for Kids Convoy raises over $39K
The Maine Professional Drivers Association recently raised $39,000 for Camp Sunshine of Casco and Camp POSTCARD of Poland. The funds were raised during its annual Maine Trucking for Kids Convoy, held at the Hannaford corporate headquarters on Pleasant Hill Road in Scarborough Sept. 17. Camp Sunshine, which caters to critically ill children and their families, […]
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Ag department awards $304K to GrowSmart Maine
The grant will fund the Building Community Strength program in 10 rural Maine communities.
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UMaine Extension offers free farm finance workshop
UMaine Extension is offering a free farm finance workshop, focused on personal communication. Farmers with at least five years experience are invited to participate in a free, two-hour workshop focused on how individual financial values impact business planning, with opportunities to attend on Wednesday, Nov. 15, Tuesday, Dec. 5 and Wednesday, Jan. 24. The workshop […]
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Western Foothills Land Trust buys 721 acres of forest, river frontage
The Western Foothills Land Trust recently enlarged its existing Twin Bridges Preserve by acquiring an adjacent 721-acre forest tract known as Edwards Mills, one of the Chadbourne Tree Farm working forests in western Maine. The tract includes access from Route 117 and land on both sides of the Crooked River in Norway, Otisfield and Harrison. […]
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Girl Scouts of Maine to host Transforming Leadership Conference
Girl Scouts of Maine plans to host its annual Transforming Leadership Conference from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. The event will be held at the University of Maine at Orono. The exact event location will be shared with participants after registering online to ensure the safety of the Girl Scouts. This opportunity […]
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Literacy Volunteers celebrates ‘Hometown Heroes’
Modern Woodmen of America celebrated the literacy work of Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties, and honored “Hometown Heroes” Elizabeth Cooke, Maggie Davis, Greta Espeaignnette, Claire Levesque, and Aishah Wolfstone, at a MWA members meeting Sept. 19 at Bean’s Corner Baptist Church in Jay. The five Literacy Volunteers tutors were celebrated as a team […]