HINCKLEY — SKILLS, Inc., a nonprofit serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in central Maine, has planned a hiring event for 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Northern Kennebec Valley Career Center at 23 Stanley Road. The center is located in the Averill building on the campus of the Kennebec Valley Community College […]
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Scholarships offered to adult learners in Franklin County
Adult learners from Franklin County who are returning to school for post-secondary education are eligible to apply for the Hugh and Elizabeth Montgomery Scholarship at the Maine Community Foundation, with offices in Ellsworth and Portland. Preference is given to students for whom a scholarship would make a significant difference in their ability to attend school. […]
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Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust receives grant for project
The Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust is the recipient of a grant from the Land Trust Alliance and the Open Space Institute, the funds from which will be used to incorporate climate science into strategic land protection and stewardship efforts. This will harness the land’s natural ability to capture and store carbon, according to a […]
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Restoring traditional sweetgrass harvesting focus of Nov. 14 talk
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is scheduled to host a talk, “Wabanaki plant gathering in Acadia National Park: Mobilizing Indigenous Knowledge to restore traditional sweet grass harvesting,” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14. The talk will be held remotely via Zoom and in […]
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Franco-American, Irish genealogy talk set for Nov. 14 via Zoom
The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine plans to host a lunch talk at noon on Zoom on Monday, Nov. 14. The talk will cover the intersection of Franco-American and Irish genealogy with B.J. Jamieson. Jamieson is the genealogy reference specialist at the Maine State Library. This position allows her to indulge her […]
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Chesterville society to hold 1-room schoolhouse reunion Nov. 13
The Chesterville Center Union Meeting House and the Chesterville Heritage Society are collaborating on an evening of reminiscences about attending a one-room schoolhouse. The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Meeting House, 3 Borough Road in Chesterville. Rural Maine schoolhouses were typically of the one-room variety until the 1957 Sinclair […]
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Farmington church taking orders for Nov. 23 Thanksgiving pie sale
FARMINGTON — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is accepting advance orders only for its annual Thanksgiving Pie Sale, set for 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 59 High St. Orders must be received by Sunday, Nov. 20. All pies are nine inches. Apple, pumpkin and custard cost $12. Chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, pecan, rhubarb and […]
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Lewiston Food for Thought presentation to cover fraud
Lewiston/Auburn Senior College plans to host Grace McCarthy, an expert on fraud and a speaker for AARP Maine, for its November Food for Thought program. The presentation is set for 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14, in Room 170 at USM Lewiston/Auburn, Westminster Street in Lewiston. For those who prefer Zoom, organizers will put out a […]
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Jay VFW post announces Veterans Day events
JAY — Frank L. Mitchell VFW Post 3335 plans to hold its Veterans Day ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. The event will be held at the VFW Post 3335 flag pole, at 64 Jewell St. Local VFW, AMVETS and American Legion posts, along with their auxiliaries’ members, will participate in this day of […]
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Mobile outreach harm reduction services available through Dec. 28
Sites are located in Wilton, Farmington, Phillips and Livermore Falls.