The WinterKids Winter Games, a four-week-long outdoor program scheduled to run from Jan. 9 to Feb. 3 is set to feature a variety of activities that get students moving and learning outside. This year’s theme, “My Wild Winter,” encourages students to get wild with a variety of nature-based learning and movement opportunities outdoors, according a […]
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Wilton woman named Miss World Ambassador 2022
A panel of judges chose Maine native Valerianne Hinkley as the 2022 (Division) World Ambassador on July 30. The crowning took place at the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. The national pageant was livestreamed to thousands of viewers from around the world. Hinkley, 20, of Wilton, is a junior at the University of Maine […]
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Rangeley program receives grant from arts commission
Rangeley Health and Wellness has received a $2,500 grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, for its Help Adult Respite Care program. The Creative Aging Grant supports the collaboration between artists and organizations in developing high quality participatory arts programs for older adults. With […]
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UMaine Farmington to honor professor emeritus of English Oct. 14
The University of Maine at Farmington English Program plans to honor longtime and recently retired UMF Professor Emeritus of English Daniel P. Gunn with a symposium to commemorate his legacy of educational excellence. The celebration will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, in the UMF Emery Community Arts Center on […]
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Winthrop center to host Augusta museum co-founder Oct. 13
Genie Gannett, co-founder of the First Amendment Museum in Augusta, is scheduled to speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Winthrop History and Heritage Center, 107 Main St. She will tell the story about how the Gannett family lived their First Amendment freedoms across four generations. Inspired by this history, she will talk […]
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UMaine Farmington to host alumnus, award-winning poet Oct. 13
The University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writers Series is scheduled to present award-winning poet and UMF alumnus Jacques Rancourt as the program’s second reader of the season. Rancourt will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center, South Street. The reading is free […]
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Southern Maine veterans group to meet Oct. 13 in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Southern Maine Squadron SAFB (Sampson Air Force Base) plans to get together for lunch at noontime Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Governors Restaurant, 1185 Lisbon St. The squadron was formed by a group of veterans that went to SAFB on the shores of Senaca Lake near Geneva New York for basic training. Sampson […]
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Lisbon Falls’ Psalterium Institute calls for singers, offers music courses
Leon Griesbach, the founder and director of the Psalterium Institute in Lisbon Falls, plans to offer educational opportunities for high schoolers and adults with little to no experience singing. His Group Singing course is an introduction to basic note reading, ear training and foundational vocal technique. Classes started Sept. 27. All classes will be held […]
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Strand Youth Film Fest entry deadline set for Oct. 31
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s third annual Strand Youth Film Fest, an opportunity for young people in Maine to create and submit their own short films, is taking submissions. The entry deadline for this short film competition is Monday, Oct. 31, with awards and a public presentation of the films in December. Prizes will be […]
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Richmond-based conservation organization to hold talk about PFAS
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s first presentation of its 26th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Forever Chemicals are Everywhere!” is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. The talk features Pat Elder, director of Military Poisons. Series presentations are again being held via Zoom and are accessible via hyperlink at the top of fomb.org. PFAS chemicals are widely […]