VA Maine Healthcare System is set to host an online Woman Veterans Town Hall and Public Forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. VA Maine provides comprehensive care to women veterans, which includes reproductive health, according to a news release from VA Maine. Paula Greenleaf , VA Maine Women’s Health Director, and Gynecological Surgeon Dr. […]
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UMaine Orono center to host talk about climate justice Sept. 12
The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is scheduled to host the talk “Creative Ecologies and the Aesthetics of Climate Justice” at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12. The speaker will be T.J. Demos, director of the Center for Creative Ecologies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. All […]
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Parks, lands bureau offers new outdoor recreation investments map
AUGUSTA — The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands recently released a Land and Water Conservation Fund Outdoor Recreation Investments Map for Maine. The map was developed in collaboration with the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund, Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation, Maine Recreation and Park Association, Maine Department of Transportation, Appalachian […]
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Department seeks volunteers for Landowner Appreciation Day Sept. 18
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife seeks volunteers to clean up illegally dumped trash on Sunday, Sept. 18, Landowner Appreciation Day. The Keep Maine Clean Program started in 2013 to give outdoor users a tangible and fun way to show landowners their appreciation, according to a news release from the department. Each year, […]
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Rangeley Lakes chamber holds 29th annual golf tournament
The Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 29th annual Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic, held Aug. 17 at Mingo Springs Golf Course in Rangeley. This year’s winning teams are as follows: Men’s A Division — first place was Mike Atwood, Lou Hight, Sam Hight and Adam Orser; Men’s […]
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Augusta bureau plans Veterans and Family Outdoor Expo for Sept. 24
As part of the Governor’s Challenge Team, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services, the Veterans Benefits Administration, VA Maine Healthcare System, and other partner organizations and state agencies plan to co-hosting a Veterans and Family Outdoor Expo. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Cabela’s parking lot […]
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Farmington-based coalition plans September mobile outreach services
Healthy Community Coalition’s mobile health unit is offering free education and health screenings (HS), harm reduction (HR) services, COVID-19 vaccines (CV) for adults, and many other resources in Greater Franklin County communities in the coming weeks. Individualized health coaching and connections to services are also offered, according to a news release from Franklin Memorial Hospital […]
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Dead River Historical Society offers pictorial calendars
STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society’s 2023 pictorial calendars are available. The cover features kindergarten and first grade from 1955 with Jimmy Sylvester, Susan Simpson, Edwin Hewitt, Sandra Fotter, Marcel Dube, Ina Harris, Richard Currie, Terry Wyman, Marcel Nadeau, Linda Vaughn, Raymond Morin, Margaret Hewitt, Dennis Walton, Cecil Brackett, Wayne Dyer, Candy Stevens, […]
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Camden program to cover detection dogs’ role in wildlife research, conservation
The Center for Wildlife Studies “Wild Maine” series of nature programs, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is scheduled to continue at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, with a look at how detection dogs are being trained to assist with wildlife research and conservation efforts. The program will be offered in a hybrid format […]
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Winthrop talk to cover town’s apple history
WINTHROP — Kerry Wilkins-Demming plans present a “History of Apples in Winthrop: What We Know and What We Don’t Know,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. The talk will take place at at the Winthrop History and Heritage Center, 107 Main St. Wilkins-Demming, who lives in East Winthrop, will talk on the early history of […]