FARMINGTON — The UMF Emery Community Arts Center invites the public to join us during Maine Jazz Camp week for a series of evening concerts by Jazz Camp faculty and students. Concerts will be held in the Emery Performance Space on the University of Maine at Farmington campus and are free and open to the […]

AUGUSTA — Following a rise in animals testing positive for rabies in the state since the start of this year, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) urges Maine people and visitors to take steps to prevent rabies.Between January and May of 2023, the Maine CDC confirmed 30 cases of rabies in […]

REGION — Help celebrate World Blood Donor Day June 14 and help ease a concerning shortfall in blood donations last month. The shortfall could stress the American Red Cross blood supply. The Red Cross collected over 26,000 fewer blood donations than needed in May to meet the needs of patients. The need for blood is […]

EAST WILTON — Western Maine Community Action, Inc. (WMCA) has stopped taking Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP or Fuel Assistance) applications for this year. Maine State Housing Authority obligated all available funds and ended the program April 12th. HEAP is not an emergency program. It is a supplemental program which is meant to assist in […]

LIVERMORE FALLS — At the May 28 First Baptist Church of Livermore Falls service families, friends and visitors filed into the First Baptist Church with eager anticipation. Today we planned to celebrate veterans who served our country in the Armed Forces, we were to celebrate Pentecost which was the beginning of the church. Pastor Russ […]

WINTHROP — The Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed (“FOCW”) is excited to announce the hiring of Tom Mullin as executive director. “We are extremely proud to introduce our talented and committed new Executive Director to the Cobbossee Watershed,” said Elizabeth Neale, President of the FOCW’s Board of Directors. Mullin has spent his career working in […]

NORTH JAY — The large, white, stately building at the corner of Route 4 and Route 17 in North Jay is a familiar sight to anyone traveling north or south on Route 4. It is the home of North Jay Grange #10 and was also the home of the last Grange Store in the country, […]

PORTLAND — Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, including those in Maine, indicate that certain symptoms of long COVID occur together and that long COVID was more common and severe in study participants infected before the 2021 Omicron variant. The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and has […]

NORTH JAY — The large, white, stately building at the corner of Route 4 and Route 17 in North Jay is a familiar sight to anyone traveling north or south on Route 4. It is the home of North Jay Grange #10 and was also the home of the last Grange Store in the country, […]

WINTHROP — The Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed (“FOCW”) is excited to announce the hiring of Tom Mullin as Executive Director. “We are extremely proud to introduce our talented and committed new Executive Director to the Cobbossee Watershed,” said Elizabeth Neale, President of the FOCW’s Board of Directors. Mullin has spent his career working in […]