AUBURN — The Center for Workforce and Professional Development at Central Maine Community College (CMCC) is offering free Basic Life Support Certification classes. Each course will run twice, Monday, August 15th and Monday August 22nd from 5:00 – 9:00 PM, and is applicable to students entering any of the several healthcare professions (EMT (Emergency Medical […]

READFIELD — The Readfield Historical Society (RHS) annual Wine & Cheese Social will kick off Readfield Heritage Days on Friday, August 12, from 5 – 7 p.m. Guests can tour the RHS museum and meet others with like interests. Refreshments will include wine, sangrias, non-alcoholic beverages, cheeses, and an array of delectable appetizers and sweet […]

FARMINGTON —  Zoomerang is a Vacation Bible School program with an Australian theme. There will be Bible lessons, puppets, songs, games, snow cones, and crafts. All children ages 4 through Grade 6 are invited to attend Monday through Friday, August 1-5, from 9 a.m. to Noon. The VBS will be held at the New Hope […]

REGION — New Ventures Maine will offer an online, tuition-free website development class, Grow Your Business Online—Create My Site, for small business owners on Wednesday, August 3 from 12 – 1:30 p.m. The Create My Site class will cover three main topics: •  Design an effective website: bring the best of your brand to your […]

WILTON — As they travel up the lake from the town boat launch in Wilton, boaters may glimpse an attractive red ball floating in a beautiful expanse of lake, with the Tumbledown range rising in the background. Kayakers and others sometimes paddle right up to it, curious about why it’s there. It’s marked UMF/FOWL to […]

FARMINGTON — Healthy Community Coalition is hosting an adult COVID-19 walk-in vaccine clinics in Franklin County in July. Vaccines are provided at no cost, and all are welcome. The schedule is as follows: Wednesday, July 20, 1-3 pm at Jay Town Office, 340 Main Street in Jay People over the age of 50 can now […]

AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta is offering two new, one-of-a-kind online degree programs to train students for careers in fields pertaining to public and community safety, one that will begin immediately and another that will be offered in the fall of 2022. Students can pursue an online Master of Science in Trauma-Informed […]

LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging for Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties, will offer Living Well for Better Health, a workshop for adults who are interested in learning how to better manage their chronic conditions. Living Well for Better Health will be held Tuesday, July 12, running through Tuesday, August 16, from […]

AUBURN — The Center for Workforce and Professional Development (CWPD) at Central Maine Community College (CMCC) is offering free Computer Support Specialist featuring CompTIA IT Fundamentals + and A+, CompTIA Network + and CompTIA Security + course instruction. All three training courses are being offered in addition to the current Comp TIA A+ course. The […]