NORWAY — The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine announced that they have hired Stephanie LeBlond, LSW, an oncology social worker, on a part-time basis, to assist with patients’ emotional, financial and basic needs. Funding for LeBlond’s position is a result of a one-year operating grant from the Maine Cancer Foundation. LeBlond also holds […]
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Focus on real aging in photo contest
STATE — Throughout our wonderful state of Maine, older residents demonstrate ingenuity, strength, and resilience. We Mainers are determined to live our lives as fully and as independently as possible, and we pride ourselves in contributing to and interacting with our communities. All too often, media depictions of older people emphasize one aspect of a […]
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Extension offers new cooking webinars
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two new webinars about cooking with Maine foods from 2–2:45 p.m. March 9 and March 23. The first March “Cooking with the Maine Harvest” session focuses on using home-frozen fruit in baking and cooking, followed by one about cooking with home-canned foods two weeks later. Instructors share […]
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Extension compost webinar series set
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a three-webinar series about compost issues in agriculture and waste management from noon–1 p.m. March 11, March 23 and March 30. This compost webinar series first examines the organic certification process for compost usage with Caleb Goossen, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) organic crop and […]
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First Universalist March Worship Services
WEST PARIS — There is a sense that we are beginning to emerge from the winter darkness. We look toward warmer days and this year perhaps more than any other, hope for better days ahead. Let us turn hope to action. Join us for Sunday worship services, 9:00 a.m. All are welcome! Please note that we are following […]
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Ornamental landscape design webinar offered
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar about ornamental garden design for home gardeners from 6–7 p.m. March 10. Webinar topics include sustainable approaches to garden design, ideas and tips for siting an ornamental garden, plant selection and arrangement, and sourcing materials. Charlene Spindler Gray, […]
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Amara Ifeji to discuss promoting equity through citizen science
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how citizen science can help promote equity in the science and technology fields 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 1. In this talk, Amara Ifeji will speak to her lived experiences as a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous […]
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All about books: What makes a good mystery?
WATERFORD — All about books: what makes a good mystery? Join us for a virtual ZOOM event with Maine authors Bruce Robert Coffin and Judith Green. Hosted by the Waterford Library Tuesday March 2 at 6:30 p.m. Go to waterfordmainelibrary.org or email [email protected] for link. Judith Green is a story-teller and mystery writer who has […]
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Marine injured in Vietnam earns Purple Heart, Gold Star
PARIS — Peter Rowell was fresh out of Traip Academy in Kittery, Maine, when he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1959. The New Hampshire native barely had time to change his cap and gown before he signed up to serve our country – he was that eager. Peter’s service extended until August 1967, […]