RUMFORD — Western Foothills Kids Association will host a Lights On Afterschool celebration from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Middle School. Lights On Afterschool celebrations are held nationwide to draw attention to the many ways after-school programs support students, families and communities. There will be displays of artwork and photographs taken by […]
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Maine State Museum hosts events for Maine Earth Science Day
AUGUSTA — Scientists, artists, educators, geologists and weather forecasters from around Maine will gather at the Maine State Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 16, for the annual Maine Earth Science Day. Curious students and visitors of all ages will find something to investigate in the museum-wide celebration of earth sciences. The event begins at 9 a.m. and […]
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Team Hailey Hugs announces event
BETHEL — Team Hailey Hugs, a nonprofit organization devoted to raising awareness of childhood cancer, will hosting a day of food, music, entertainment and fireworks Saturday, Sept. 1, in the Town Common. Highlights will include: • An all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast; • Music from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., including local acts and professional recording artists; […]
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Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine sponsors wellness event
NORWAY — The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine will host Welcome Summer Wellness on Wednesday, June 20, at Posabilities, 15 Tannery St., Norway. Anyone impacted by cancer and caregivers are invited to attend and participate in one or all activities. The schedule is: 12:30 p.m. — Check-in and sign-up for individual sampler sessions. 12:45 […]
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County GOP to host Lincoln's birthday event
LEWISTON — Appearances by Gov. Paul LePage, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and gubernatorial candidates will highlight Androscoggin County Republicans’ celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on Friday, Feb. 16. The event at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center will include a reception, dinner, program and auction from 5 to 9:30 p.m. For tickets, go to […]
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Bates College offering MLK events Sunday, Monday
LEWISTON — Peniel Joseph, author, historian and founder of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Boston’s Tufts University, will be the keynote speaker at Bates College on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Joseph’s talk is titled “Reimagining Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Obama and the Age […]
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Norway residents split over controversial rural wedding barn
NORWAY — Residents along a rural private road in North Norway implored town officials to reject a proposed wedding center planned for Delano Drive to protect their peaceful neighborhood. Around 60 area residents packed into a large meeting room at the Town Office on Thursday night to discuss allowing owners of a rural lodge and […]
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Singers unite in Farmington to just sing for the joy of it
FARMINGTON — A group gathered this past Friday at the Farmington Community Center “to sing just for the joy of it,” organizer Eileen Liddy said. They enjoyed it so much that they decided to continue meeting weekly to just sing, she said. The meeting day has changed. The group will now meet from 12:45 to […]