How did volcanic eruptions impact the flow of the Nile River and affect social unrest in Ancient Egypt? Joseph Manning, the Simpson Professor of Classics and History at Yale University, will explain in a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 in Room 100 of the D.P. Corbett Business Building at the University of Maine. […]
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Sampson veterans to meet LEWISTON — The first get together of the Southern Maine Squadron of the Sampson Air Force Base for the summer will be at noon Thursday, May 10, at Governors Restaurant This is an informal monthly get-together of veterans that went through basic training at the base and their guests. All veterans are […]
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Curious Minds to discuss advanced care planning
AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library and Lewiston-Auburn Senior College will continue the Curious Minds Lecture Series when it presents “Endings Matter: Advanced Care Planning.” Katherine Amsden, an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Social Worker and LCSWD, will lead the discussion at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. Amsden’s […]
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'Thinking About Thinking' lecture at UMF
FARMINGTON — Former Hebron Academy teacher Phil Keith will speak on the uses of rhetoric in thinking and teaching at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in the North Dining Hall at the University of Maine at Farmington. The talk is titled “Thinking about Thinking” and is open to the public. Keith will draw on his teaching experience […]
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Beekeepers to hear speaker TOPSHAM — The Sagadahoc County Beekeepers Association will hold a meeting on Wednesday, April 11, at the Topsham Grange Hall, 47 Pleasant St. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for socializing and refreshments and the business meeting will start at 6:30, followed at 7 by guest speaker Phil Gaven of the Honey […]
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Davis to describe gardens of England at McLaughlin lecture
PARIS — “Gardens and Castles of England and Wales,” presented by Carolyn Davis, will be the final lecture in the 2018 McLaughlin Garden series on Wednesday, April 4. Davis has visited the properties in the United Kingdom that she will discuss in her illustrated lecture. Listeners will experience both public and private gardens as well […]