WATERVILLE — Kennebec Valley Community Action Program’s South End Teen Center celebrated its 20-year milestone anniversary with an open house Sept. 21. The gathering included youth-led tours of the newly updated facility. Recent upgrades include freshly painted walls in all of the rooms and new appliances, with the addition of a washer and dryer for […]
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‘Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy’ season 3 kicks off in Calabria
Tucci is back. Our beloved Stanley Tucci, beautifully dressed and tanned, is back on CNN in season 3 of his tours of his native Italy, and we’re happy to see him eating again. So far we’ve watched one of our favorite actors prowling the streets of, (let me check my notes, and there are pages […]
Calloway Coffeehouse fundraiser to benefit domestic violence prevention
AUGUSTA — Calloway Coffeehouse is scheduled to host a fundraising event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Cony High School, 60 Pierce Drive. The fundraiser is for domestic violence prevention in memory of Chellie Calloway. Calloway died in 2004 after being fatally shot by her husband. Since then, the Cony Key Club, music, and […]
Vaccination clinic set for Monday in Waterville
WATERVILLE — A COVID-19 community vaccination clinic for the entire family is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at Educare, 56 Drummond Ave. Baby and pediatric COVID-19 vaccines, bivalent boosters will be available. Bring your insurance card if you have one. For more information, call 207-590-5564. Check out other upcoming area events!
Kennebec Woodland Partnership forestry field day set for Fayette
FAYETTE — The Kennebec Woodland Partnership plans to host a forestry field tour of Kennebec Land Trust’s Oak Hill Conservation Area at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, on Norton Road. KLT will be managing this property to protect Maine’s wildlife and water quality and for outdoor recreation. Some of the property’s forest stands will be […]
Augusta library to offer talk by USM associate professor, biographer
AUGUSTA — Lithgow Public Library plans to hold a midterm election and biography book event about Thomas Brackett Reed at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Community Meeting Room at 45 Winthrop St. As the midterm campaign intensifies, this free presentation by University of Southern Maine associate professor and biographer Robert Klotz views the […]
Maine Children’s Cancer Program benefits from toy collections
The Skowhegan-Madison Elks No. 2531 recently received a donation of toys from New Balance, as well as toys from the community, to be delivered to the Barbara Bush Center in Scarborough. The Maine Children’s Cancer Program has been a major project of the Maine Elks Association for many years and works to provide toys for […]
Waterville organization seeks applications, items for Christmas program
Christmas Program at Maine Children’s Home is accepting applications from families who want to receive assistance providing gifts for their children this holiday season. “We actually begin prep for the holiday giving season in July at Maine Children’s Home,” Christmas Program Director Amanda Simmons said in a news release from the Waterville-based organization. “We accept […]
Presentation on aging in Maine set for Skowhegan theater
SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset Education Association-Retired organization plans to host a free presentation by the Marti Stevens Interactive Improvisational Theater. The event will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Tewksbury Hall on Weston Avenue. The group will perform scenarios about the challenges many Maine citizens 50-plus encounter as they live and age […]