Community - Centralmaine.com

Skowhegan club donates books in memory of 3 members

October 12, 2023October 11, 2023

Members of the GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs) Skowhegan Woman’s Club, President Bonnie Chamberlain, Reading Group Chair Kathy Kahler and board member Mary Cayford met with Skowhegan Free Public Library Director Angie Herrick Oct. 4 at the library to read dedications and to donate books in memory of past members. The following women club […]

Community, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel

Local Scouts attend international camporee

October 12, 2023October 6, 2023

EDMUNDS — Cobscook Bay State Park, located on the western shore of Cobscook Bay in Washington County, was recently the locale for the 61st annual Cobscook/Moosehorn International Scout Camporee. More than 140 Scouts and Scouters attended the “Dungeons and Dragons” themed event, according to a news release from Chuck Mahaleris, district chairman for the Kennebec […]

Community

Land trust, historians to host history walk in Readfield Oct. 14

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023

Kennebec Land Trust and Readfield historians Dale Potter-Clark and Bill Adams plan to host a walk at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, to discuss the history of the Rosmarin & Saunders Family Forest and Macdonald Woods. They will share more information about foundations and families, including the John Dutton family, in the old “West Road […]

Community

Center to host hybrid talk on lake association deliberations Oct. 16

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023

ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk, “’Productive Disagreement’ at the Lake: The Role of Deliberation in Lake Associations” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both […]

Community

Online workshop about growing small fruit on farms to begin Oct. 17

October 12, 2023October 11, 2023

Registration is required by Friday, Oct. 13.

Community

Farmington Elks to host Cornhole for a Cause Nov. 11

October 12, 2023October 6, 2023

Proceeds benefit Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services.

Community, Morning Sentinel

Unity-based land trust to offer October programs

October 11, 2023October 10, 2023

Sebasticook Regional Land Trust is set to continue its series of 2023 programs with a meditative, nature exploration walk at Pleasant Lake Preserve in Stetson, a workshop to learn the Avenza Maps app, and a trail work day at Moulton’s Mill Preserve in Unity. With fall bird migrations underway, the trust also is co-sponsoring a […]

Community, Kennebec Journal

Augusta-based chamber holds 7th Up Biz Tour

October 11, 2023October 6, 2023

AUGUSTA – The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce held its 7th Up Biz Tour on Oct. 4. The program exposes students to businesses and career opportunities in the Kennebec Valley. In partnership with the Augusta School Department, the Kennebec Valley Chamber transported 170 seventh graders from Cony Middle School on a day-long tour of different […]