SKOWHEGAN — A benefit roast beef takeout dinner is set for 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Tewksbury Building on Island Avenue. Cost is $10. Proceeds will help pay to have heat pumps installed at the Federated Church. To reserve a dinner, call 207-474-2776, 207-474-0129 or 207-399-0508 by noon Friday, May 12. Takeout orders […]
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Sidney arts academy to hold spring recital May 13
SIDNEY — Maine Arts Academy plans to hold its free spring recital at 9 a.m. Friday, May 13, on the Maine Arts Academy campus at 11 Goldenrod Lane. Guests will be guided around campus to view students in theater, dance, vocal and instrumental performances, according to a news release from the academy. “Maine Arts Academy […]
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Paper shredding event set for May 20 in Damariscotta
A Shredding on Site event is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday, May 20, at the Bath Savings Bank parking lot next to the Chapman-Hall House, 270 Main St. in Damariscotta. People can take advantage of this opportunity to clean out old documents like financial papers and bank statements for shredding by professionals, according […]
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Elm City Bridge Club names May 3 winners
FAIRFIELD — Ed and Joyce Rushton were winners at the Elm City Bridge Club’s May 3 game. A three-way tie for second went to Sylvia Palmer and Tom Nelson, Paul and Judy Jones, and Pat Kick and Dick Quinlan. The club meets at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Elks Lodge on Industrial Road in […]
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Winthrop land trust, Hallowell commission to host talk on Maine birds
Kennebec Land Trust and the Hallowell Conservation Commission plan to host Barbara Vickery, co-editor of “Birds of Maine,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. The presentation and discussion — to be held at the Cohen Community Center, 22 Town Farm Road in Hallowell — will cover the book and conservation priorities in the state of […]
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Ag department accepting acres through conservation program
The Grassland signup closes May 13.
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Rangeley announces Best Dog on Earth Day winners
The Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce has named the winners of its sixth annual Best Dog on Earth Day event, a celebration of dogs and Earth Day. Participants were entered in a raffle for a prize basket of items donated by local businesses. The winner was Jeffery Brann and his Golden Retriever Boone. Other winners […]
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Sierra Club Maine celebrates Earth Day with local cleanups, hikes
Nearby areas included Hallowell and Augusta.
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Farmington men clean memorial arch
American Legion Post 28 Post Cmdr. Matt Smith and First Vice Steve Bunker recently cleaned the World War I Teague Memorial Arch in Farmington, according to a news release from the Mt. Blue Area Garden Club. Both men are Farmington selectmen and work part-time at the Wiles Remembrance Center, where they have been trained in […]
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Falmouth-based Audubon chapter to host nature talk
Western Maine Audubon plans to sponsor its third nature talk, a presentation by Dr. Ron Butler entitled “Maine’s Damselflies and Dragonflies,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, in the University of Maine at Farmington’s Lincoln Auditorium at 270 Main St. This presentation, open to the general public, will begin with a general overview of the […]