Healthy Community Coalition plans to host several COVID-19 walk-in vaccine clinics in Greater Franklin County in the coming weeks for individuals ages 18 and older. Vaccines are provided at no cost and all are welcome, according to a news release from Franklin Community Health Network. Those attending will be administered their choice of the Moderna […]
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Land trust seeks volunteers for Woolwich lake alewife count
WOOLWICH — As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual Nequasset alewife count. Counting alewives is a way to celebrate spring, take part in one of the world’s great migrations, and help an important and historic fishery, according to a […]
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Website offers facts on Maine foods for May
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering information and workshops to help consumers find, grow, use, preserve and store in-season fruits and vegetables in Maine. Offerings for May include: • Facts on Fiddleheads • Facts on Edible Wild Greens in Maine • Fruits for Health: Rhubarb • Spring Refrigerator Pickles UMaine Extension educator […]
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Birding enthusiast to present phone applications program
Anna Christie-Carnicella, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s land protection specialist and birding enthusiast, plans to give an interactive program on birding phone applications at 8:30 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7. This is a program designed for beginner birders, according to a news release from the Bath-based trust. The program will start in the trust’s conference room […]
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Winthrop historical society reschedules doll party for May 7
Winthrop Maine Historical Society has rescheduled its doll party with local author Karen Richards Toothaker for 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 7. The party will be held at the Winthrop History and Heritage Center at 107 Main St. The interactive, make-and-take doll party requires no sewing, according to a news release from the society. […]
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Farmington society to hold May Fair event
The Farmington Historical Society plans to hold a May Fair celebration, similar to those held for many years in town, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Titcomb House, 118 Academy St. For more than 50 years, from 1896 until after World War II, the Women’s Alliance of the Unitarian Church, […]
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Children’s Discovery Museum, artist partner to make exhibit pieces
The museum plans to launch a capital campaign with activities-packed family “FUNdraising” day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30.
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Hallowell ladies guild assisting Augusta pregnancy center
Members of the Sacred Heart Ladies Guild, based at Sacred Heart Church on 12 Summer St. in Hallowell, plan to set up baby cribs at the church to collect items for a local pregnancy center that has helped thousands of women over the years. The cribs will be set up at the church on Sunday, […]
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Hathaway women project seeks stories, photos, artifacts
WATERVILLE — Artist Maggie Libby, Colby Special Collections and Archives staff, and Paula J. Raymond, a South End neighbor and partner in the Hathaway Women project, are gathering the stories of the women who worked at the Hathaway shirt factory. Women of the Hathaway are invited to share their memories, stories, pictures and artifacts from […]
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Meals on Wheels program selected as grant semi-finalist
Spectrum Generations was recently selected by the State Farm Neighborhood Assist program as a semi-finalist for a $25,000 grant in support of the Meals on Wheels program. A total of 200 semi-finalists have been selected for this round of consideration. Winners will be selected following a 10-day voting period that goes through Friday, May 6. […]