WATERVILLE — From Monday, Jan. 31 through February, the Maine Film Center and Railroad Square Cinema plans to host a “Bring Back Date Night” series, which features five films at 7 p.m. Mondays. The five films include the romantic comedy “10 Things I Hate About You” and the Hong Kong drama “In the Mood for […]
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Union library to host outdoors, travel writer via Zoom
Vose Library plans to host Carey Kish for its next Vose or Virtual Wednesday session, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, via Zoom. Closed captioning will be available. Kish, of Mount Desert Island, is an outdoors and travel writer, veteran hiker and backpacker with more than 20,000 trail miles under his boots. His hiking […]
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China student achieves dean’s list at TN university
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lydia Gilman of China qualified for the 2021 fall dean’s list at Belmont University. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.
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Mid Maine Vettes Club elects 2022 officers
The Mid Maine Vettes Corvette Club held its annual Christmas party at the Village Inn restaurant in Auburn, where members planned upcoming events and elected officers. The new club officers for 2022 include Raymond Faucher, president; Chuck Mailhot, vice president; Richard Therrien, treasurer; Melody Fox, secretary; and Brent Fox, social director. Members scheduled several Corvette […]
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Network partners with Maine CDC in diabetes prevention efforts
Healthy Living for ME is partnering with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to help pharmacists provide their patients with more resources to prevent diabetes. Data from 2018 indicates that 10% of Maine’s population has diabetes and another 8% are aware they have prediabetes, according to a news release from the network. “We […]
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Maine Media Workshops to host San Francisco printmaker
ROCKPORT — Maine Media Workshops + College plans to host an online lecture, “Waste Not, Want Not,” by San Francisco printmaker Marsha Shaw at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2. This lecture is part of the Alumni Lecture Series — a weekly online series offered by Maine Media Workshops + College featuring conversations on topics in […]
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Catholic high school seniors eligible for scholarships
PORTLAND — The determination process for the 2022 Lila Grace Amirault Scholarships has begun, with any Catholic students attending a Catholic high school in Maine eligible to submit an application. To view an application and scholarship requirements, visit portlanddiocese.org. The deadline to submit applications is Friday, Feb. 18. The scholarship fund was established by Patrick […]
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Registration opens for WinterKids’ Downhill 24 fundraiser
Registration is open for the 10th annual WinterKids Downhill 24, scheduled for on Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5, at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley. Presented by Agren, the WinterKids Downhill 24 is a 24-hour ski and snowboard challenge to raise money for WinterKids programs to help more kids build healthy habits through outdoor, winter […]
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Camden Garden Club to continue Winter Horticultural Series
The second of the annual five-part Winter Horticulture Series, presented online in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1. Tom Seymour will present “Foraging — My Favorite Wild Edibles.” In addition to writing his garden column, From The Ground Up, for Courier Publications since the mid-1990s, Seymour is […]
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Waterville posts Jan. 26 parking ban
WATERVILLE — Waterville Public Works asks people to keep the Concourse and all streets downtown clear of parking from midnight to 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26, to allow for snow cleanup. Overnight parking is permitted at the Head of Falls Municipal parking Lot. For questions, call 207-680-4744.