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UMF to feature virtual reading by author Daniel Suarez
Suarez will read from his work in a remote live reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18.
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United Way to hold virtual sculpture contest, food drive
Food collected will be distributed to pantries throughout Somerset, northern Kennebec, and western Waldo counties.
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‘Maine’s Big Trees’ topic of Kennebec Historical Society’s March 17 virtual talk
The Kennebec Historical Society’s March Facebook Live presentation “Maine’s Big Trees” is planned for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Jan Santerre will be the speaker. Since 1968, the Maine Forest Service has compiled a list of the largest known specimens of native and naturalized trees in Maine. The 2020 Register contains 146 trees, representing 138 […]
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Kennebec Land Trust’s 2021 lecture series to begin March 18
The Kennebec Land Trust annual conservation lecture series dates and speakers have been announced. Although the trust will not present in-person programs this year, the trust will offer modified introductory Zoom lunch presentations. This year’s lecture series is titled An Introduction to Maine Medicinal Plants: Cultural Uses, Ecology & Botany, according to a news release […]
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Maine’s bumble bees focus of virtual lecture March 18
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s lecturer will be Kalyn Bickerman-Martens.
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USM/LA to host Mission Working Dogs founder via Zoom
The USM/LA Senior College is hosting the “Food for Thought” session.
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Union library to feature family’s travel adventures via Zoom
The Vose Library will feature “A Young Family’s Travel Adventures that Led them to a Home in Maine” as part of its “Zoom with Vose at 6 p.m.” series on Wednesday, March 17.
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Mid-Coast Audubon offers talk on visiting finches
Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free Zoom presentation about the northern finch winter visitors at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 18. To register for the event, email Julia Pierce at jpierce@librarycamden.org. Irruptions — a sudden population spike — of finches from the north inspired Matthew Young to launch the Finch Research Network […]
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East Wilton masons to offer pickup/takeout supper
Meal reservations are requested by 5 p.m. March 18.