HALLOWELL — The Fairies & Gnomes Festival will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Vaughan Field Dog Park, on Vaughan Field Way. The third annual event, hosted by the Children’s Discovery Museum, will feature child-friendly activities, such as building gnome houses, fantasy face painting, fairy wands and more. There […]
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Farmer Talent Show and Open Mic set for Oct. 5
Second annual event will be held at East Madison Grange.
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Race to End Domestic Violence set for Oct. 21
The 3rd annual Race to End Domestic Violence is set for Monday, Oct. 21, at 16 Prescott Drive, in Hinckley. The 5K-loop course starts and finishes at Prescott Hall on the Goodwill-Hinckley campus. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Those who participate in this event will be part of the solution to end domestic violence […]
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My Money Works class to begin Oct. 2
New Ventures Maine to how workshops in Farmington.
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Gardiner to host Maine’s Bicentennial with speaker series
The Gardiner Library Association will begin celebrating Maine’s bicentennial with a yearlong speaker series celebrating the history of the communities making up the Lower Kennebec Valley. The series will kick off with a presentation by State Historian Earle Shettleworth Jr. titled “Charles Allen’s Kennebec River Photographs, 1898-1907,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at the […]
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Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency Fund awards 25 Maine organizations
Local grantees based in Benton, Madison, Monmouth, Alna and Waldoboro.
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Congressman Golden to speak Oct. 3 in Winthrop
Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber to host event.
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Optimal brain health talk continues Oct. 3 in Newcastle
NEWCASTLE — Steve Raymond will continue his talks on preventing cognitive decline and maintaining optimal brain health at noon Thursday, Oct. 3, at The Lincoln Home, 22 River Road. This presentation is an introduction to the practice of mindfulness, which goes beyond meditation to the cultivation of a moment-to-moment awareness with a non-judgmental attitude, according […]
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Skowhegan church’s music director to be honored Oct. 5
Organist Jeff Quinn to be recognized for 50 years at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church.
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Kennebec Historical Society honors Ernest Plummer
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Historical Society’s Personnel Committee has picked longtime archivist Ernest L. Plummer, of Pittston, as the first recipient of the society’s newly established W. Scott Hill Service Award. Plummer resigned this month after having volunteered in a variety of KHS positions over 16 years, including two terms as president. He and his […]