The Alfond Youth & Community Center is participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program during the academic year to make evening meals available at no separate charge to children without regard to race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental […]
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Struggle for Women’s Suffrage topic of Sept. 30 talk
AUGUSTA — The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage: The Story of One of the Biggest Civil Rights Movements in History, will be the topic of a talk set for 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, at the Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St. Refreshments will be served. 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, when […]
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The Milkweed Puppet Theater to perform Sept. 28
‘The Dandelion Girl’ will be at the Farmington Public Library.
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Sen. Bellows to hold public office hours Sept. 28
Sen. Shenna Bellows, D-Manchester, will hold public office hours from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at Mughal Palace, 730 River Road, in Chelsea. Public office hours provide local residents a chance to meet with their elected officials, ask questions, and get help with legislative or state government matters. Bellows will give updates on […]
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Local author Fred Lipp to give talk Sept. 28
The Whitefield Library will host its first “Author’s Corner” with local author Fred Lipp at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the library at 1 Arlington Lane, in Whitefield. A long-time Whitefield resident, Lipp is the author of a number of books, including seven multicultural children’s picture books set in different countries, and he will […]
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Belgrade roads to be closed Sept. 24 through 26
Wings Mills Road between Dunn Road and Location Road will be closed for construction/culvert replacement.
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Bicentennial Lecture Series continues Sept. 29
In the third talk of a Bicentennial Lecture Series sponsored by Lincoln County Historical Association and Old Fort Western, James Francis, president of Penobscot Nation, will draw on his studies into the relationship between Maine Native Americans and the landscape of the 1600s. The talk is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, […]
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Native Americans of the Wabanaki Confederacy topic of Sept. 27 talk
UMF New Commons Project spotlights the importance of the canoe in Maine.
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Maine Hospice Council to host conference Oct. 17, 18
The Maine Hospice Council will host a two-day National Hospice Volunteer Conference Oct. 17 and 18 at Holiday Inn By-the-Bay, 88 Spring St., in Portland. The conference theme is “Volunteers: Contributing to the Wellness of Our Society.” The event will honor the contribution Hospice volunteers make to patients and families. It also provides a forum […]
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Festival celebrating Lebanese culture set for Sept. 28
A celebration offering a firsthand experience of the rich traditions of Lebanese culture and the Maronite Catholic Church is set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the MacCrillis-Rousseau Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8835 on 175 Veterans Drive, in Winslow. St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church in Waterville invites all to gather […]