AUGUSTA Realtors, affiliates and friends of the Kennebec Valley Board of Realtors plan to kick up their heels in the ninth season of the Dancing with the Realtors competition and fundraiser on Friday, March 31. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., followed by a cocktail reception. The dancers will have trained for 10-plus weeks to compete […]
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Comedian Karen Morgan plans Augusta performance March 17
A Falmouth comedian will perform a benefit show at Le Club Calumet.
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Augusta’s city processing software unavailable March 16, 17 for upgrade postponed
Some city services will be impacted.
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Grants available to nonprofits serving vulnerable communities
Nonprofit organizations that serve disadvantaged, underserved or vulnerable communities may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund. The fund awards grants to nonprofits that focus on early childhood care and education, extended-day learning, community clinics and oral-health initiatives, food security, people experiencing homelessness, and legal services. Organizations must […]
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Applications open for disabled veterans’ controlled moose hunt
AUGUSTA — Applications for the annual Maine Disabled Veterans’ Controlled Moose Hunt are available on the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services’ website at maine.gov. The program, created in 2010, allows veterans to assist in mitigation of a wildlife conflict in several fresh produce crops. The hunt is a partnership between Maine Department of Inland Fisheries […]
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Food for Thought talk on well water contaminants set for March 24
The Zoom talk is presented by Lewiston-Auburn Senior College.
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Augusta-area society to host author’s talk on Maine statehood, War of 1812
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Historical Society’s March presentation, “Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812” by author Joshua M. Smith, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at the Augusta City Center, 16 Cony St. Smith writes in his book, “Today Americans obsess about disorder in the nation. Politics have become bitterly partisan, […]
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Winthrop land trust to launch lecture series March 16
WINTHROP — The Kennebec Land Trust has scheduled the dates and speakers for its annual conservation lecture series. This year’s program is “Maine’s State Parks & Public Lands: Conserving Nature, Managing People, and Embracing the Future.” The land trust’s 2023 Lyceum will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 16, 23 and 30, at the […]
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Public takeout supper set for East Wilton
WILTON — A public takeout supper is set for 5-6 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at the Harland M. Harnden Masonic Building, 70 Bryant Road. The corned beef meal will include a homemade dessert. Due to circumstances, home delivery will not be available in either Wilton or Farmington. The price will be $10 for adults and […]
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Augusta-based society to offer online talk on pirates March 15
AUGUSTA — Kennebec Historical Society’s March Facebook Live presentation, The Pirates of New England, is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15. It will be presented by Seth Goldstein, the educational coordinator for the Atlantic Black Project, a grass roots nonprofit that examines Maine and New England’s marginalized history and the regions complicity with the […]