BETHEL — Dr. Daniel van Buren, a cardiologist, is set to present “The Heart of the Matter: The ABCs of Congestive Heart Failure” from 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Bethel Congregational Church, 32 Church St. The snow date is Thursday, Feb. 29. The program is sponsored by To Your Health of Western Mountains […]
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MaineCF offers grants to nonprofits supporting mass-shooting recovery
Nonprofit organizations located in the Lewiston-Auburn region, which are supporting recovery efforts following the Lewiston mass shootings, may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund. The Broad Recovery Efforts & Organizations Fund will support nonprofit organizations that provided, and are continuing to provide, relevant services and support to people […]
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Lewiston cribbage league lists Feb. 1 winners
Lewiston Senior Cribbage League players Gail Marquis and Liz Feeley placed first on Feb. 1. Pat Belanger and Helene St. Hilaire placed second, Carol Laplante and Nancy Fyke third, Pauline Cornish and Connie Pleau fourth, and Mike Martin fifth. The league plays at 9 a.m. Thursdays at the Lewiston Armory/Lewiston Senior Center, 60 Central Ave.; […]
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Lewiston-Auburn Rotary supports women’s program in Zambia
Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club Treasurer Tom MacDonald recently presented a check to club member Joanne Bollinger, board chair of WISE Zambia (Women’s Initiatives that Strengthen and Empower). WISE supports empowerment and economic independence for vulnerable children and women in Zambia through educational, economic, and agricultural initiatives. The nonprofit was born in Maine in 2004 as an […]
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Proposed Farmington senior housing project moves forward
Avesta Housing is planning an affordable senior housing project at 126 Willow Springs Drive in Farmington, requested approval for a Community Development Block Grant to help fund it.
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Auditions to be held for Murder Mystery production
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Black women’s activism focus of lecture at Bowdoin Museum of Art
Caitlin Beach (Class of ’10) will deliver a lecture on 19-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis to be followed by an opening reception for “The Book of Two Hemispheres: Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the United States and Europe” (on view through July 21) at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, in the Beam Classroom of the Visual […]
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New Gloucester poetry publisher receives $45K literary arts grant
NEW GLOUCESTER — Alice James Books, an independent poetry publisher, has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $45,000. The NEA will award 958 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $27.1 million, announced as part of its first round of fiscal year 2024 […]
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Los Angeles comedian Peter Sers on stage two nights in Auburn
Comedian Peter Sers, a Los Angeles based comedian touring with his infectious energy and likeable stage persona throughout the country, will host a showcase of New England comics featuring Mo Awale and Liam Hales at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, at The Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Then on Saturday, Feb. 10, Sers […]
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‘Unseen Hands’ exhibit opens at Maine MILL
“Unseen Hands: The Hidden Elements of Labor,” a new exhibit about unseen labor, will open on Feb 8 at The Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor (Maine MILL) in Lewiston. The show expands the story of people working in Maine, and the story of their work — seen and unseen. It organizes such work […]