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Steller’s sea-eagle in the Boothbay region

BRLT Story trail

Now through Feb. 13 Read the family friendly, read aloud book “Mice Skating” at Oak Point Farm, 60 Samoset Road, Boothbay Harbor. This children’s book, written by Annie Silverstro and illustrated by...
Healthy new year fitness options

New year of opportunity at BRYMCA

Name a popular New Year resolution. Lose weight! Exercise! Eat healthier! Get more sleep! Survey says … all of these as well as improving fitness and saving money. Look up New Year resolutions on...
Skidompha Library offering Wired Wednesdays: Drop-in technology help

Do you have questions about using your phone, tablet, or computer? Would you like to learn about posting to social media? How about learning to use Skidompha's digital resources? Skidompha is happy...
Kieve-Wavus staff make meals for Wiscasset food pantry patrons

The kitchen staff at Kieve-Wavus Education, Inc. are no strangers to making meals for their neighbors in need. From March 2020 to April 2021 they ran a meal delivery program at their campus in...
Coastal Rivers offers online program: Meet a Maine Forest Ranger

The day-to-day work of a Maine Forest Ranger can include dangling from a helicopter rescuing a hiker on a remote peak, using infrared technology to search for wildfires, or patrolling a large service...
Online women’s Bible study group

Are you searching to hear the Word of God? Are you looking for an opportunity to fellowship in the Word with other women in the coming year? Then it’s time to start the new year with not only a...
now offering boosters to those ages 12 and older

MaineHealth opens high-volume vaccination clinic in Portland

MaineHealth is responding to an increase in demand for both booster shots and first dose vaccinations in southern Maine by opening a temporary high-volume vaccine clinic at 110 Free Street in...
DOE updates COVID-19 general policies for schools

AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and the Maine Department of Education has announced further revisions to the Maine CDC’s public health guidance for...
Edgecomb animal shelter reopens on-site adoptions

Midcoast Humane’s Edgecomb campus has reopened on-site adoptions by appointment after three years of being a surrender and animal care-only facility. However, while interested families may enter the...
BBB tip: New year, new finances

The holiday expenses may be looming on the credit card bill, or perhaps the bank balance is a little lighter from the extra gifts exchanged with family and friends. If this is the year to reduce...
UMaine Extension offers beginners maple syrup workshop Jan. 29

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an in-person maple syrup production workshop for beginners 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Jan. 29. The class first meets at Shaw Brothers Construction Company, 341...
Make a New Year’s resolution to get a memory screening in 2022

As we approach year’s end and get ready for 2022, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is encouraging individuals to make a New Year’s resolution to get a memory screening. AFA offers free,...
New Year’s resolutions are achievable with help from New Ventures Maine

New Ventures Maine has announced tuition-free online workshops and classes for January that are designed to help people in Maine start a business, build a career, and manage money. The full class ...
Maine Commission releases report pushing for affordable housing solutions

AUGUSTA – This month, Speaker Ryan Fecteau and Sen. Craig Hickman chaired the final meeting of the Commission to Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions....
Walking trails, bicycle paths and other improvements are under consideration

Bicycling alone, no more: Maine moves toward active transportation

Sue Ellen Bordwell rarely saw another bicyclist during her commute on Route 1 from Yarmouth to the University of Southern Maine in the 1990s. “Then one day there had been this little dusting of...

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