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Eastport Health Care Part of Pilot Project to Revolutionize Health Care Down East
EASTPORT _ A medical team approach to a patient’s health care soon will be an integral part of a new pilot program at Eastport Health Care. Maine Quality Counts of Augusta and EHC have partnered together to bring this groundbreaking multi-year pilot project approach to Washington County. The new focus ...
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Ecopsychology explored in program at Bar Harbor Library
BAR HARBOR — Discover the emerging field of ecopsychology, at a presentation on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at the Jesup Memorial Library. Dennis Kiley from the Institute for Integrative Living will give this presentation about an emerging discipline that integrates the fields of ecology and psychology to support ...
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Veterans with walking sticks to receive stickers at Bangor’s Memorial Day Parade
BANGOR — For 18 years, the walking stick program at Cole Land Transportation Museum has inspired hundreds of veterans to participate in Bangor’s annual parades. What started out as a gift for World War Two-ers only has now put Maine-made maple walking sticks in the hands of more than 8,300 ...
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Lindsey Eaton joins Allen Insurance and Financial
CAMDEN, Maine — Lindsey Eaton of Hope has joined Allen Insurance and Financial as a scanning associate in the company’s Camden office. A Camden native and graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School, Lindsey is new to the insurance industry and is studying for her Maine property & casualty license ...
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT MAINE LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM IN ROCKLAND
The Maine Lighthouse Museum is in need of volunteers both in the museum and in the Lighthouse Gift Shop! No experience required! Even if you can only volunteer once a week or a few times a month, don’t be afraid to come see us at the museum! We need your ...
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Haynes Galleries presents ‘Linden Frederick: Untold stories’ in the East Gallery
THOMASTON, Maine — Haynes Galleries presents Linden Frederick’s scenes of small-town America. Frederick’s works are tinged with nostalgia, but at the same time, there’s a touch of apprehension — something just out of view that makes his work that much more riveting. The show is on view from June 28 ...
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Genealoogy: Find Your Family Roots
GENEALOGY: BUILD YOUR FAMILY TREE GENEALOGY: BUILD YOUR FAMILY TREE Wednesdays June 5, 12 & 19 Gibbs Library, Washington Maine In this three part hands on workshop, Norman and Libby Casas, will teach you how to use internet based programs to find your ancestors. You will use popular genealogy search ...
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Idita-Readers Read from Anchorage to Nome
The local Idita-Read reading incentive program sponsored by the Downeast Dog Scouts has been a great success from all accounts by readers, parents, teachers and librarians. From March 2nd through April 22nd of this year, 184 children logged a total of 188,375 reading minutes or 3,140 hours, working toward their ...
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Special Historic Bus Tour offered by Machias Historical Society
Machias – As a part of the Machias 250th Anniversary Celebration the Machias Historical Society announces they are sponsoring a bus tour of historic Machias River Valley sites. Local historian, Valdine Atwood, will conduct the tour with plans to visit numerous interesting sites in the area, telling the story of ...
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NMDC offering free entrepreneurial training
CARIBOU, Maine — Northern Maine Development Commission (NMDC) is offering just starting out entrepreneurs in Aroostook and Washington counties free tuition in the Top Gun Prep course from the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, but the deadline for submitting an application is rapidly approaching. Top Gun Prep is a series ...
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The IRS Must Remain Above Politics
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may be the most powerful, and feared, federal agency in Washington. It is absolutely essential that it always remain above politics, yet we discovered recently that the IRS is failing in this mission. I am appalled by the abuses of power at the IRS that ...
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Views from Quoddy Head State Park
The snow and cold of winter are a fading memory and spring has arrived. It’s already mid May and the the days are getting longer and warmer. Out of state license plates have also arrived and are starting to appear around Lubec and surrounding areas. Today alone I’ve seen Pennsylvania, ...
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Dennysville Memorial Day Observance
The one hundred forth-eighth Memorial Day Observance will be held in Dennysville on Monday, May 27, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Dennysville-Edmunds Congregational Church. A short service will be held there, and it will consist of patriotic songs, reading of Revolutionary War Veterans’ names, story of a veteran, and ...
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It’s not too warm for Infrared Testing!
It’s home improvement season – and this spring is a perfect time to prepare your home for next heating season. Schedule a FREE consult with Evergreen Home Performance to find out how you can gain comfort and cut costs – and act now to take advantage of Efficiency Maine’s $600 ...
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Meet the Georges River Land Trust-K2 Family Foundation Artists in Residence
The Georges River Land Trust and the K2 Family Foundation will introduce their 2013 Artists in Residence to the public at the Highlands Coffee House, Main Street, Thomaston, on Tuesday, May 28, doors open at 6:30 pm with a presentation at 7 pm. Elizabeth Billings and Michael Sacca of Tunbridge, ...
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Talent Show Postponed
Due to the Memorial Day weekend, Pam Martin’s 4th annual Talent Show is postponed to Sunday, June 2nd at 2pm. An audition will be held on Friday, May 24, 6-8pm. Show admission, $6 each. Vote for favorites, $1 per vote.Bangor Grange hall, 1192 Ohio St. Call Rolf at 973-3976 or ...
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Upper Union River Historical Society Plans Work-bee Luncheon
Members of the Upper Union River Historical Society will be meeting on Saturday, May 18th at 11 a.m. at the Brick School House in Aurora. Interested people are encouraged to attend. We are looking for new members and old photographs of schools in the area of the Upper Union River ...
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Penny Lamhut, MD, joins PCHC’s Community Care & Geriatrics
Bangor Daily News on May 16, 2013, at 5:38 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that Penny Lamhut, MD, has joined the medical staff of PCHC’s Community Care and Geriatrics whose multi provider team serves patients in area nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, or for in-home visits. Dr. Lamhut’s practice centers on all aspects ...
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Maine Prep’s “Word of the Day” is a Hit With Students – and the Entire Family
Maine Prep’s free online SAT vocabulary-building service, “Word of the Day,” is generating an enthusiastic response from students, their parents and school guidance counselors. The Brunswick-based test prep company delivers to hundreds of e-mailboxes every morning a relevant SAT word and definition, accompanied by a sentence and graphic. Many subscribers ...
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Maine Elks elect new officers, present awards
SOUTH PORTLAND – The 84th Annual Maine Elks Association (MEA) convention was held at the Merry Manor Inn in South Portland May 3-5 where new officers were elected and awards were presented to individual lodges, members and student contest winners. Dwayne Guy of the Rockland Lodge will serve as state ...
Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
Authorities ask for volunteers in search for missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable
A letter to Michelle Obama in light of military sex assault epidemic
Scandals, real and imagined
IRS targeting
Manchester 15-year-old off to impressive start for Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports
Houlton council, community still concerned about costly Millar Civic Center
For those who are too fat for Abercrombie and Fitch
Kitchen Nightmares meltdown or: How to lose an argument online
Market Basket in Biddeford starts hiring 300 workers
Arguments over gun control and abortion will never be settled