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Run For Your Life in Camden, May 25: 5K Obstacle Course Race raises awareness of need for more First Responders
First responders host first-ever endurance trial at Camden Snow Bowl, open to all CAMDEN — Local firefighters are busy this week at the Camden Snow Bowl raising beams high into trees, slinging ropes and otherwise building obstacles for the first-ever Run For Your Life race on Ragged Mountain, a rugged, ...
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Bath student to lead Healthy Changes in Schools throughout Maine
BATH, Maine – Noa Sreden, a student at Bath Middle School, will serve as state ambassador for Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school nutrition and physical activity program created in partnership with the Maine Dairy & Nutrition Council and the NFL, in collaboration with USDA. Fuel Up to Play ...
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MAS Home Care Lewiston open house
LEWISTON, Maine — MAS Home Care of Maine, which offers eldercare and children’s services, will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at its new location at 1180 Lisbon St. There will be an opportunity for anyone interested in joining its staff to do ...
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Relay for Life of Penobscot County raises about $226,000 to fight cancer
Bangor Daily News on May 20, 2013, at 12:07 p.m.
ORONO, Maine — The Relay For Life of Penobscot County is projecting about $226,000 in donations for its 2013 effort. The dollar figure is not finalized because the annual event still has money coming in, and there are a couple of additional events over the next few weeks that will ...
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CCLC obtains $1.2 million grant for Heartwood Lodge
The Cobscook Community Learning Center received great news last week when word of an anonymous $1.2 million grant came through the door. This funding propels the CCLC within $300,000 of finishing the $2.5 million campaign to complete the Heartwood Lodge campaign in its entirety, including a second building that expands ...
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Somerset County deputy sheriff to be honored by Elks
SKOWHEGAN – The Maine Elks Association in conjunction with the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday (May 17) that Deputy Joseph A. Jackson has been nominated by the Maine Elks Association for the prestigious Grand Lodge of Elks Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Award. This award has been established by the Benevolent ...
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Marine Corps League Greater Bangor Area Detachment 1151
The Marine Corps League perpetuates the traditons & spirit of all Marines & Navy Fleet Marine Force (FMF) Corpsmen, who proudly wear or who have worn the eagle, globe & anchor of the Corps.Founded in 1923 by World War 1 hero, then Major General, Commandant John A. LeJeune, and approved ...
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Full Moon Paddle at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
First Full Moon Paddle of the season on Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 PM. Share a quiet evening on Pushaw Stream with Wildlife ecologist Bucky Owen and resident beavers, muskrats and otters. Meet at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, Gate 3 in the parking lot (35 Hudson Rd., Alton). Reservations and cancellations ...
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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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