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DownEast Dancers Big Band Dance
Saturday May 10: DownEast Dancers invites you to swing and sway to the classic “big band” sounds of Sentimental Journey. 7:30-10:30PM, Ellsworth Y. $10 pp/$6 seniors and students. All are welcome! Come dance with us! FMI 667-8333.
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Hampden Children’s Fair – a giant indoor annual yard sale May 3rd 9-12
Saturday, May 3, 2014 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Location: Hampden Children's Fair, 1 Main Road North, Hampden, Maine For more information: 207-234-3302 more than 50 tables featuring baby and children’s equipment, toys and clothing (baby thru junior adult) at the Skehan Recreation Center, Hampden. Doors open at 9AM until …
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Mind Body Spirit Festival in Belfast
Saturday, May 31, 2014 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: University of Maine Hutchinson Center ,Me 04915, 80 Belmont Ave, Belfast, Maine For more information: 207-314-1499; mindbodyspiritfestival.org May 31th, Saturday—Mind Body Spirit Festival 10am-4pm. Belfast, Maine. Enjoy this festival of holistic health practitioners, readings from psychics and mediums, animal communicator, …
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Pamela MacRae Awarded Inaugural Unity College Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Unity, Maine – Unity College Assistant Professor of Sustainable Fisheries Management Pamela MacRae has been named the recipient of the newly established Unity College Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Earlier this year, the directors of the Unity College Undergraduate Research Program and the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs …
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Dancing Like The Stars
The class of 2015 Project Graduation at Hermon High School will be hosting Dancing Like The Stars on May 10, 2014, at 6:00 PM at Hermon High School. There will be several couples, including Mr. Walsh, the Hermon High School principal! Cost is $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for students. …
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ROSE BIKE TREK DEMO DAY
Sunday, May 4, 2014 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: Rose Bike, 9 Pine st, Orono, ME For more information: 2048663525; rosebike.com Come join Rose Bike and Trek for a factory demo day. Test ride Trek’s new line of Road/ Mountain/ WSD bikes before you buy them. There will be …
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Rose Bike Trek Demo Day
Sunday, May 4, 2014 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: Rose Bike, 9 Pine St, Orono, ME For more information: 207-866-3525; rosebike.com Come join Rose Bike and Trek for a factory demo day. Test ride Trek’s new line of Road/ Mountain/ WSD bikes before you buy them. There will be …
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Rose Bike Trek Demo Day
Come join Rose Bike and Trek for a factory demo day. Test ride Trek’s new line of Road/ Mountain/ WSD bikes before you buy them. There will be food and beverages available, along with a marked loop for MTB riders. Ride a bike and receive a discount coupon toward the …
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TAMC Cardiac Rehab helps County woman heal heart to help others
Aroostook County – A County woman has a new lease on life and celebrated it recently by walking in the 33rd Annual UMPI Spring Runoff 5K Road Race with a staff member from TAMC’s Cardiac Rehab Department who helped make it possible. Carolyn Kimball of Presque Isle, a retired Aroostook …
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Down East Singers offers way to remember loved ones on Memorial Day
Bangor Daily News on April 24, 2014, at 4:55 p.m.
Monday, May 26, 2014 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location: Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., Camden ROCKPORT, Maine — Down East Singers’ annual Memorial Day concert will offer an opportunity this year for “in memoriam” recognition in the printed concert program. The concert, 5 p.m. Monday, May 26, will be …
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Maine Humanities Council receives $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information: Lizz Sinclair, Maine Humanities Council, 207-773-5051 April 24, 2014 PORTLAND, Maine – The Maine Humanities Council has received a grant of $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop and offer programming for veterans in Maine and nationwide. Building on the multi-year …
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Mercy Hospital’s Sarah Vasil honored for work in sexual assault
Bangor Daily News on April 24, 2014, at 4:42 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine – Mercy Health System of Maine is pleased to announce that Sarah Vasil, RN, a Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) in the Emergency Department, was presented with this year’s SAFE Award on April 1, at the annual Blaine House Tea on April 1. Her exceptional dedication and care for …
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South Portland Maine Hosts 2014 USA Ultimate High School NorthEasterns Championship
Saturday, May 10, 2014 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, May 11, 2014 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Wainwright Recreational Complex, 125 Gary L. Maietta Parkway, South Portland , Maine For more information: (207) 767-7650; maineultimate.org/northeasterns May 10-11 PORTLAND, ME April 21, 2014 – Maine Ultimate, a Portland-based nonprofit dedicated …
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“Framily Feud” Gameshow: Politicians VS Pastors & Concert Fundraiser
Saturday, May 10, 2014 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: Williamson Performing Arts Center, 9 School Street, Fairfield, Maine For more information: 207-643-6016; newhopeshelter.com The New Hope Women’s Shelter is hosting a “Framily Feud” Game show event to be held at the Williamson Performing Arts Center in Fairfield on May …
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UMA Announces Fall 2013 full-time student Dean’s List
Bangor Daily News on April 24, 2014, at 4:21 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Provost Joseph Szakas has announced the University of Maine at Augusta’s 2013 Fall Semester Dean’s List. To be on the Dean’s List, a student must earn a 3.25 grade point average for a given semester and must be enrolled full-time. Androscoggin Auburn: Subhecchya Ghimire, Michele McClure, Penny Tozier Durham: …
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Bay Chamber Music School Open House Faculty Recital
Bangor Daily News on April 24, 2014, at 4:16 p.m.
Sunday, May 4, 2014 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location: Bay Chamber Music School, Village of Rockport, Rockport, Maine For more information: 207-236-2823; baychamberconcerts.org ROCKPORT, Maine — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is hosting an Open House and Faculty Recital on Sunday, May 4, in Rockport Village. The Music …
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Modern Media and Women’s Health with Ruby Nash
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center, 700 Mt. Hope Ave. Suite 420, Bangor, Maine For more information: 207-947-5337; mabelwadsworth.org The human experience is increasingly mediated. All messaging about politics, products, and culture come to us in manipulated form through publicity, marketing, …
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Bay Chamber Music School introduces new faculty members
Bangor Daily News on April 24, 2014, at 4:08 p.m.
ROCKPORT, Maine – Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is proud to announce the addition of two new faculty members to its roster of professionals: Nate Martin, double bass instructor and Nicole Rabata, flute.Both Martin and Rabata will teach private lessons to all ages and abilities at the Music School studios in the Shepherd …
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Annual Kiwanis Spring Yard Sale in Bangor
Bangor Daily News on April 24, 2014, at 3:48 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, 2014 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: Fireside Inn, Main Street, Bangor, Maine For more information: 207-478-2189 BANGOR, Maine – The Bangor Breakfast Kiwanis will hold its annual Spring Yard Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, on the front lawn of the Fireside Inn, Main Street in Bangor, across from …
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Zonta Club Basket Bingo at Bangor
Bangor Daily News on April 24, 2014, at 3:32 p.m.
Sunday, May 4, 2014 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Davis Community Center, Davis Road, Bangor, Maine For more information: 207-391-2522 BANGOR, Maine — Zonta Club of Bangor Basket Bingo will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Davis Community Center, Bangor. Cost is $12 per person or $10 per person for groups …
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