Eleven communal office companies – including 6 in southern Maine – were awarded a total of $500,000 as part of the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan.
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From a Portland hospital bed, this tennis coach with cancer sits courtside for son’s high school debut
Even as he is hospitalized for non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment, Seth Meyer was able to catch his kid’s first match miles away in Rockport. For this tennis-focused family, love is not nothing – it’s everything.
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Expert, author to talk about foraging for edible gilled mushrooms
The Camden Public Library, in partnership with the Maine Mycological Association, is set to host mushroom expert Greg Marley at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 13, for a presentation on foraging for edible gilled mushrooms. Many people are advised to avoid the mushrooms that have gills as a number of toxic species also have gills. Marley’s […]
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Astronomer to offer course on eclipses April 6
The Camden Public Library plans to prepare for the Monday, April 8, solar eclipse by hosting the director of the University of Southern Maine’s Southworth Planetarium, Edward Herrick-Gleason. He will offer a crash course on all things eclipse at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, via Zoom. Attendees also will get a preview of the entire […]
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UMaine Extension, Sea Grant to host citizen science trainings in April, May
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant are hosting a series of workshops for individuals interested in participating in the Signs of the Seasons citizen science project. The first training is scheduled for 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at Stimpson’s Point in Brunswick. Additional workshops will be held throughout April and […]
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Camden library to host hybrid talk by son of spies
Camden Public Library is set to host a hybrid talk by a son of spies in the 55 Main St. Picker Room at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Before there was the CIA there was the Office of Strategic Services, and before the OSS there was the COI — the Coordinator of Information, established under […]
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Midcoast Aububon talk to cover growth of trees
Mid-Coast Audubon is set to host the next program in its nature talk series, in partnership with Camden Public Library, “The Growth of Trees” with speaker Michael Wojtech. The event, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, will take place virtually via Zoom. No single view of a tree is a fixed snapshot in time […]
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Camden school accepting applications for music workshop
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is accepting applications for the Envision Chamber Music Workshop, a week-long music camp for young musicians ages 9-18 in Camden. This year’s program is set to run from Monday to Friday, Aug. 5-9, concluding with a performance on the final afternoon. The daily schedule is 9 a.m. to 4 […]
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Camden woman who played pro baseball in the 1950s dies at age 87
Maxine Drinkwater Simmons played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was the inspiration for the movie ‘A League of Their Own.’
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Finding Our Voices fundraiser to host actor in Camden March 9
Actor Gabriel Byrne plans to make a rare Maine public appearance at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., to raise money for domestic abuse awareness. “An evening with Gabriel Byrne” will feature a screening of Byrne’s 1995 film “The Usual Suspects” followed by a live question and answer […]