LEWISTON — The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society is partnering with national nonprofit Petco Love to host two free pet vaccine events on Saturdays, March 12 and 26. Petco Love established March as “National Pet Vaccination Month” to encourage pet parents to keep their pets up to date on vaccinations and will provide free pet vaccines […]
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Free dental hygiene services available to eligible veterans
The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services and 22 participating clinics, including the UMA Dental Hygiene Clinic in Bangor, are providing dental hygiene services to veterans unable to afford preventive dental care. The services are available at 201 Texas Ave. in Bangor. The Maine Veterans’ Dental Network, overseen by MBVS, received a $100,000 grant from Northeast […]
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Winthrop’s Ice Out Plunge returns March 19
The eighth Ice Out Plunge event is scheduled to begin at noon Saturday, March 19, at the Winthrop Town Beach, Maranacook Lake, and will be hosted by the Alfred W. Maxwell Jr Post 40 American Legion and Auxiliary. Sponsorship and support of this event is being offered by Winthrop Police, Fire and Safety, Hammond Lumber […]
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Lockes Mills-based Legion to host Canine Find it Contest
The American Kennel Club plans to sponsor a Canine Find it Contest at noon Saturday, March 12, at American Legion Jackson-Silver Post 68, at 595 Gore Road in the village of Lockes Mills. Twenty-five trained snoopers will attempt to locate a particular object in one of six randomly spaced boxes in a timed event. Contestants […]
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Museum L-A to host talk by Olympic footwear creator
LEWISTON — Museum L-A plans to host Mike Rancourt of Rancourt & Co this month , who will discuss the creation of the footwear worn by Team USA at the Olympics. The talk is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at the 35 Canal St. museum. Rancourt & Co are the crafters of boots […]
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Fort Kent university seeks athletic hall of fame nominations
The University of Maine at Fort Kent Athletic Hall of Fame Committee seeks nominations of individual student-athletes, teams, coaches, and administrators for induction into the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 18. The induction ceremony will be held during UMFK’s Homecoming weekend in September, according to a news release […]
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SeniorsPlus to offer dementia care workshop series
Lewiston’s SeniorsPlus plans to present Care Partner Support Series — Five Sessions to Change remotely from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursdays from March 17 to April 14. This free series of virtual webinars is designed to educate and connect care partners of a person living with dementia. It is presented in conjunction with Positive Approach […]
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Lewiston/Auburn college to host Food For Thought speaker
The Rev. Allen Ewing-Merrill is scheduled to be Lewiston/Auburn Senior College’s next Food For Thought speaker, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, via Zoom. Ewing-Merrill serves as executive director of The BTS Center in Portland which seeks to catalyze spiritual imagination, with enduring wisdom, for transformative faith leadership, according to a […]
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Lewiston Liturgy to be served in Ukrainian Greek Catholic chant
LEWISTON — Byzantine Catholic Association of Maine has announced that as a show of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and to pray for their protection and victory over the invading forces in their native land, a Divine Liturgy this week will be served in Ukrainian Greek Catholic chant instead of the typical Melkite chant. […]
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Maine photographer to hold photo project workshops
AUGUSTA — Maine photographer Séan Alonzo Harris’s “Light Confirms My Reality,” a community-based photo project and exhibition in collaboration with faculty and students at the University of Maine at Augusta and the Charles Danforth Gallery, is scheduled to be on view Wednesday, March 9, through Thursday, March 31, at the 46 University Drive gallery. The […]