NAPLES — Blues will fill the air this weekend when the Maine Blues Festival presents a lineup of nonstop music by bands and vocalists at many venues around town. The event, always held on Father’s Day weekend, gets going on Friday with several performers appearing at local pubs and restaurants. They include Mark “Guitar” Miller, […]
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Vegetarian cooking NORWAY — Plant-based cooking classes will be held at 5:30 p.m. Mondays starting June 18 at Taste of Eden Vegan Cafe. June 18: Planning ahead for a healthy breakfast; June 25: Cooking in a crock pot; July 2: How to make dessert healthy; July 9: Making your favorite meals gluten-free and vegan; July […]
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Farmers Market June 14 will honor fathers
NAPLES — The Naples Farmers Market on the Village Green will be open Thursday, June 14, celebrating fathers with music, barbecue and fun. The Farmers Market will be open, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The gazebo will be alive with music by local musicians throughout the market day. Meat vendors will […]
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Volunteers needed BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust needs volunteers to help with a National Trails Day effort to improve Bald Peak Trail on its Pleasant Mountain Preserve on Saturday, June 2. “National Trails day is a great time to get outside and celebrate our natural surroundings,” said Loon Echo’s Stewardship and Volunteer Coordinator Jon […]
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Farmers market returns to Naples
NAPLES — Beginning Thursday, May 24, the town will once again have a farmers market on the Village Green. The market will be open every Thursday, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Labor Day. Opening day will be full of music, food and fun. The gazebo will host a number of […]
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Bridge reopens in Naples
NAPLES, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation is celebrating the opening of a new bridge in Naples. Friday’s event marks the transfer of traffic from the old bridge to the new one, the Bay of Naples Bridge, which is an important milestone in the $9.2 million restoration of the Naples causeway. Traffic in […]
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Naples Public Library will host book signing
NAPLES — Have you ever been in a situation where you had to choose between your own interests and the best interests of others? That dilemma plays out in “The Day the Frogs Went Hopping Mad,” written by Heath A. Roberts of Casco, who will give a book signing Tuesday, May 22, at the Naples […]
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First Time Campers raffle offers free weekend of camping
For more information about the First Time Campers program or to get an application, call 688-4712, or visit www.take-it-outside.com. For more information about Maine state parks and historic sites, visit www.parksandlands.com. WELD — Forty-four lucky families will get a free weekend of camping this summer at one of 11 Maine state park campgrounds, such as […]
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Military note – Isaiah Bruns
LAWTON, Okla. — Army Pfc. Isaiah R. Bruns has graduated from the fire support specialist advanced individual training course at Fort Sill. The field artillery specialists serve in intelligence activities including target processing in field artillery, cannon battalions, division artillery, artillery and maneuver brigade and headquarters and fire support elements. The course is designed to […]
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Students participate in international study program
CANTON, N.Y. — The following students are participating in St. Lawrence University’s International Study Program for the spring 2012 semester. Meredith C. Allen, of Farmington; Allen, a member of the class of 2013, is studying in International Student Exchange Program. She graduated from Mount Blue High School. Melissa Raleigh, of Naples; Raleigh, a member of […]