LEWISTON — Students enrolled in the Northeast Technical Institute Manufacturing Training Program recently toured Elmet Technologies in Lewiston, as well as International Paper’s corrugated box plant and Modula, both in Auburn. Students were accompanied by training partners NTI classroom teacher Scott Moran; and Christina King, Lisa Hartnett and Monica Millhime of Western Maine Community Action (WMCA). […]
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Norlands open for tours through August
LIVERMORE — The Norlands Living History Center is offering tours in July and August for visitors to experience life in 19th-century Maine and learn about the celebrated Washburn family. Norlands is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Visitors can tour the 1867 Washburn family mansion and farmer’s cottage, attend school […]
Scribners Mill opens for summer visitation, tours
HARRISON —The historic Scribners Mill Sawmill & Homestead is open from 1 to 4 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of the month this summer. This year’s focus is the restoration of the wooden hearth in the blacksmith shop. Local blacksmith, Lucas Damen, will be in the shop demonstrating blacksmithing techniques. Tours of the site […]
Step back in time summer tours at Washburn-Norlands center to end August 30
The Norlands is a multi-faceted living history museum and working farm offering in-depth experiences in 19th-century rural Maine life. It is also the ancestral home of Livermore’s Washburn family, one of America’s great political and industrial families of the 19th century. During summer living history tours, the 1867 Washburn mansion with its attached farmer’s cottage […]
Auburn photo tours focus on historic, architectural features
AUBURN — A downtown photographer hopes to help local shutterbugs turn their lenses on Auburn’s historic architecture and other views Thursday. Kaitlin Crowell, owner of Kait Lavin Photography at Court Street Studios, joins Auburn Economic Development Specialist Alan Manoian on a guided tour of downtown Court Street and Main Street that offers information about architecture […]
Mt. Blue Campus to hold tours prior to football game
FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue Campus will celebrate homecoming and hold a community open house from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the campus on Seamon Road. The last tour will begin at 6:15 p.m. Visitors are asked to meet Mt. Blue High School National Society members in the lobby inside the front […]