The University of Maine Center on Aging plans to host the 16th annual Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium, “Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Delivery of Age Friendly Health Care” online Monday, Oct. 25. The colloquium — co-sponsored by the UMaine Institute of Medicine and School of Social Work, the Maine Gerontological Society, the Maine […]
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‘Food for Thought’ to host Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition founder
LEWISTON — University of Southern Maine Lewiston/Auburn’s first Food For Thought speaker for the 2021-22 year is scheduled to be Joseph Jackson, founder and director of Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition and an accomplished poet. This program is free and open to the public. It will be presented on Zoom at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6. […]
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Charlie Marie plans live, virtual concert from Camden stage
Charlie Marie will perform SoundCheck series concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at the Camden Opera House, at 29 Elm St. in Camden. Marie fell in love with country music at 10 years old, after a music teacher compared her voice to the timeless croon of Patsy Cline. She began riding horses at the […]
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UMaine Extension plans sugarbush leasing webinar
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Land for Good plan to offer a webinar about the sugarbush lease process at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28. “Developing Sugarbush Leases” will include resources and best practices for assessing land value and land leases, and discussions of case studies relevant to maple producers considering a lease […]
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Panel discussion to feature ‘Indigenous Mid-Century Maine’
The final Maine’s Mid-Century Moment Series is scheduled at noon Friday, Sept. 24, to feature “Indigenous Mid-Century Maine,” with a panel discussion exploring the cultural and political issues affecting Indigenous communities. This virtual event is free and open to the public, but registration is required (docs.google.com/forms/d/1ahnk3ufDNwDtg3ax11JblIzVCGCMJNKTUKgqk1oOjuw/viewform?ts=60c90451&edit_requested=true). The University of Maine at Augusta’s panel discussion will […]
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University to offer webinar on food preservation
FORT KENT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to offer an online class on dehydrating and freezing for food preservation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23. Participants can learn how to safely preserve foods by blanching and freezing, or by using a food dehydrator. Freezing instructions and a dehydration food guide will […]
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Talk to cover experiences of woman merchant mariner
The Camden Public Library is scheduled to host merchant mariner Megan Frey for a presentation of the challenges and insights from her career. The virtual talk is to begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23. Frey will narrate an online slideshow of photographs from ocean passages, such as sailing around Cape Horn on the […]
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Mitchell Center to host talk on economic sustainability
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is scheduled to host a talk about sustainability in Maine’s secondhand economies. The talk is to be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, both remotely via Zoom and in person at 107 Norman Smith Hall on the University of Maine campus. […]
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Talk to focus on team science, lessons from kindergarten
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a talk about how collaborative teams can draw from lessons learned in kindergarten to tackle complex problems. The talk is to be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at the center — located at 107 […]
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Timber harvesting, hauling businesses offered webinar
BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency plans to present a webinar on the Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9. This webinar is for operators in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. The organization aids businesses […]