AUGUSTA — A new free monthly webinar series analyzing Maine workforce strategies launched this month with a conversation about managing remote workers. The series, called Business Blueprint: Workforce Strategies in Maine’s Evolving Economy, features guests with lived experience and subject matter expertise, sharing best practices, opportunities, and resources to benefit Maine businesses and workers. The […]
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WinterKids License to Chill Silent Auction opens
The auction will run through Dec. 7.
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Maine Woodland Owners to offer online talk on managing property Dec. 10
Maine Woodland Owners is hosting a presentation geared for property owners in Maine who are new to managing their woodlands. Maine Forest Service District Forester Lauren Ouellette plans to present “You Have Woods … Now What? Ten Important Things for New Woodland Owners” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10, as part of the online […]
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Camden library to host hybrid wellness program on sugar Nov. 14
The Camden Public Library is set to host local women’s health and functional medicine consultants Charlene Orne and Deb Czuchra for a presentation about the effects of sugar at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. The program, “I’m sorry Sugar, but we need to break up,” will take place in the Picker Room at the Camden […]
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Hybrid talk on impacts of boats on alum-treated lakes set for Nov. 13
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a hybrid talk, “Navigating Water Quality: Understanding the Impact and Perceptions of Boat-Generated Waves on an Alum Treated Lake in Maine” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability […]
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Virtual keynote on Wabanaki perspectives on foodways set for Nov. 16
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is inviting the public to the virtual 2023 Horticulture Keynote on the Wabanaki perspective on foodways at noon on Thursday, Nov. 16. Anthony Sutton, Passamaquoddy from Sipayik and assistant professor of Native American studies and food systems at the University of Maine, will present “History, Health Disparities, and […]
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Friends’ winter speaker series continues Nov. 8
Tara Thornton, deputy director of the Endangered Species Coalition, to talk about endangered species
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Downeast Trout Unlimited plans hybrid meeting about PFAS in Maine Nov. 15
Downeast Trout Unlimited plans to hold a hybrid meeting about PFAS in Maine: Background and Where We Are Now at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Moore Community Center at 125 State St. in Ellsworth and via Zoom. Louise Roy, environmental hydrogeologist with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, will give an overview of […]
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Camden library to host hybrid talk about about Ecopsychology Nov. 7
The Camden Public Library welcomes Amory Wilcox for an introduction to the exciting and interdisciplinary field of ecopsychology at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the Picker Room and on Zoom. Wilcox will guide the audience through sensory exercises and contemplative questions that touch on education, healthcare, and food systems. Learn about the applications […]
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Online course on QuickBooks for farms, agriculture businesses to begin Nov. 6
ORONO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a free QuickBooks Online course tailored specifically for small farms and agriculture businesses. The four-night course will be held at 6 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, Nov. 6, 8, 13 and 15. Designed for farm and agriculture business owners seeking to implement a robust accounting […]