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NEW ACADIA FCU BRANCH MANAGER ANNOUNCED

St FRANCIS, Maine — Acadia Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce that Shawn Parker has assumed the position of Branch Manager at their St. Francis branch location. As Branch manager, Shawn will be responsible for and oversee all operations of the branch office. In addition, he will also be charged with developing the branch’s [...]

Brown Bag Lunch Series

BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor Museum and History Center will host the first Wednesday of each month during 2012 for a free lunchtime program. Bring your lunch, see a short presentation, and look at some artifacts from our collections. The program is 45 minutes long to accommodate the workday lunch hour. Attendees receive a free [...]

Sharp increase in veteran enrollment at NTI

BANGOR, Maine — Jim Liponis, President of Northeast Technical Institute (NTI) announced today that there has been a marked increase in the number of veterans enrolling in career training programs at both their Bangor and Scarborough campuses. NTI, is a nationally accredited school and offers Federal Financial Aid for those who quality. With its short-term, [...]

Journalism Seminar to be held in Presque Isle Feb. 15

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will welcome Jen Lynds, Darrell Dorgan, and Shawn Cunningham to take part in a Journalism Seminar titled Information Overload: How Do You Find the truth? at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Wieden Auditorium. The public is invited to attend this free event and [...]

Verizon Wireless to host workshops for the smartphone

BANGOR, Maine — The Verizon Wireless Communications Store is hosting Android and Apple workshops to help customers become acquainted with their new smartphone. The workshops will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. (Apple iPhone 4S) and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. (Android) Tuesday, Feb. 7. The second workshop will be held from 1 to [...]

The Lobster Conservancy Wins Grant from Maine Community Foundation

FRIENDSHIP, Maine — The Maine Community Foundation has awarded a $4,500 grant to The Lobster Conservancy, which will use the funds to install a new tide gauge at Friendship in support of the conservancy’s 2012 Juvenile Lobster Census. Since 1992, this volunteer-based census has counted post-larval and early-juvenile lobsters in their shoreline nursery habitats — [...]

Maine Sport hosting film festival beginning Feb. 10

ROCKPORT, Maine — Maine Sport Outfitters will host the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Camden Hills High School Strom Auditorium.  The Festival is the largest, most prestigious, mountain festivals in the world. Different films will be shown each night. Admission price will [...]

Bottle Driving and Barn Dancing

STATEWIDE –  For the past nine years, Manes and Tails (a non profit organization) volunteers have networked to support Equine Assisted programs throughout Aroostook County, St. John Valley through South or Houlton. Through raffle sales, grants, dinners, donations of money, time and equipment, the group has sponsored dozens of special needs children and families to [...]

Sign up for Weight Watchers at WCGH

BELFAST, Maine — The Weight Watchers program held at Waldo County General Hospital is looking for new members for a 12-week session at 7 a.m. Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 22, in the WCGH education center. The classes are open to anyone interested in losing weight. Fifteen paid members are needed by Feb. 15. The 12-week sessions [...]

Scenic Byway Advocacy Group to host a public meeting Feb. 2

MILLINOCKET, Maine — The Grindstone Scenic Byway Corridor Advocacy Group will roll out its Partnership plan from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Pelletier Loggers Family Restaurant. The public is invited to attend this event. The event will include an overview of the plan (http://grindstoneplan.wordpress.com), discussion of proposed strategies and projects and [...]