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Outrageously Funny Improv Show Under The Tent Thursday @ White Duck, Winthrop, Maine
We all love a good laugh, am I right? Of course I am. And what better way to get out and enjoy a night of laughter than with the best improv team in the business. Dennis Price, founder of Capital City Improv, is gearing up for an epic evening of laughs and eats at the White Duck Brew Pub in beautiful Winthrop, Maine.
UMA launches Maine's first aviation technician program
The University of Maine at Augusta is launching Maine's first aviation maintenance technician program, based at the Brunswick Landing aviation campus. The university heard from businesses in the aviation industry that there is a serious lack of technicians to hire, said program director Daniel Leclair. He said LifeFlight of Maine spent a year trying to recruit just one technician.
Sweetser's Child ACT Program aims to fill gap in youth mental health services
MAINE, USA — According to a federal report by the Department of Justice, Maine is lacking in community-based programs that address mental health problems in youth. In response to that report, the behavioral health nonprofit Sweetser launched the Child ACT Program earlier this year. It's the only one of its kind in the state right now and is working to fill gaps in care for people ages 5 to 20.
Five Pillars Butchery awarded $2.7 million grant
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $2.7M grant to Five Pillars Butchery (FPB) in Unity. The grant comes through the Department’s Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) to expand processing capacity and strengthen the food supply chain. The Unity business will use the grant to help construct a new meat and poultry processing facility in the Waldo County community.
Mainers react to assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump
PORTLAND, Maine — "It's sort of a bummer that we've gotten to this place," Samantha Derosier said, speaking in light of the weekend's events. Derosier is one of many Maine voters shocked by the violent acts carried out at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. On Saturday, a gunman attempted...
Maine GOP pushes for voter ID requirement
(The Center Square) — Supporters of requiring photo identification to cast ballots in Maine's elections are making a push to put the question before the state’s voters in November. A proposal, spearheaded by the state's Republican Party and a conservative political action committee, calls for putting a referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot that would require voters to show ID to cast ballots in federal, state and local elections. Backers...
75-year-old man missing for 4 days found alive by K-9 in Maine bog
A 75-year-old man who had been missing for four days after falling off a ledge was found in a bog by a game warden and his K-9, Maine officials said.Michael Altmaier of New Sharon, Maine, had not been seen since last Monday, when he left his home for a meeting in Weld, a small town in the southwest part of the state, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said on social media. His car was later discovered by park staff at the Mount Blue State Park Scenic Overlook in Weld.Maine Warden Service started searching for Altmaier on Friday...
100 Midcoast businesses offer yellow food, drink, gifts in Finding Our Voices July festival
The Midcoast Maine sunburst just got brighter with 35 Camden shops adding yellow to the “Into the Light!” Finding Our Voices Foodie Festival. The festival features 62 eateries across 15 Midcoast towns featuring yellow food and drink menu items with all or part of the proceeds going to Finding Our Voices and Maine’s domestic abuse survivors.
Expansion of midcoast energy facility could lessen Maine’s use of landfills
There is growing urgency for Maine to reduce how much waste it sends to landfills, in part because two other facilities that are meant to turn trash into different forms of energy are in varying stages of closure or reopening.
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