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NSB Arena to host Lady Black Bears
For their game against Brown University at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn, the Lady Black Bears will wear these special uniforms in support of the fight against breast cancer.
The Norway Savings Bank Arena will host an NCAA Division I women’s hockey regular season game between the University of Maine Lady Black Bears and Brown University on Friday, October 23 at 7 p.m.
The team is excited about their 2015-16 season and that it will include a trip to Auburn. “I know that this team will represent our university and state with pride,” said Maine Head Coach Richard Reichenbach. “They are tough, competitive, hungry, skilled, and ready for the challenge of moving this program forward.”
The Lady Black Bears roster includes Auburn native Taylor Landry, a two-year captain at Edward Little High School who scored 143 career-goals, 32 in her senior season.
“heART of Photography” at Frontier Café
Named Best of Show was Lewiston-Auburn photographer Jim Walker’s “Jingle Bells.”
The Maine Professional Photographers Association recently opened its “heART of Photography” show at Frontier Café in Brunswick. Works on display in the juried exhibition were selected by acclaimed photojournalist Robert Freson, who has to his credit covers for many national magazines, including “Look,” “Esquire,” and “National Geographic.” His subjects have included notable locales and luminaries around the world, including Sophia Loren, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Princess Diana.
The Best of Show award was presented to Lewiston-Auburn photographer Jim Walker for his entry “Jingle Bells.” Walker lives in Auburn and has a portrait studio on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. Also receiving awards were works by notable photographers Tim Byrne, Barbara Tobey, Michael Cempa, Dan Zukowski, Joanne Lee and Jim Walker.
All works in the show are for sale and on view until January 6. Proceeds benefit the association’s scholarship fund. Frontier Café is located in the Fort Andross Mill at 14 Main Street in Brunswick.
CMCC to add hockey for 2016-17
Central Maine Community College has announced that it will launch a men’s hockey program, to begin play in the 2016-17 season. The team plans to compete in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, an organization of over 415 college- and university-affiliated programs. Now celebrating its 24th season, the ACHA provides structure, regulates operations and promotes the quality of collegiate ice hockey.
Planting Memory Mums at CMMC
Gathering at CMMC to help plant mums are (l. to r.) Spruce Bay Farm and Landscape co-owners Erin Jones and Glenn Bolduc, Dempsey Center Assistant Director Mary Dempsey, WHA vice-president and project chairperson June van Mourik, WHA president and project co-chair Sharon Poulin, WHA board member Terry MacLean, and CMMC medical imaging manager and Cindy Harradon.
The Central Maine Medical Center Woman’s Hospital Association Memory Mums Project is raising money for three cancer-related services: the Dempsey Center; the Bennett Breast Care Center, funding free mammograms for underinsured or uninsured patients; and the Rydholm Center’s Cancer Care Immediate Needs Fund.
Minot Consolidated School wins National Blue Ribbon recognition
Minot Consolidated School in RSU 16 was among 335 public and private schools across the country, and one of two schools in Maine, to be named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2015 by the U.S. Department of Education recently. The other Maine school accorded the honor was Coastal Ridge Elementary School in York.
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools where students demonstrate high achievement learning standards or are making notable improvements in closing the achievement gap. The award affirms the hard work of students, educators, families and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging content.
“Wait Until Dark” opens October 16
From left: Jon Krupp, Amy Hutchins and Michael Serratore in a scene from “Wait Until Dark”
Just in time for Halloween, the Public Theatre will launch its 25th season with a heart-pounding new adaptation of the classic thriller “Wait Until Dark,” playing October 16 through 25.
When a blind woman unexpectedly finds herself alone in her apartment with a sinister group of con-men, she is forced to rely upon her courage and wits to survive. Can she outmaneuver her tormentors by turning her disability to her advantage?
Downtown Lewiston Trick-or-Treat
On Friday, October 23 from 4 to 6 p.m., the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce will host a Downtown Lewiston Trick-or-Treat. The fun will begin at Dufresne Plaza at 72 Lisbon Street, where the Chamber will hand out reusable shopping/trick-or-treat bags and maps listing all of the participating businesses. More than 20 downtown businesses will hand out goodies that evening, while Argo Marketing will host a haunted house.
The Chamber is still signing businesses up to participate. For more information, contact Deborah at the Chamber at 783-2249 or Deborah@androscoggincounty.com.
Agencies partner to launch Good Food Bus
Pictured (l. to r.) are St. Mary’s Nutrition Center Director Kirsten Walter; Emily Horton, representing Congresswoman Chellie Pingree; Cultivating Community Food Access Program Manager Stephanie Aquilina; St. Mary’s Nutrition Center Food Access Coordinator Sherie Blumenthal; Auburn Mayor Jonathan LaBonte; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation President Karen Voci; and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Vice President Edward Kane.
At the Police Athletic League (PAL) Center in Auburn recently, state and local officials joined St. Mary’s Nutrition Center of Lewiston, Cultivating Community of Portland, and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation to launch the Good Food Bus – a colorful, repurposed school bus turned mobile food market.
Auburn first city to join Hire-A-Vet campaign
The City of Auburn recently became the first city in the state to sign up for one of Governor Paul LePage’s newest initiatives, the Maine Hire-A-Vet campaign, which began on September 7. The goal of the campaign is to sign up at least 100 employers who will pledge to recruit and hire at least one veteran each, for a total of 100 veterans hired.
“Auburn has continued to show itself as an employer that supports its staff on active duty and their families when they’ve been called to serve overseas,” said Mayor Jonathan LaBonté. “This is one of the reasons I’m proud to serve this city as its mayor. Our City Manager and Assistant City Manager, both of whom are veterans, responded quickly to establish Auburn as the first municipality in Maine to sign on to the ‘Hire-A-Vet’ program. Auburn is committed to this initiative, and we look forward to adding more veterans to our team.”
The campaign will support employers seeking to expand their hiring of veterans through a network of state and federal agencies, resources and nonprofits; education on military language and culture; assistance with recruiting, hiring, assimilation and retention; a Veteran Hiring Toolkit; and recognition for the hiring and advancement of veterans.
Public Theatre announces season schedule
Tony Award-winning actress Judith Ivey will direct the snappy new comedy “The Ladies Foursome,” playing January 22 through 31.
After being named “Best Theatre in Maine” for the third year in a row this summer by Down East Magazine’s annual readers’ poll, The Public Theatre will launch its 25th season this month with a heart-pounding new adaptation of the classic thriller “Wait Until Dark.” Running October 16 through 25, the play features a blind but capable woman who finds herself in mortal danger when a group of con-men enter her apartment. Can she outmaneuver her tormentors by turning her disability to her advantage?
