The green, gold and purple colors tell you this dine-in-float is part of a Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) or Carnival (no meat for you tomorrow) parade, celebrating the last chance for feasting and revelry before Lent, which starts today, March 5th. Happy Wednesday! New this week: Tools for Change CCC Training The Community Caring Collaborative […]
Down East Hospice Volunteers needs people like you. You can put a smile on someone’s face by being a visitor for a couple of hours once or twice a week, listening to their life stories, sitting quietly while they rest, watching their favorite TV programs, playing cards or maybe run an errand. Volunteers do not […]
Healthy Acadia had a “wonderful Frost Fair: A Winter Wildlife Fun Day event at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge over the weekend (Saturday, February 😎. Around 150 people came out to enjoy the beautiful weather and enjoy healthy, family-friendly fun with outdoor winter play and exploration!” (Photo above: Hayride) Happy Wednesday! New this week: CCC Training Save the Date […]
The Great Backyard Bird Count Starts this Friday, February 14-17. This is your chance to be part of a worldwide celebration of birds and community. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has the tools to help you plan a perfect GBBC—on your own, or with one of the hundreds of community birding events around the world. Happy Wednesday! New this week: […]
Sunday was Groundhog Day and surprise, surprise, we can expect 6 more weeks of winter. No disrespect to Punxsutawney Phil, but who couldn’t see that one coming? Happy Wednesday! New this week: February StoryWalk® This February, Porter Memorial Library’s StoryWalk® will feature The Giving Tree, a beloved classic by Shel Silverstein that tells the story of a tree’s […]
Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year, kicking off the 16-day Spring Festival. We are now moving from the year of the Dragon into the year of the Snake. The Snake, symbolizing wisdom and transformation, offers opportunities for personal growth and change. Learn more about the Chinese zodiac and the year of the Snake here. Happy Wednesday! […]
Six planets in our evening sky will be in visible alignment throughout January, with the brightest view here in the Northeast occurring tonight, January 22nd. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, and Saturn will line up and be visible from approximately 5:30 – 7 pm. Venus and Jupiter will be the brightest planets to spot, making them ideal […]
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. He was born on January 15, 1929, a Christian minister, leader, and civil rights activist, inspired by the non-violent resistance model of Mahatma Gandhi. During the less than 13 years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Movement, from December 1955 until April 4, 1968, […]
Northern winters can be breathtaking with their soft, ethereal colors and lights. Happy Wednesday! New this week: January CCC Work Group Meeting today The CCC Work Group will be meeting in person today, January 8th, at SCEC’s Machias office on 7 Ames Way. Download an agenda for this meeting. We welcome Jace Farris to talk about the Point in […]
Santa heard the Christmas wishes of more than 250 children on Saturday, Dec. 7, when he visited the historic train station, Station 1898, in Machias at the invitation of the Machias Bay Chamber of Commerce. (Photo courtesy of Machias Bay Chamber of Commerce) Happy Wednesday! New this week: Changes to January CCC Work Group The CCC Work […]