Gardiner, Maine - The Gardiner Library Association continues celebrating Maine’s bicentennial with a yearlong speaker series celebrating the history of the communities making up the Lower Kennebec Valley. All events are free and open to all.
“Maine’s First Referendum: The Who, What, Why and When of the Vote for Statehood in the District of Maine and the Lower Kennebec Valley,” by Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, at 6:30 p.m on Thursday, December 5, 2019. Although there are now six communities in the Gardiner Library Association’s service area, in 1819 this geographical area included only three: Gardiner, which included what are now West Gardiner and Farmingdale; Pittston, which included Randolph; and Litchfield. Secretary Dunlap will speak about the 1819 referendum question that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in the District of Maine. Secretary Dunlap was elected by the Legislature to serve as Maine’s 47th and 49th Secretary of State. He was sworn in on Jan. 8, 2019, to his fourth consecutive and seventh overall term of office.
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Monday, November 18, 2019
CELLIST MIKE BLOCK & GUITARIST DEREK GRIPPER IN CONCERT AT THE DANCE HALL IN KITTERY, MAINE
Renowned guitarist, violist, and composer Derek
Gripper forged his career blending classical music with African folk traditions.
Kittery, Maine- On Saturday, November 23rd at 7:30p.m., cellist Mike Block and guitarist Derek Gripper
join forces for a concert at The Dance Hall in Kittery, Maine.
Mike Block is a celebrated cello player, singer,
composer, and a Grammy Award-winning member of the Silk Road Ensemble. Block's solo show features a mixture of original compositions and songs, arrangements of traditional folk music, and classical selections that draw inspiration from his diverse collaborations with artists such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Mark O'Connor, Indian tabla player Sandeep Das, and pop stars including will.i.am, Stevie Wonder, and Bon Iver.
Yo-Yo Ma has praised Block as the "ideal musician of the 21st-Century."
Passionate about cross-cultural collaboration through music, Mike is committed to inspiring individuals and connecting communities. At home in a wide range of musical styles, through a multi-genre approach to composition, performance and education, he seeks to inspire audiences and empower musicians to find joy in the full world of music.
Mike is member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble (SRE), having joined in 2005 while a student at The Juilliard School. He has been featured as cello and vocal soloist, contributed arrangements and compositions, and earned a Grammy Award in 2017 for their album, Sing Me Home.
Mike is member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble (SRE), having joined in 2005 while a student at The Juilliard School. He has been featured as cello and vocal soloist, contributed arrangements and compositions, and earned a Grammy Award in 2017 for their album, Sing Me Home.
As an innovator, Mike is among the first wave of cellists to adopt a strap in order to stand and move while playing. Employing his patented design, The Block Strap, Mike was the first standing cellist to perform at Carnegie Hall. The NY Times characterized the performance as, "Breathless ... Half dance, half dare."
Renowned guitarist, violist, and composer Derek Gripper has forged a career blending classical music with African folk traditions. The Cape Town-based musician first came to prominence in 2001 with the ensemble Sagtevlei, a collaboration with jazz accordionist and trumpeter Alex van Heerden and a string quartet. The group's spare deconstructions of South African music became known stylistically as "New Cape," a vision Gripper continued to follow on his first solo guitar release a year later.
Over the following decade Gripper continued to push the boundaries of classical guitar both on his own and with other iterations of Sagtevlei. He released an inspired collaboration with Indian tabla master Udai Mazumdar and had one of his pieces adapted by acclaimed string ensemble the Kronos Quartet. Gripper's 2012 LP One Night on Earth launched a new phase of his career as he adapted the complex music of the kora (a 21-string African harp) for solo classical guitar. In 2015, he released a second collection of kora adaptations called Libraries on Fire.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door and can be purchased
at
www.thedancehallkittery.org.
Belfast Sand Shed Located at New Public Works Building
The sand shed for public use is now located at the new Public Works building at 54 Crocker Road. Drive up the driveway toward the new building and it is just off to the left.
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Maine Maritime Women's Soccer Falls in NCAA First Round
With the loss the Mariners conclude their season at 13-5 overall, while the Mammoths improve to 15-3-1 overall and extend their winning streak to nine games.
The Mariners held the Mammoths scoreless for the first 32 minutes of action before giving up an unassisted goal to Isabel Stern in the 33rd minute, to give Amherst a 1-0 lead. The Mammoths added on another goal shortly before half as Natalie Landau found Ruby Hastie in the 40th minute to push the lead to 2-0 going into halftime.
Amherst picked up a quick goal early in the second half as Stern scored her second of the game off of another Landau assist to make it 3-0. Hanna Gustafson scored her first of two in the 61st minute, when Landau found her for her third assist of the game, making it 4-0 Mammoths. Gustafson scored minutes later in the 68th minute from Navva Sedigh, extending the lead to 5-0. Maine Maritime would hold Amherst scoreless for the final 22 minutes of the game.
Emily Conway (Charleston, S.C.) picked up eight saves in 78 minutes of action for the Mariners, while Bess MacArthur (Castine, Maine) added two more in 12 minutes of relief. Antonia Tammaro made zero saves in the start and 28 minutes of action for the Mammoths, while Erica Sanders added one saves in 62 minutes of relief and the win.
Lauren Wood (Vallalboro, Maine) and Kelsea Anair (Richmond, Maine) each picked up a shot for the Mariners.
(Courtesy of Maine Maritime Sports Information)
Mariners Pick up First NCAA Postseason Set Win in 3-1 Defeat
MEDFORD, Mass. -- Maine Maritime Academy volleyball fell to Johnson & Wales University, 3-1 (22-25, 25-11, 25-11, 25-9) on Friday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Mariners are the first North Atlantic Conference (NAC) team to claim a set victory since the conference earned an automatic qualifier in 2004.
With the loss, the Mariners conclude the most
NAC Cross Country Teams Compete in NCAA Regional Championship North Atlantic Conference
Brunswick, Maine - North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Men's and Women's Cross Country teams raced in the NCAA New England Regional Cross Country Championships hosted by Bowdoin College on November 16th.
Williams College won both the men's and women's team events. Each race had 54 scoring teams and more than 380 runners.
UMaine-Farmington earned the best NAC women's team finish in 40th place. The Beavers were paced by 2019 NAC Champion Katie LeBlanc (Saco, Maine), the fastest NAC woman of the day, who completed the 6K in a time of 23:10.0 and in 82nd place.
Husson (42), UMaine-Presque Isle (49), and Maine Maritime (51) achieved team scores, while Northern Vermont-Lyndon, SUNY Canton, and Thomas also had individual women compete.
On the men's side, Maine Maritime achieved the best score amongst NAC teams with a team finish of 29th place. The Mariners were led by John Hassett (Castine, Maine), who clocked in at 26:13.6 as the 58th runner across the line in the 8K race.
Thomas (37), Husson (39), UMaine Farmington (46), SUNY Canton (47), and UMaine-Presque Isle (49) scored as teams, while Northern Vermont-Lyndon also had individual runners compete.
As a provisional member of the NCAA Division III, SUNY Delhi is unable to compete in NCAA post season events. The Broncos men's team excelled in the USCAA National Championship held in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on November 8th, achieving the program's second run of four straight national titles by winning their fourth consecutive USCAA Championship. Abshir Yerow (Syracuse, N.Y.) also reached a milestone with his first individual national crown with a time of 25:38.14, establishing Delhi's third straight year with a USCAA Individual Champion. Four Broncos earned First Team All-American status, while two more placed on the Second Team, as the men finished with 28 points. The women's team placed third, with one First Team All-American and two Second Team All-Americans.
Great Falls Forum with Sarah Perry
The 2019-2020 season of the Great Falls Forum continues on Thursday, November 21st, featuring author Sarah Perry, with a talk entitled “After the Eclipse: Grief, the Law, and the Making of a Memoir.” The program will take place from 12 noon to 1 PM in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library.
A violent act is an epicenter; it shakes everyone within reach and creates other stories, cracks open the earth and reveals buried secrets.” So begins After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search, Sarah Perry’s account of her mother’s murder in Bridgton, Maine, when Sarah was twelve years old. Crystal Perry was a hardworking single mother, a hand-sewer in the Sebago shoe shop who was beloved by many in her hometown. During a twelve-year investigation, local police and state detectives worked tirelessly to find her killer, while Sarah, the only witness, did what she could to help them while working to grow into a woman who would make her mother proud. Driven to know more about Crystal even after the trial, she wrote After the Eclipse, published in 2017 to excellent reviews in The New York Times, The Portland Press Herald, Slate, Kirkus, and Publisher’s Weekly.
In the six-year process of writing the book, Sarah interviewed many people involved in the investigation, including lead detective Walter Grzyb. For this month’s Great Falls Forum, Sarah and Det. Grzyb will come together for a discussion of Crystal’s life and death, as well as their process of revisiting both for the creation of the book.
A violent act is an epicenter; it shakes everyone within reach and creates other stories, cracks open the earth and reveals buried secrets.” So begins After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search, Sarah Perry’s account of her mother’s murder in Bridgton, Maine, when Sarah was twelve years old. Crystal Perry was a hardworking single mother, a hand-sewer in the Sebago shoe shop who was beloved by many in her hometown. During a twelve-year investigation, local police and state detectives worked tirelessly to find her killer, while Sarah, the only witness, did what she could to help them while working to grow into a woman who would make her mother proud. Driven to know more about Crystal even after the trial, she wrote After the Eclipse, published in 2017 to excellent reviews in The New York Times, The Portland Press Herald, Slate, Kirkus, and Publisher’s Weekly.
In the six-year process of writing the book, Sarah interviewed many people involved in the investigation, including lead detective Walter Grzyb. For this month’s Great Falls Forum, Sarah and Det. Grzyb will come together for a discussion of Crystal’s life and death, as well as their process of revisiting both for the creation of the book.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Sea Dogs unveil "Alces" identity for Copa De La Diversión
Sea Dogs unveil "Alces" identity for Copa De La Diversión
Alces de Maine will take the field on Friday, May 15th
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| Alces de Maine logo Alces de Maine wordmark MiLB Press Release Portland, Maine- The Portland Sea Dogs will transform into the Alces de Maine on Friday, May 15th as part of Minor League Baseball's Copa de la Diversión initiative. The cornerstone of Minor League Baseball's Hispanic fan engagement initiative, Copa de la Diversión or "Fun Cup," is a season-long event series specifically designed to embrace the culture and values that resonate most with participating teams' local U.S. Hispanic/Latino communities. The Sea Dogs are one of 92 Minor League Baseball teams participating in the initiative in 2020. Each of the 92 participating MiLB teams covering 34 U.S. states will transform its on-field brand to a culturally-relevant Hispanic persona, representing an extension of the team's and community's identity. Fans are encouraged to join Minor League Baseball's ongoing celebration of its U.S. Hispanic communities by using #JoinLaDiversión on social media. On Friday, May 15th the Sea Dogs will transform to the Alces and wear specially designed Alces uniforms which will be unveiled in March. The Alces de Maine will host the Luchadores de Reading at 6:00 PM at Hadlock Field. The night will celebrate the culture of Latinx communities with music, food, and pregame dance performances. The multi-pronged antlers of the Alces- a direct translation of Maine's majestic state animal- the moose, represent Portland's multi-cultural population. By integrating baseball gloves into the antlers, Portland stands ready to catch and embrace the array of cultures that supports its community. "Many of our players have a Latino heritage, it is important for us to support them, just as they have embraced our community in Maine," stated Sea Dogs President & General Manager Geoff Iacuessa. "Additionally, it is a great opportunity for us to welcome and engage the Hispanic/Latino community in Maine." Tickets for the game are currently on sale and can be purchased online at seadogs.com or by calling the Sea Dogs ticket office at 207-879-9500. Alces de Maine t-shirts are also now available for sale at the Hadlock Field Souvenir Store and online at seadogs.com. Additional Alces de Maine merchandise including hats will be available at a later date. The Portland Sea Dogs will open the 2020 season on Thursday, April 9th in Hartford, Connecticut with the home opener scheduled for Thursday, April 16th at 6:00 PM against the Trenton Thunder. Tickets for all Sea Dogs home games are currently on sale and can be purchased online at seadogs.com or by calling 207-879-9500. |
USDA Knox and Waldo Counties Meeting on Conservation Priorities
Waldo and Knox County Conservation Districts, in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), invite the public to attend the USDA Local Working Group meeting on Wednesday, December 4th, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the Searsmont Town Office located at 37 Main St. S, Searsmont.
The Local Working Group will provide recommendations for the 2021 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to their local USDA/NRCS for local natural resource priorities and criteria for conservation activities and programs. Topics of discussion will include: Ag Waste, Forestry, Pastureland, Cropland, and Blueberry Fields. Other issues and areas of concern can be discussed as well, and a list will be compiled of priorities recognized by this group. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information, if you would like to attend, or if you need accommodations to attend, please contact the Waldo County Soil & Water Conservation District at: jenny.jurdak@me.nacdnet.net 218-5311, or Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District at: hildy@knox-lincoln.org 596-2040.
Community Heart & Soul celebration November 19
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