Events

Searching for the Next Miss Maine

Submitted by tbrewster, Community Content Provider

Thursday, November 8th, 2012, 9:50am

Do you have big dreams and want to make them happen? Looking for opportunities? Do you need scholarship money, value excellence and community service, enjoy a challenge, demonstrate leadership, and/or want to grow personally and professionally? If you can answer yes to one or more of these questions, then the Miss Maine Scholarship Program is for you!

Registrations are now being accepted for the 77th annual Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant scheduled for June 2013 at the Crooker Theater at Brunswick High School. The Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant is the official state preliminary to the Miss America Pageant, one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the largest source of scholarships for women in the world.

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4th Annual Dentists Who Care for ME event

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Saturday, October 27th, 2012, 9:30am

On Friday November 2, the Greater Portland Dental Society will hold its 4th Annual Dentists Who Care for ME event.

Free dental care will be open to adults who cannot afford regular dental care. A list of dental offices offering free care is attached. Appointments will not be accepted beforehand.

Participants are encouraged to arrive early at one of the offices on November 2 to secure an appointment for the day. Appointment slots fill quickly.

The free care will include one treatment - cleanings, fillings, extractions or referral to a specialist, if necessary. In certain situations, people may be referred to one of more than 20 specialist dentists who will also provide free care.

In addition to dentists and dentist specialists, the day includes volunteer hygienists, office assistants and friends.

Dentists are participating from Falmouth to Arundel and Gorham.

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Trick or Treating in Freeport

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Friday, October 26th, 2012, 1:58pm

Wednesday, October 31

4:00pm until 6:00pm.

Want a safe & fun place to bring your little ghouls and goblins to Trick or Treat this year? Head to Freeport & look for participating stores with pumpkin signs in their windows and doors. Some stores even have extra special events going on as well as traditional tricks & treats.

With other fun events going on in-town from 10/26-10/31, including Spooky Ghost Story Carriage Rides, Haunted Cemetery Tours and more, you're sure to have spooktacular good time! http://www.freeportusa.com/events/

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MWPA Hosts November Writing Workshops

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Monday, October 22nd, 2012, 4:50pm

The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA) has launched a new series of Saturday writing workshops in November.

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Adult Rock Camp

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Friday, October 19th, 2012, 4:18pm

Whether around since the 80’s or newer to the music scene, don’t get cut down to “1 minute,” start the clock now on rockstar status at the Maine Academy of Modern Music’s Adult Rock Camp, November 9-11 at The Breakwater School in Portland (856 Brighton Avenue).

Adult ROCK CAMP packs everything an aspiring rock star needs to know to get rockin’ into one weekend, past camps have included studio tours, master classes, live performances, song writing workshops, meet and greets with local professionals, instrument clinics and jam sessions.

Age: 18+
Price: $200
Date/Time: Friday 11/9 (6:00pm – 9:00pm), Saturday 11/10 (10:00am – 5:00pm) and Sunday 11/11 (12:30pm – 5:00pm).