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Community colleges launch expansion of short-term training for high-demand jobs

YORK COUNTY —  A $3.6 million grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation to The Foundation for Maine’s Community Colleges will enable Maine’s seven community colleges, including York County Community College in Wells, to expand and strengthen short-term training for both incumbent workers and those seeking to enter the workforce. The Alfond Foundation’s gift, together with […]

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Falmouth library faces deadline to raise additional funding

FALMOUTH — With about a month left before its deadline, the library has raised less than half of the additional $500,000 it needs to launch a renovation and expansion project that’s been under discussion for more than four years. Through mid-December, Falmouth Memorial Library President Steven Knapp said, the institution had raised close to $200,000 of […]

Posted inThe Forecaster

Holiday Happenings: Dec. 19-24

Music/Theater “Sing We Noël” by The Oratorio Chorale, Dec. 21, 7 p.m. & Dec. 22, 2 p.m. at Episcopal Church of St. Mary, Falmouth. Tickets $5/$20 at brownpapertickets.com/profile/1143574. “Magic of Christmas,” Friday-Sunday to Dec. 23, Merrill Auditorium, Portland City Hall, $25-70 through PortTIX at 842-0800, www.porttix.com.   “Season of Light,”  through December, Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., USM Portland Campus, $5.50/adult, […]

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Northern Meetings: Dec. 20-27

Durham Thur.  12/27  4 p.m.  Board of Selectmen  TO Falmouth Thur.  12/20  6 p.m.  Long Range Planning Advisory Committee  TH Freeport Thur.  12/20  6:30 p.m.  Shellfish Commission  TH North Yarmouth Thur.  12/20  6:30 p.m.  Economic Development & Sustainability  TO Thur.  12/27  7 p.m.  Friends of Wescustogo  TO