Wednesday, April 15 at 6 p.m.
Did you know 2023 was a record year for confirmed cases of Lyme disease in Maine?
Join educators from Mainely Ticks to learn strategies to better protect your family from the ever-increasing threat of tick-borne diseases.
All attendees will receive a complimentary tick identification guide, educational bookmark, and pair of fine-pointed magnified tweezers.
Thursday, April 9 at 6 p.m.
Maritime historian Seth Goldstein has spent the last several years researching the deep economic ties between Maine and West Indian plantations from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.
Goldstein will discuss the various commodities, such as lumber, draft animals and salt cod, that Maine supplied to the West Indes. Concurrently, enslaved Africans labored to produce molasses, rum, and other luxury goods that were consumed here in Maine.
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Saturday, April 11 at 10 a.m.
Death Cafés provide community members with the opportunity to meet in a supportive environment to discuss thoughts, feelings, and experiences with death—without the awkwardness often associated with this topic. Discussing death helps us make the most of our (finite) lives.
Facilitators and Certified End-of-Life Doulas Sandra Newsome, RN, and Janet Prescott will bring coffee, tea, and an assortment of delicious treats!
Space is limited to 15 attendees. Please register.