October 26, 2012 Leaves have been raked, the patio furniture is in or covered, but now what? I bet you're looking ahead to the holidays. It’s here, craft fair season. Christmas is less than two months away, time to start thinking.
October 25, 2012 Join Hardy Girls, Healthy Women Saturday, October 27 for the 'Annual Freaky 5k Fun Run and Walk.' The fun starts at 10:00am at Colby College, Waterville. It's held every October with the aim to forget the sexy, stereotypical costumes that are peddled at girls and young women and instead, bring scary back!
October 23, 2012 Ohh, this is a cool idea. Governor Pail LePage has turned the Blaine House in Augusta purple in honor of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And to light things up even more, 40 purple candle lights will be lit in the windows of the Blaine House to recognize Mainers who have been lost to domestic violence.
October 22, 2012 Like the pink-wall tires in support of breast cancer awareness month and giving a chuck oh his profits were not enough, ACAR sent over pink valve stem caps for my scooter! Thank you, Al. There was also a pink bracket and pen from Radar Performance Tires. How cool! They will go very well with my pink helmet!
Cute huh?
October 21, 2012
October 17, 2012 This year, Oct 26th is the date for the Second Annual Augusta Food Bank Dinner and Auction. Last year, a first time event, totaled over $11,000! Way to go. I sure hope this year that it's even more. There is going to be a pie auction, 50/50 raffle and a lot of fun helping a good organization making a difference in the capital area.
October 15, 2012 The Monmouth Community Players production of Terry Pratchett's 'Wyrd Sisters' is coming to the historic Cumston Hall in Monmouth. The multi-talented cast is under the direction of Mike Clements.
October 15, 2012 Theresa Savage is a hero. This weekend she did the MDI Marathon in the rain and she walked the whole darn thing. Yes. A marathon. That means 26.2 miles of hills and traffic and all in the rain. Why? Why does anyone do anything like that? Love.
October 14, 2012 More than $1.5 million was raised this weekend during two major cancer awareness events in Maine.
The 16th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk drew more than 1,500 participants in Portland alone. Other walks were held in Brunswick, Kittery and Damariscotta Sunday.
October is 'Breast Cancer Awareness Month.' Many special events are planned throughout the month to bring awareness and support to those effected and to their families. Also this month, a very special event is being planned in Bangor to raise awareness about prostate cancer in men.
