Important Dates May 11– 4-H Dog Fun Day, Orono May 25– Hancock County Cooperative Extension Open House & Plant Sale, 8am – noon May 27- Memorial Day – Extension Office Closed May 31-June 1– 4H@UMaine June 7-9- 4-H June Jamboree at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds –REGISTRATION OPEN SOON! June 22– Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, 4-H Camp […]
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Important Dates April 6– Maine 4-H State Public Speaking Tournament May 31-June 1– 4H@UMaine June 29-July 6– Citizenship Washington Focus, Washington D.C. July 19-21– Maine 4-H Days, Windsor Fairgrounds 2019 Washington County 4-H Public Speaking Tournament The annual Washington County 4-H Public Speaking Tournament took place on Saturday, March 9 at the University of Maine at […]
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Machias, Maine – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Washington County 4-H Robotics and Engineering Expo will be held Saturday, March 23, at the UMaine Machias Reynolds Center, 116 O’Brien Avenue, Machias. From 9:30–11:20 a.m., local school and UMaine Extension 4-H teams will exhibit their robotic and engineering displays and demonstrations to judges. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, call 207.255.3345. More […]
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The Machias Beginner Beekeeping Course has been cancelled due to low registration numbers. The Calais course is still scheduled to begin tomorrow, March 14.
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Important Dates March 9– Washington County 4-H Public Speaking Tournament, University of Maine at Machias March 10– Washington County 4-H Public Speaking Tournament Snow Date, University of Maine Cooperative Extension March 13-17– Maine Science Festival, Bangor March 23– Maine Science Fair, Bowdoin College, Brunswick March 23– Washington County 4-H Robotics and Engineering Expo, University of Maine […]
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Machias, Maine—University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Washington County will hold its annual public speaking tournament Saturday, March 9, beginning at 10 a.m., at the University of Maine at Machias, room 102 in the Science Building. The event is free and open to the public. 4-H youth will give presentations on topics that include […]
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Calais and Machias, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering beginning beekeeping courses in Machias, beginning March 13, and in Calais on March 14. The Machias session will be held Wednesday evenings at University of Maine at Machias, 6-8 p.m., through April 17. The Calais session will be held Thursday evenings at Washington County Community College, 1 College Drive, […]
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Whitneyville, ME- This course is designed for woodlot owners who own 10+ acres of woodland and are interested in learning about different options they have to actively manage their property (to protect what they value about the property, and/or make improvements to their woodlot). The class will meet on the following Tuesday nights from 6 […]
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Important Dates February 9– Winter Tracking Workshop, Liberty, Maine February 9– Washington County 4-H Public Speaking Tournament Information Session, 10 a.m. February 18– President’s Day, Office Closed February 22– CWF Application Deadline March 1– Maine 4-H Foundation Scholarship Deadline March 2– Engineers’ Week Expo, University of Southern Maine, Gorham March 8– National 4-H Trips Application Deadline March […]
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The new University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Greenland Point in Princeton, Maine, expected to open in June, will be an environmental camp and center for youth and the community, focused on outdoor education, ecology and conservation. The Maine 4-H Foundation’s purchase of the former children’s camp, located on a peninsula in […]
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