🌱 Driver Info and Training Session — Neighbors Driving Neighbors and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Driver Info and Training Session — Neighbors Driving Neighbors at Dr Shaw Memorial Library

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 71 and low of 42 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 61, low: 42.
• Sunday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 47 and low of 32 degrees.

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Wednesday April 29

• Driver Info and Training Session — Neighbors Driving Neighbors
  Dr Shaw Memorial Library, 344 Pond Rd, Mt Vernon
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Storytime with Courtney, OT
  Jay-Niles Memorial Library , 983 Main St , Jay
  10:30 am
• Boys Lacrosse @ Mt. Blue
  Winthrop High School Winthrop, ME 04364
  4:00 pm
• Dungeons & Dragons for Adults
  Jay-Niles Memorial Library , 983 Main St , Jay
  6:00 pm
• Gaslight Theater presents “An Inspector Calls” — Water Street Hallowell
  Vaughan Homestead , 2 Litchfield Rd , Hallowell
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Maine Culinary Festival
  Augusta Civic Center , 76 Community Dr , Augusta
  9:00 am
• Barn Quilt Painting Class — Canton Maine Historical Society
  Canton Historical Society , 25 Turner St , Canton
  9:00 am
• Healthy Kids Day
  Kennebec Valley YMCA , 31 Union St , Augusta
  9:00 am
• 2026 Maine Culinary Fest
  Augusta Civic Center , 76 Community Dr , Augusta
  9:00 am
• Art in the Morning: Spring Flowers - Oakland, ME 2026
  Messalonskee High School , 131 Messalonskee High Dr , Oakland
  9:30 am
• Grow Your Own Organic Garden
  Messalonskee High School , 131 Messalonskee High Dr , Oakland
  10:00 am
• NYICFF: LITTLE KID FLICKS
  Maine Film Center , 93 Main St , Waterville
  2:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Augusta

• Non-profit honoring Maine's fallen heroes cuts ribbon on Augusta memorial (wabi.tv)
• Augusta, Maine Waterfront Wednesday Returns This Summer 2026 (wjbq.com)
• Two Maine Guys expands to food truck fame with Restaurant Augusta (newenglandnewspress.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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