🌱 How a Kittery grad is helping build Maine’s construction workforce

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Kittery grad is helping build Maine’s construction workforce

Also on today's calendar: Dance Hall, Kittery, ME and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 32 and low of 26 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 42, low: 25.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 42 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New construction training program aims to fill Maine's worker shortage (pressherald.com) — A Kittery graduate, now studying construction at Central Maine Community College, is part of a fast-growing program tackling Maine’s shortage of skilled trades workers. The free, four-week immersion and new pre-apprenticeship tracks connect Mainers with certifications, apprenticeships, and real construction jobs across the state. Applications for 2026 programs are already being accepted online.
   

📸 Around Kittery

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kittery

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• PMAC Folk Show | The Dance Hall | Kittery, ME
  The Dance Hall, 7 Walker St, Kittery
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Traip Winter Band/Chorus Concert at KCC
  The Star Theatre , 120 Rogers Rd , Kittery
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Dance Hall, Kittery, ME
  The Dance Hall , 7 Walker St , Kittery
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Pine Tree Flyers Live
  The Dance Hall , 7 Walker St , Kittery
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Jason Anderson & Friends: Home for the Holidays
  The Dance Hall , 7 Walker St , Kittery
  7:30 pm
• Jason Anderson + Friends: Home for the Holidays | The Dance Hall | Kittery, ME
  The Dance Hall , 7 Walker St , Kittery
  7:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Winter Solstice w/Taylor O’Donnell + Friends | The Dance Hall | Kittery, ME
  The Dance Hall , 7 Walker St , Kittery
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Preschool Storytime
  York Public Library , 15 Long Sands Rd , York
  10:30 am
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee
  York Public Library , 15 Long Sands Rd , York
  3:15 pm
• York River Stewardship Committee Meeting
  Eliot, ME Calendar , York Land Trust - Community Room, 1 Long Neck Mars 1 Long Neck Marsh Road , York
  5:30 pm
• Planning Board Meeting
  Eliot Town Clerk , 1333 State Rd , Eliot
  6:00 pm
• Budget Committee
  York Public Library , 15 Long Sands Rd , York
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• any graphic designers here looking to assist another artisan?
  i have a design that needs one word changed. tx pm me or text me 978-335-0102 (Nextdoor Kittery Foreside)

• American Eagle Outfitters posted a job opening for AE - Stock Associate in Kittery. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for 2:00pm - 10:00pm Team Member Shift in Kittery. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kittery here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ogunquit

• Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Maine Awards; WHEN ELVIS MET THE BEATLES Leads Best Musical! (broadwayworld.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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