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Sunday, December 25th – Christmas Monday, December 26th Sunday, January 1st – New Year's Day Monday, January 2nd Monday, January 16th – Martin Luther King Day Monday, February 20th – President's Day Sunday, April 16th – Easter Monday, May 29th – Memorial Day Tuesday, July 4th – Independence Day Monday, September 4th – Labor Day Monday, October 9th – Columbus Day Friday, November 11th – Veteran's Day Wednesday, November 22nd – Landfill / Recycling Open |
Register Your Dogs!!
FREE! Gunlocks and Emergency Phone Number Decals are Available at the Police Dept.! Stocking Stuffers for the sportsman on your list! Hunting and Fishing licenses for 2006 will be in the first of December. We need you to bring in the previous years license, as we need to put that number on the new license. If you did not get your license at the Town Office last year and you do not have the previous years license, we will not be able to issue you a new one. You will need to go back to where you got the previous license.
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The Greenville Town Office is Open Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm Greenville Landfill Open Sunday, Monday & Thursday 8am – 4pm Greenville Recycling Open Sunday, Monday & Thursday 8am – 4pm | |
It's that time of the year again! Please come into the Town Office to register your dog for January 1st, 2006. This is a State Law that you have your dog registered. You must have the rabies papers and if your pet has been spayed or neutered, we must see those papers as well. 
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Calendar of Events - 2006 Winter Programs |
Dec. 29 - Silver Winter - 7 p.m. The Depot
Highlights of the Winterwalk for the Wilds 2005, a 200-mile trek by snowshoe and toboggan through the Maine woods by well-known guides Garrett and Alexandra Conover. Garrett will narrate a slide presentation about the Conover's journey last winter from Moosehead Lake to the town of Allagash, following frozen lakes and rivers and retracing a route the couple took 25 years ago. They are preparing to travel the return leg this winter, from Allagash back to Greenville in mid-January.
Jan 12-14 - Tracking Rare Animals March 16 - Eagles, Peregrines & Other Raptors
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Renowned animal tracker Jim Halfpenny comes to the Moosehead region with slide/lecture presentations and a two-day Snow Tracking Rare Mammals workshop into the north woods. Thursday, Jan. 12, features The Magic of Bears, a rare opportunity to see what is considered to be one of the most notable trackers in the U.S. talk about all species of these mighty bruins. This fundraiser takes place at Greenville High School Auditorium. Tickets: $10 for members; 12 general seats. Friday, Jan. 13, Halfpenny takes students on a CyberTracking program into various animal habitats. On Sat., Jan. 14, the New York Times and Field & Stream author, brings adults on a two-day tracking course. Program is limited to 20 participants. Contact 695-2045 for further information, registration.
April 27 - Famous Sporting Camps of the Moosehead Region |
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The Natural Resource Education Center has been recognized by regional and state leaders for its broad appeal in the area of natural resource-based education and information. NREC has also attracted the interest of state-wide organizational planners as a respected model in what is now being touted as the future of economic development : nature-based visitor centers in Maine. The news comes as a great welcome by the Board of Directors of the Greenville-based organization for the Moosehead region, which has a long track record of building public understanding about this region and the North Woods. NREC's hard work seems to be paying off. In the past year, NREC initiated and became the recipient of a $248,000 federal education grant, which this summer launched the Maine Woods Explorers, a K-12 natural resource education program. Also this summer NREC gained the attention and accolades of Mary Jeanne Packer, chief executive officer of Fermata, Inc., the Texas-based consulting firm hired by the State of Maine, whose study concluded that natural resource-based tourism is a next indicator to state success in economic development planning. Fermata sees that this kind of tourism will capitalize on the natural environment and experiential opportunities. In meetings throughout the Moosehead region Packer told local leaders that NREC looked like a forerunner, well ahead of its time in its concept and vision, with a mission that could well be used as a model for other centers in Maine. Most recently, NREC was nominated for the H. King Cummings Leadership Award, a notable bi-annual recognition by the Western Mountains Alliance. Cummings, from Kingfield and founder of the WMA, was known as a man of action, an industrialist and avid outdoorsman. The nomination was a result of the attention NREC has garnered in its vision and in educating the public for the Moosehead region's culture, natural-resource rich opportunities, and strong links to the woods, waters, and wildlife of the north woods. The Western Mountain Alliance's goal is to raise awareness of the common heritage and identity of the people of Maine's western mountains region, to strengthen traditional industries and promote effective land use planning, and to educate the public about the local culture and economic opportunities of a region. NREC has a long and respected track record in the Moosehead region. It is the sponsor of the widely popular annual Forest Heritage Days celebration, which just completed its 15th year, now runs three days, and draws hundreds of visitors into the region and to area businesses. It also sponsors a diverse series of year-round adult programming which highlight the multiple uses and unique identity of the Moosehead region and North Woods. Programs range from workshops on fly-tying by well respected local guides to field trips about the unusual geology of the Moosehead Lake region led by professor emeritus of Boston University and Maine native Dee Caldwell. NREC continues to publish a quarterly newsletter and collaborate on various projects with other groups. For the future, it is intent on providing a natural resource and visitors orientation center on the land it owns. NREC began as an arm of the Greenville Economic Development Committee in the early 1990s. By 1996 it was incorporated as a non-profit educational corporation and secured a 22-acre parcel of land on Rt. 15 with broad support from the townspeople of Greenville, local leaders, and the State of Maine. Today, NREC's mission is to: Educate and inform people about the Moosehead region's natural resources of the past, present, and future, and to be the primary source that people rely on to understand the culture, natural history, and uses of the North Woods. Part of its vision for the future is to house a natural resource education and visitors orientation center there, the scope of which is to reflect the distinct values and heritage of the Moosehead region; to be a place to learn about the region's stewardship, culture, traditions, and recreational opportunities; to have highly engaged partners; and to sponsor events that honor the region. Toward that end, this summer Trustees prepared and mailed a survey to nearly 1,000 area residents and visitors and received a high rate of response. The completed surveys detail what respondents value about the region and what they expect to see at a new facility, for future programs and exhibits. Currently, trustees have designed a new Web site and look forward to a new collaboration with the Quebec-Labrador Foundation, an internationally recognized private organization with offices in Farmington. QLF works to support the rural communities and environment of eastern Canada and New England. Their goals include conserving the unique qualities of individual communities, promoting sustainable economies, and creating models of stewardship of natural and cultural heritages that can be applied regionally and internationally. With the new focus by the state on nature-based tourism and resource-rich product, trustees also look forward to doing business with other similarly-interested potential partners. NREC partners include the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Maine Dept. of Conservation, University of Maine, Forest Society of Maine, Plum Creek, Certified Logging Professionals, Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District, Piscataquis County Extension Service, Town of Greenville, the Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce, C.A. Dean Hospital, the Moosehead Marine Museum, the Moosehead Historical Society, among others. To view NREC's Web site, its vision, and full roster of programs, visit: www.naturalresourceeducationcenter.org. |
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By: Karen Chandler As all of our patrons know, it has been an extra busy summer due to all of our moving things around because of the flooding. Our basement has been cleaned but we have been told that we probably shouldn't use the area right now for anything but storage of items that are not paper. So, until decisions are made to do something about our space, we are going to be right where we are now, a little tight, but open. We hope all of our patrons will bear with us, we will try to continue to offer all of the services we have in the past. We probably won't be able to have much programming at the library, but we are able to have our programs at the Community House. We have been very fortunate to have been awarded a Grant, from the advisors of the Rose & Samuel Rudman Library Fund and the Directors of the Maine Community Foundation, of $1300.00 for patron programming for the rest of this year (through next September.) We are very excited that now we can continue to plan our Children's Programs, and we should be able to find some great Adult Programs too. We haven't had a chance to plan all of this yet (we are open to suggestions), but we do have a list of Children's Programs started:
We are hoping to have another Planetarium Program during April Vacation. We will have more information soon. We also have received our books, from the “We the People Bookshelf on Freedom”, from the Grant we were awarded earlier this year from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The titles are: Grades K-3We have our Christmas Collection of books, videos and audios in displays by the Circulation Desk. |
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Come to our home for the Holidays. The town of Greenville lights up with a full day of events. The day starts with an Annual Inn Walk, combined with horse drawn wagon rides, shopping specials, tree lighting and a Christmas concert finishes off the day. This is a great way to spend a weekend away and get a jump on your Christmas shopping with unique gifts. Contact 207-695-2702 for more info.
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