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BDN Article: Maine custodian guides Hampden chess teams to victory in real-life 'Queen's Gambit'

March 26, 2023

The Hampden chess teams, and their coach David Bishop, were featured in a Bangor Daily News article on March 21, 2023. Bishop led his teams in the recent Maine Scholastic Team and Individual Chess Championships.

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Zoe Dinnerstein Provides Inspiration for Chess Club for those with Memory Loss

March 15, 2023

Maine scholastic chess player Zoe Dinnerstein, with the assistance of her father Dr. Eric Dinnerstein, havs facilitated a partnership between The Alzheimer's Association of Maine and the University of New England Center for Aging and Health to launch a six-session chess club program for early-stage patients and their family caregivers Saturday, March 4, from 10 to 11 a.m. on the UNE Portland campus. The pilot program will continue into May.

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Presque Isle Library Joins National Oral History Project

March 13, 2023

The Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library is the only library in Maine chosen to participate in a national oral history study of community libraries. The project, led by Jennifer Arns a professor emerita at the University of South Carolina, explores how libraries enrich their communities and why patrons value the facilities in the digital age.

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MECA Board Meeting Minutes 01.20.23

March 12, 2023

The Maine Chess Association had a Board meeting on January, 20th, 2023. Attached are the meeting minutes.

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