AUGUSTA – The Maine Education Opportunity Center will hold free workshops in Essentials of College Planning at the following times and locations:

. Aroostook County: 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 and 11, Houlton Higher Education Center, 8 Military St.; 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, Presque Isle CareerCenter, 66 Spruce St., Suite 1.

. Augusta-Waterville area: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, The Center, 93 Main St., Waterville; 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, University of Maine at Augusta, 46 University Drive; 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, 97 Water St., Waterville; 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Augusta CareerCenter, 21 Enterprise Drive, Suite 2.

. Bangor: 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, Bangor Housing Authority, 161 Davis Road; 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, Bangor CareerCenter, 45 Oak St.; 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, and Tuesday, Sept. 9, Bangor Adult Learning Center, 121 York St.; 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, University College, Lewiston Hall, 65 Texas Ave.; 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, Park Woods Learning Center, 1201 Union St.

. Belfast-Rockland area: 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, University College, Rockland, 91 Camden St.; 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave., Belfast.

. Dover-Foxcroft: 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, Penquis Higher Education Center, 50 Mayo St.

. Skowhegan: 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 8, Skowhegan CareerCenter, 98 North Ave., Suite 20.

. Lewiston: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, Lewiston CareerCenter, 5 Mollison Way.

. Northern Penobscot County: 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 and 11, Katahdin Region Higher Education Center, 1 Dirigo Drive, Suite 1; 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Lincoln Penquis, 115 Main St.

To register or for more information, call 800-281-3703 or visit http://meoc.maine.edu.