Somerset Public Health is set to hold public forums on substance use at 6 p.m. (both days) Thursday, April 11, at the Bingham Town Hall, 13 Murray St., and on Wednesday, April 17, at the Old Point School meeting room, Old Point Avenue in Madison. There is no registration needed. Betsy Richard, care coordinator for […]
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Canceled: Albion farm to host animal baby shower, pajama party
The event is held in honor of Cassidy Charette.
Local Scouters receive Boyce New Unit Organizer Awards
WINSLOW — William D. Boyce signed the papers to make the Boy Scouts of America official at exactly 11:03 a.m. on Feb. 8, 1910. On March 24, volunteers from across the area gathered at the Winslow Parks and Recreation Hall to honor three Scouting leaders who helped get two new Scouting programs off the ground […]
Union Fair recognizes 2024 poster contest winner
The Union Fair/Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival visited Oceanside Middle School on March 28 for the unveiling of the 2024 festival poster was unveiled. Sylvia Percy of Warren, the grade six to eight art teacher at the school, is the contest winner. At a school assembly Percy’s poster was unveiled by 2023 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen […]
Waterville issues winter parking ban for April 6
WATERVILLE — The city asks that the Concourse and downtown be kept clear of parking from midnight to 6 a.m. Saturday, April 6 to allow for snow cleanup by the Public Works Department. Overnight parking is permitted at the Head of Falls Municipal Parking Lot. For more information, call 207-680-4744. Check out other upcoming area […]
Movie Review: ‘The Zone of Interest’ starts slow, grows richer, more compelling, J.P. Devine writes
Jonathan Glazer’s “Zone of Interest,” (“Sexy Beast” 2000) loosely based on Martin Amis’s novel of the same name, tells the true story of Rudolf Hoss, a Nazi commandant who ran the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in World War II Poland while his wife and five children led a passive, comfortable life in a pristine new […]
Local Scouters receive Veteran Awards
WINSLOW — Three Scouters were recognized for decades of service helping youth develop in the Scouting programs. Scott Bernier of Augusta was honored for 45 years of Scouting tenure, Alan Duplessis for 35 years and Karla Talpey for 30 years. Both Duplessis and Talpey are from Jackman. All three were recognized during the Kennebec Valley […]
Kimball service award goes to local Scouters
Scouters John Wood, Alan Duplessis, Sherwood Hilt, and Karla Talpey received the Ray “Papa Bear” Kimball Award of Service at the Kennebec Valley District Annual Scouting Recognition Dinner, held March 24 at the Winslow Parks & Recreation Department Hall. Talpey and Duplessis are both active in Jackman Troop 497 and are members of the Kennebec […]
Waterville issues winter parking ban for April 4
WATERVILLE — The city asks that the Concourse and downtown be kept clear of parking from midnight to 6 a.m. Thursday, April 4 to allow for snow cleanup by the Public Works Department. Overnight parking is permitted at the Head of Falls Municipal Parking Lot. Beginning winter 2024-25 the city will no longer be sending […]
Thomas College students win awards at business conference
WATERVILLE — Thomas College students won top awards in this year’s Society for the Advancement of Management International Business Conference, held this month in Orlando, Florida. The Thomas College team placed second as a team and third place for case study presentation. Three students — Preston Moody, Jade Crowell and Addison Landon — made the […]