AUGUSTA — A Toilet Paper and Mac and Cheese Drive to honor Mister Rogers is planned in March at Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St. Fred Rogers dedicated his life and career to helping children feel included, valued and respected. He left a legacy of helping children and their families believe “it’s a beautiful day in […]
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Community news and announcements from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Historical society to present snapshot view of crime in Hallowell March 6
HALLOWELL — Row House Inc., Hallowell’s Historical Society, is set to present “The Seamy Side of Hallowell” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the City Hall Auditorium. This program will present a snapshot view of crime in Hallowell from 1850-1950. There was extensive research into types of crime and individual incidents, Larry Davis, president […]
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UMaine at Farmington to hold Education Career Fair March 4
The event aims to help schools hire qualified educators to meet Maine’s serious teacher shortage.
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The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of March 4-11
Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of March 4-11
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
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Wilton welcomes Jordan Schanck as new Parks and Rec director
The Wilton Select Board welcomed Jordan Schanck at their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, as they said farewell to former director Frank Donald, who served for over 30 years.
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Waterville implements CivicReady notification system
The city of Waterville has partnered with CivicReady to implement its mass notification system. CivicReady will allow the city to issue routine communications, urgent notifications, emergency instructions and warnings to subscribed citizens via email, text message and voicemail alert. In the event of a local emergency, citizens subscribed to CivicReady will benefit from immediate, actionable […]
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Youth Art Month returns to Waterville Creates, Greene Block + Studios
WATERVILLE — Ticonic Gallery, a division of Waterville Creates, is partnering with Greene Block + Studios to celebrate Youth Art Month with a multi-site exhibition of artwork by local students in grades K-12. The 10th annual YAM exhibition will be open at both locations Friday, March 1, through Sunday, March 31, with an opening reception […]
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Gymnastics competition raises nearly $30K for Travis Mills Foundation
AUGUSTA — The seventh annual Never Give Up, Never Quit Gymnastics Invitational, held Jan. 27 at the Augusta Armory, was the most successful in the event’s history, raising $29,364 for the post-9/11 recalibrated veterans and their families served at the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat in Rome. Carol Brewer, meet director of Decal Gymnastics in […]
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Garden club accepting applications for beautification program
The Central Maine Garden Club is accepting applications for its annual gardening grant program, Flowers, Flowers Everywhere. This program awards grant funds up to $100 to nonprofit groups in Waterville, Winslow and surrounding communities for the purpose of planting flowers to beautify their towns. Volunteers should be responsible for the work to plant and maintain […]
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Waterville’s Corpus Christi Parish helps local food pantries
Corpus Christi Parish in Waterville conducted a nonperishable food drive from Jan. 21 to Feb. 11, due to the pre-Christmas storm where many power outages and flooding caused local food pantries and The Lighthouse soup kitchen to need additional food and resources. A collection also was taken up during that time to be donated to […]