The Kennebec Historical Society’s July presentation, “Siege at the State House: The 1879 Coup that Nearly Plunged Maine into Civil War,” is scheduled to be presented by historian Mac Smith at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the Maine State Library’s temporary location, 242 State St. in Augusta. This is the former location of the […]
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Bowdoinham student makes University of Utah dean’s list
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Elliane Lucy Hall of Bowdoinham was named to the 2022 spring dean’s list at the University of Utah. Hall has a major listed as Pre Business BS. To qualify, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher in at least 12 graded credit hours during any one term. Check […]
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Farmington Summer Fest to return in full swing in late July
The event was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and was modified last year.
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Skowhegan technical center to host health careers exploration camp in August
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset Career & Technical Center is set to host Summer Scrub Club, a health careers exploration camp, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 8-10, at the center at 61 Academy Circle. The camp is designed to introduce participants to a wide variety of careers available in health care and […]
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Farmington-based program to offer personal support specialist training
FARMINGTON — Personal support specialist training will be offered this summer at Franklin County Adult Education at little or no cost to enrollees. Participants can learn the basics of the healthcare field and help neighbors and friends at the same time. This 50-hour course will cover how to provide daily living care to older adults […]
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Local students honored at SkillsUSA event in June in Georgia
Five local career and technical students won one of the nation’s highest awards at the 2022 SkillsUSA Championships on June 22 and 23 in Atlanta, Georgia. Sagad Al-Bradri from Augusta and a student at Capital Area Technical Center in Augusta was awarded a Skill Point Certificate in Firefighting. London Putnam from Readfield and a student […]
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Belgrade student makes Fairfield University dean’s list
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Paige R. Meader of Belgrade received dean’s list honors for the 2022 spring semester at Fairfield University. In order to be placed on the dean’s list, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in a semester, have no outstanding or incomplete grades for that semester, and have attained a […]
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Skowhegan-Madison Elks volunteers build planters for seniors
Skowhegan-Madison Elks Lodge 2531 volunteer members built above ground vegetable planters in June for the tenants of Springhouse Gardens, a senior living apartment. These planters, filled by Laney Construction, aim to allow tenants to use their previous gardening experience by planting and maintaining their section of the garden, effectively lowing their food bills, according to […]
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Augusta library to host talk on Gannett family, 1st Amendment
AUGUSTA — Genie Gannett plans next month to present “Living Your Freedoms: The First Amendment and the Gannetts of Maine,” a story about how the Gannett family lived their First Amendment freedoms across four generations. The talk is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, in the Community Meeting Room at Lithgow Public Library, 45 […]
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University of Southern Maine names dean’s list students
The University of Southern Maine has named the following local students to its 2022 spring semester dean’s list. Full-time students from Maine who qualified for the dean’s list are sorted by hometown county. ANDROSCOGGIN Auburn: Najmo Al, Travis Bellows, Ella Boucher, Joshua Brobst, Dylan Campbell, Emily Cook, Jordan Cummings, Emma Drysdale, Aaron Frost, Grace Girardin, […]