Some residents have been pointing fingers at the town and the school district as Skowhegan Area High School’s baseball and tennis teams are set to begin their spring season without their usual home field and courts.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Central Maine schools focus on total solar eclipse
For the once-in-a-generation event, some schools, including Madison Junior Senior High School in Madison, are embracing science and learning, while others are sending students home early or canceling school for safety reasons.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: An accidental friendship in downtown Waterville
Two men in their 70s who met three years ago ride their bicycles from their homes in Waterville and Fairfield every day to talk, share stories and watch the world go by.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Cambridge man arrested in connection with string of thefts
Nicholas Trask, 25, of Cambridge, was arrested March 29 after police found several allegedly stolen items during the execution of a search warrant, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council approves $750,000 for housing, nonprofit agencies
The money was what was left of the $1.6 million the city has received in American Rescue Plan Act funding.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan’s Hilltop Antiques to downsize as developer plans apartments on second floor
Patric Moore is buying 48 Water St. and wants to convert the second floor into five apartments, while the current owner and occupant, Greg Salisbury of Hilltop Antiques, plans to consolidate his business to the first floor.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Spring nor’easter slams central Maine with power outages, more than a foot of snow
The powerful storm buried the region under wet, heavy snow by midday Thursday, knocking out electricity to tens of thousands.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
New Lebanese restaurant in Waterville harkens to immigrant roots, family recipes
Former Waterville mayor Tom Nale is opening MEZZA, a new Lebanese restaurant, located near the area where their Lebanese immigrant relatives settled in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
City opens warming center at Augusta Civic Center due to storm
The Augusta Civic Center will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council approves new uses for $1.16 million in recreation funds
Meanwhile, a former city councilor chided officials for spending on recreation upgrades instead of repairing city roads.