For 35 years, the Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce has put on the art festival, which draws people from across the region to Winthrop to see the works of dozens of local artists and showcase what the town has to offer.
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Dozens of motorcyclists ride into Waterville to deliver donation to children’s home
Motorcyclists from numerous biker groups delivered a $3,000 check to the Maine Children’s Home in what organizers hope will become an annual event.
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Clinton Fire Department warns of discolored water, says residents should not be alarmed
Officials warned that discolored water may temporarily come out of residents’ faucets, but posed no serious threat.
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Truck gets wedged between guardrail, tractor trailer on I-95 in Farmingdale
No one was injured, but traffic was backed up for miles Friday afternoon as police cleared the scene.
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Hallowell hires former Topsham officer as its new police chief
Chris Lewis will succeed Scott MacMaster, who left to become a patrol officer in Gardiner earlier this year.
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School districts based in Gardiner, Hallowell and Winthrop launch shared adult education program
Course registration for the Kennebec Neighbors Adult Education Program is expected to open next week.
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Week In Photos Aug. 11-18, 2023
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Local food banks join effort to ‘end’ hunger in Maine by 2030
The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future has convened a committee of 40 permanent members who will work together to implement Maine’s ‘Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030.’
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Skowhegan ceremony formally marks launch of construction on $75 million elementary school
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday for the new Margaret Chase Smith Community School, which MSAD 54 administrators say will allow for greater continuity in education because students no longer will have to transition from one school to another every couple of years.
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Solon wall no longer rock solid after series of thefts
Officials are trying to determine why someone over the course of several weeks has taken many of the rocks that constitute the stone wall surrounding the historic South Solon Meeting House.