Residents will vote June 10 on starting the negotiating process to leave Maine School Administrative District 49, although this would not be a final decision on the issue.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
UMaine System chancellor calls for review of active employment searches and policies governing them
The change comes after faculty from the University of Maine at Augusta voted no confidence both in its presidential search and the chancellor.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Week In Photos May 6-13, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Never a bad day on the Kennebec River
Willie Grenier, 75, of Waterville, loves to fish for shad in the river and teach people about fishing and river ecology, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inLocal & State
Photos: Central Maine Garden Club cultivates in Waterville
The Central Maine Garden Club did some spring cleanup work Tuesday at the native garden they maintain at the Redington Museum at 62 Silver St. in Waterville. The club, established in 1940, also cares for a perennial garden and window boxes at the museum. The 35-member group has members who range in age from their 50s to their 90s. Six club members and two visitors took part in Tuesday’s activity. All photos by Staff Photographer Rich Abrahamson.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Kennebec County budget vote delayed by absences
Without a quorum at Wednesday’s Kennebec County Budget Committee meeting, the committee could not give its final approval to the $17.4 million spending plan.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Winthrop concert to benefit children of Ukraine
The show, Banding for Ukraine, is set for 1 p.m. Sunday at van der Brew in Winthrop.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Fire destroys China home, but no injuries reported
A fire at 37 Morrill Road on Wednesday evening destroyed the single-story home, but the homeowner was not injured and his cat escaped the fire.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Hometown burial Saturday for Canaan man killed in World War II
After nearly eight decades, the recently identified remains of Richard G. Salsbury, who was 19 when he died in 1943, to be returned to Canaan to be buried with family members.
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University of Maine at Augusta faculty senate votes no confidence in presidential search, system chancellor
During a five-hour meeting Wednesday, faculty members at UMA call for a new presidential search, following recent disclosures that faculty members and students at Michael R. Laliberte’s former university in New York had voted no confidence in him.