The decision for Catholic schools governed by the Archdiocese of Portland to continue distance learning to the end of the year comes one week after Maine Education Commissioner Pender Maki’s recommendation.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Central Maine ingenuity helping meet the need for face shields
Central Maine educators and business owner are among the people who are putting their skills to work in order to provide protective gear for those coming in contact with coronavirus.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Generator stolen from Aunt Gin’s restaurant in Whitefield
Co-owner Wyatt Shorey said the generator was stolen from the eatery after its Easter Sunday dinner service.
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Kennebec River flooding only minor in Augusta, Hallowell
Water levels exceeded the minor flood stage by less than a foot on Tuesday afternoon.
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Hallowell man capsizes after taking kayak out on flood level Kennebec River
Fire crews spent more than an hour searching for 57-year-old Clyde Penney after his kayak was spotted in the river without him in it.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan hospital closes rehab unit after ‘small cluster’ tests positive for COVID-19
The chief nursing officer at the Redington-Fairview General Hospital confirmed that the unit has been closed while staff who may have been exposed to the virus self-quarantine and the facility is cleaned.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Times Record
Fire destroys barn, kills animals at North Monmouth farm
A representative from Cider Hollow Farm posted that more than a dozen animals were killed when a barn burned down on Monday night.
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Kennebec Water District to replace mains in downtown Waterville
The project, which is set to begin on April 20, will replace the existing water mains in the downtown area that were installed in 1905 or earlier.
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Canoeists found safe in Madison after brief search by wardens, police
Jake Cyr, 22, of Guilford and Tyson Bell, 31, of Dixmont were found alive and well after failing to communicate with their families while on a canoe trip on the Kennebec River.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council to get look at proposed department budgets
The City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday for a workshop to consider proposed budgets for health and welfare, planning, code enforcement, economic development and fire department.