As more than 500 private wells exceed state standards for safe drinking water, residents who have been consuming it for years want answers about the chemicals’ effects.
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Kennebec Valley Community College graduates bring family with them
Fairfield college’s 53rd commencement honored 369 graduates.
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Webelos Cub Scouts from Oakland’s Pack 454 earn Arrow of Light
Five Webelos Cub Scouts from Pack 454 in Oakland completed all requirements for the Arrow of Light, the highest award a youth can earn in Cub Scouting, before crossing over into their new Scout Troops. The ceremony, complete with a bridge to symbolically cross over, was held May 1 at Snow Pond Center for the […]
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Fairfield residents pass $7.1 million municipal budget at Town Meeting
The approval of the spending package came Monday and included residents giving their OK to use federal American Rescue Plan Act money to pay a new fee to Delta Ambulance for 911 emergency services.
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Lawrence High to host Color Me Bulldog 5K in Fairfield May 21
Proceeds will benefit Class of 2024.
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Lawrence High School names honor roll students
FAIRFIELD — Lawrence High School has announced its third quarter honor roll for the 2022-23 academic year. Grade 12 High honors: Brooklyn Allen, Alaska Bagley, Alexis Barnes, Alonna Battis, Amanda-Jo Blais, Hope Bouchard, Adam Boutin, Lucas Campbell, Madison Chamberlain, Erica Cochran and Elizabeth Crommett. Also, Abby Douglass, Joscelyn Gagnon, Felipe Gemelli, Cylie Henderson, Alicen Higgins, […]
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Photos: Widespread flooding across central Maine
Here’s some of flooding that’s ongoing across the region due to Sunday’s storm. According to the National Weather Service, Hallowell was one of the hardest hit towns.
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Widespread flooding strikes central Maine following heavy rainfall
Some of the most severe flooding Tuesday occurred in Hallowell as the Kennebec River pushed over its banks and affected several businesses.
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State expands fish consumption warning for Maine waters due to ‘forever chemical’ contamination
The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention warned people last year to limit consumption of fish from several freshwater locations around the state, and announced Thursday that it has expanded the advisory to include new locations.
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State reduces scope of ‘do not eat’ advisory in Fairfield area for wildlife due to ‘forever chemical’ contamination
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife warned people in 2021 not to eat deer and other game found in a 125-square-mile area of central Maine, but the agency announced Monday it has reduced that area to 25 square miles, while also advising people not consume turkey harvested there.