The event was a boon to the local economy last year, bringing $2.6 million to central Maine hotels, restaurants and other businesses.
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Fireman’s muster helps kick off a longer Richmond Days celebration for the town’s bicentennial year
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of its founding, town officials stretched the traditional celebration to a week, including the fireman’s muster, which showcases the restored hand tubs that were instrumental to fighting fires before steam engines replaced human powered pumpers.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley participating in nutrition program
GARDINER — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley are participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program. The program runs through June 30, 2024. Meals are available at no separate charge to all enrolled participants. For more information, contact Paula Burke, the clubs’ chief financial officer, at 207-582-8458, […]
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Bonds forged at Gardiner High School keep unusual class connected 70 years later
Members of the class of 1953 credit their original class president, the late Jimmy Ronco, for keeping them in touch long before social media.
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Madison parents indicted in October crash that killed son, injured other children
Officials say Robert A. Simonds, 30, was driving when his family’s pickup truck hit a tree, and the children’s mother, Ashley A. Corson, 29, was indicted on the same charges for what the district attorney described as “accomplice liability.”
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Plan to convert former hospital in Gardiner into apartments wins initial approval
The Planning Board’s decision about the first phase of the Gardiner Green project was met with disappointment from neighbors.
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After three years of debate, Gardiner Planning Board to decide whether to allow controversial apartment, condo complex
Nearby residents have opposed the Gardiner Green housing development on Dresden Avenue, saying it would change the character of their neighborhood.
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Eight years after devastating fire in Gardiner, damaged building posing safety risks gets demolished
City officials had to get a court order in order to take down the 235 Water St. structure after an engineering report declared it was at risk of catastrophic failure and was putting the residents in the neighboring building in grave danger.
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Gardiner clubs merge soccer programs
The Gardiner Fire FC travel soccer team has merged with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley. This merger comes at an opportune time as BGCKV’s new level playing field, a regulation-size soccer and lacrosse field will be open for play in August, according to a news release from Nicole Cooley with the clubs. […]
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Gardiner girl keeps moving despite chronic pain
Hanna Carlson, 8, has hypermobility syndrome, a genetic condition that causes chronic pain, joint pain and fatigue. She met with Maine’s congressional delegation last month to advocate for children’s hospital funding.