HALLOWELL — Hall-Dale Elementary recently earned the Recognized ASCA Model Program designation. The RAMP designation recognizes schools committed to delivering a data-informed school counseling program in accordance with The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs, according to a news release from Deirdra Hawkes, ASCA director of programs and advocacy. The school is […]
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Gaslight Theater’s 2023 Season of Laughter continues with ‘Black Comedy’
Gaslight Theater’s “2023 Season of Laughter” continues in April and May with Peter Shaffer’s “Black Comedy,” directed by Lucille Rioux. The show will be produced at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium at 1 Winthrop St. in Hallowell over two weekends, including Sunday matinees, April 28, 29 and 30 and May 5, 6 and 7. Friday and […]
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Earth Day dance to take place along Kennebec River
To celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 22, the public can attend and/or participate in one or more outdoor dance performances on the banks of the Kennebec River. The free intergenerational dance performance of “Marigolds Downriver” by the Spiral Dance Collective involves three individual sections, each performed at a different location along the Kennebec River […]
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Old Hallowell, glass plate negatives talk set for April 22
HALLOWELL — Before film negatives and Kodachrome slides, chemists with an eye for composing a picture created historic images on glass plates. These plates allowed photographers to capture finely detailed glimpses of life, but it wasn’t easy, according to a news release from Bob McIntire with the Historic Hallowell Committee. Kevin Johnson, photo archivist at […]
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Statewide network to start free leader trainings in June
Healthy Living for ME plans to offer several free leader trainings throughout the year for those interested in volunteering with the organization as a workshop leader. Any interested resident is welcome to join the trainings. Community organizations are also welcome to have its staff and/or volunteers participate in the leader trainings. “If you’re passionate about […]
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Hallowell-area school board says ‘sayonara’ to $34.5 million budget plan after backlash to Japanese program cuts
The Regional School Unit 2 board of directors did not accept the $34.5 million budget from the finance committee after hearing testimony from community and staff members about cuts to positions and programs within the budget.
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St. Michael Parish to celebrate Earth Day with film, Cobbossee cleanup
St. Michael Parish in Augusta plans to celebrate Earth Day — Saturday, April 22 — with a pair of events. On Thursday, April 20, the parish will present “The Letter,” a documentary film about how people’s spiritual values call them to confront the planetary crisis. The screening will take place at 7 p.m. in the […]
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Bridge clubs name recent winners
Elm City Bridge Club Finishing first at the Elm City Bridge Club in Waterville on April 11 were Dick Quinlan and Wilma Poulliot, followed by Natasha Rosenbaum and Jeannine Prewitt, second; and Ed and Joyce Rushton, third. For more information, call Jessie Gunther at 207-487-7008. Capitol City Duplicate Bridge Club The Capitol City Duplicate […]
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Video: Weather vane removed from former Hallowell fire station
A historic weather vane has been removed from the former fire house in Hallowell. The city will store the object in its vault while it seeks to get it appraised for its value and to determine the cost of duplicating the item so it can display the original at City Hall and use the duplicate on the building.
Video by Joe Phelan.
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Photos: Historic weather vane, once stolen and ransomed back, is removed from Hallowell tower
A historic weather vane has been removed from the former fire house in Hallowell, this time, with the city’s permission.
The instrument, which depicts a horse pulling a fire-hose cart with a single fireman, has a rich history.
In November of 1983, it was stolen from the tower of the Second Street building and ransomed back about a week later, when the publisher of a Maine antiques newspaper met up with two strangers in the woods near Manchester, New Hampshire, and paid them $1,000 of city funds in exchange for the valuable item.
The next year it was returned to the building with help from an Augusta Fire Department ladder truck.
The city will store the object in its vault while it seeks to get it appraised for its value and to determine the cost of duplicating the item so it can display the original at City Hall and use the duplicate on the building.
All photos by Joe Phelan.