Steven Roy, Maine Hire a Vet campaign coordinator, will speak during the Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber’s breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Winthrop Commerce Center, 16 Commerce Plaza, Winthrop, according to a news release from the chamber. The talk will focus on how the state agency helps veterans find quality […]
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Winthrop has uncontested races, Mount Vernon voters to weigh in on comprehensive plan
Voters in both towns will have few choices to make when they turn out to the polls on Nov. 5.
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Kennebec Journal Oct. 27 police log
Augusta area police reports for Oct. 27, 2019
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‘Backpack’ programs help prevent central Maine students from going hungry
Packages sent home with students offer a discreet way for them to eat on the weekends, and no proof of need has to be shown to get the food.
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Winthrop’s Hays studied in St. Petersburg, Russia
Ohio Wesleyan student interns at world’s second-largest art museum.
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Joan Dempsey to share her novel Oct. 29 in Winthrop
WINTHROP — Author and educator Joan Dempsey will read from and discuss her debut novel, “This Is How It Begins,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Bailey Public Library, 39 Bowdoin St. The event is part of the ongoing Winthrop Lakes Region Forum hosted by the library and sponsored by the Winthrop Public […]
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Wentworth Institute of Technology summer dean’s list
BOSTON — Taylor Nicole Hickey, of Whitefield, Matthew Philip Sekerak, of Winthrop, and Emma Whitney, of Augusta, have made the 2019 summer semester dean’s list at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
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Jay woman, Winthrop man indicted in fatal overdoses
A woman from Farmington and a man from Strong died in March.
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Winthrop High School student charged after threatening social media post
Winthrop interim Superintendent Cornelia Brown said the student threatened to “harm students” at the high school early Thursday morning.
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Central Maine schools go beyond the screen to support learning
“If we have the focus of the screen being the thing — we are doing it wrong,” said Matthew Shea, director of teaching and learning for Winthrop Public Schools, “(Devices) should be used as support and as tools, not the focus.”