MONMOUTH — Stephany Perkins, 22, of Monmouth has been accepted into the Peace Corps and will depart for Tanzania Oct. 10 to begin pre-service training as an environment extension Peace Corps volunteer.
October 2011
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Mount Vernon resident wins Natural Resources Council of Maine Environmental Award
AUGUSTA — Sandra Wright of Mount Vernon has been named recipient of the 2011 Natural Resources Council of Maine Environmental Award.
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City rejects request for information on closed file
GARDINER — Police have declined to release details of the city’s investigation into alleged wrongdoing by the Rev. Jacob Fles.
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Big expansion planned for New England Music Camp
SIDNEY — The director of the New England Music Camp announced this week his intention to raise up to $10 million for a project that would transform the summer camp into a year-round performing arts center.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Leaders failed Girl Scouts in dog park project
Young folks (in this letter it’s the article about the Girl Scouts on Sept. 23 that moves me) have the drive to achieve success, and the completion of Augusta’s new dog place deserves praise. But young folks also need the guidance of mature adults who usually lead our inexperienced youth to understand the rules, regulations […]
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Friends: Slain man begged for police protection
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In the months before his death, David Glasser had turned into a nervous wreck.
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Mt. Blue readers get a gift
FARMINGTON — A group of girls in a unique reading club at Mt. Blue Middle School in Farmington got a gift and message Tuesday morning about reaching for their dreams from Ashley Underwood.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Gardiner students clean up rail trail waste of others
I just spent my morning with a wonderful group of students from Gardiner Area High School, and I encourage everyone to spend time with young people like these. They spent their morning cutting sumac and alders, pulling weeds, pulling grass and disposing of twigs and clippings, all to make the Gardiner end of the Kennebec […]
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Richmond police get grant for new officer
RICHMOND — The Richmond Police Department won a $165,000 federal grant to hire an additional officer for the next three years if the town agrees to keep the officer on for at least a fourth year.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Lithgow Library’s turn to receive city’s help
The need to renovate and expand Lithgow Library is a development that should be taken as a piece of a larger consideration. Augusta residents more than 20 years ago recognized that the former City Hall no longer met the city’s needs, and that a newer, roomier facility was needed. City Center stands today as testimony […]