FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital’s Summer Scrub Club Camp is set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 23—26 at Franklin Memorial Hospital. The camp is designed to introduce participants to a wide variety of careers available in health care and is open to all students who will be entering grades 7-12. A sampling of careers explored […]
May 2014
Richmond library offers reading program on Civil War
Historian Candace Kanes will lead the series discussions on books available for loan at the town office.
Citizen award dinner supports programs
WATERVILLE — Ryan Poulin, of New Dimensions Federal Credit Union, Waterville Area Citizen Award Dinner Chair, announced that Kimberly Lindlof, president and CEO of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, received this year’s award from the Kennebec Valley District Boy Scouts for her 20 plus years of service to the greater Waterville area. The award was […]
Teachers from Farmingdale, Farmington and Skowhegan schools honored
This is the first time the state has named a teacher of the year for each of Maine’s 16 counties. One will win the top honor in the fall.
MT. ABRAM HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
SALEM — Mt. Abram High School recently announced its third quarter honor roll. Seniors — high honors: Ivy Mitman. Honors: Nicholas Cole, Calum Dixon, Alexandra Harnden, Kelly Hinkley, Patia Jellison, Emily Listowich, Allison Lopez, Arthur Ryan and Emily Stanley. Honorable mention: Maggie Elliott, Solomon Fast ,Elise Luce, Colin McCarthy-Edwards and Gregory Siekman. Juniors — high […]
Common Street Arts announces May workshops
WATERVILLE — The following series of workshops will be held in conjunction with the “Earth-Art-Maine: In the Presence of Wildness” exhibition in the Common Street Arts Gallery on view May 9 to June 28. ⢠Grow it, Pick it, Print it with Lisa Wheeler, is set for 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday; suggested ages are 5 through […]
Eliot Cutler outlines environmental plan for state
As governor, the independent candidate says he would modernize the Department of Environmental Proctection and promote renewable energy.
Brunei’s new Sharia laws prompt boycott of Beverly Hills Hotel
As the oil-rich nation begins phasing in penalties such as amputation for theft and stoning for adultery, the Hollywood hotel owned by a sultan attracts the attention of protesters.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS
New novel from Thomaston author Christopher Fahy is loaded with baseball history, a full roster of star players in real games, exciting sports entertainment and a compelling and inspirational human drama.
Pilot survives fiery crash into house he once owned
The Colorado man says he didn’t realize the house was the same one he used to live in a decade ago until someone pointed it out.