Letter
2020
New fiddlehead study warns against overharvesting
ORONO — Fiddleheads, a traditional springtime delicacy in New England and Eastern Canada, can decline significantly over time if harvesters pluck too many from the same plants in a season, according to a new four-year study conducted by a University of Maine Cooperative Extension expert. According to a news release from the UMaine Extension, fern […]
Lucky Clark On Music: Gregory Thom
Not Fade Away Band, a Grateful Dead tribute band, to perform July 10 at Somerset Abbey in Madison.
Albert S. Hall School students receive perfect attendance awards
Fourteen fourth- and fifth-grade students presented awards from Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.
Portland Ovations to receive grant from National Endowment for the Arts
Portland Ovations has been approved for a $50,000 National Endowment for the Arts Art Works award for a series of projects in partnership with Indigo Arts Alliance and Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, centering the work of Black, Brown, and Indigenous artists within contexts of deep collaboration, community engagement, and artistic exchange and mentorship. NEA […]
Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce receives KSB Chamber Appreciation grant
Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce is the recipient of a substantial grant as part of Kennebec Savings Bank creation of the KSB Chamber Appreciation Campaign to provide relief funds to each of the local chambers within its service area, according to a news release from the Waterville-based Chamber. The bank included an explanation for the establishment […]
Violette, Bonenfant win Literacy Volunteers Waterville Area Essay Scholarship Awards
Literacy Volunteers Waterville Area has announced that Issac Violette and Adam Bonenfant are the winners of the Literacy Volunteers Waterville Area Essay Scholarship Awards, according to a news release from Janet Croce. Violette of Oakland and a 2020 graduate from Messalonskee High School, won the $500 scholarship award, and plans to attend classes at the […]
Obituary: Richard L. Johnson
AUGUSTA – Richard L. Johnson, 87, of Pleasant Wood Drive, died July 4, 2020 at Alfond Center for Health after a …
Obituary: Jacqueline Vaughan
MANCHESTER – Jacqueline Vaughan, 97, died Sunday, June 21, 2020 at home following a period of declining health.She was the daughter …
Obituary: Blaine Norman Clark
AUGUSTA – Blaine Norman Clark, 90, died Sunday, July 5, 2020 at MaineGeneral Hospital in Augusta following a brief illness with …