Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield is offering a Flex Start Semester, beginning Monday, Sept. 21, for students who either missed the beginning of the fall 2020 semester or would like to get a jumpstart on their spring semester courses, according to a news release from the college. Flex Start courses, running from Sept. 21 […]
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Online Farm to Easel Invitational Art Auction to begin Sept. 17
Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, at 184 Burnett Road in Freeport, will host an online Farm to Easel Invitational Art Auction from Thursday to Sunday, Sept. 17 to Sept. 20. More than 40 local artists have submitted works of all different mediums around the theme of their relationship with climate change, and […]
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Greely High School closed Tuesday because of threat
Parents were notified around 8 a.m. that students were being sent home and the school will be closed for the day.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Mainers seeking internet upgrade tell stories of poor service to highlight feds’ mistakes
The Federal Communications Commission’s map of Maine showing various levels of broadband access grossly overstates the quality of service. That’s especially a problem in a pandemic.
Posted inBicentennial, News
On this date in Maine history: Sept. 15
Sept. 15, 1908: A fire that starts in a pile of wood shavings at George A. Crossman & Sons lumberyard in Saco consumes 15 acres of lumberyards, more than 20 tenement buildings, several factories and some railroad property in Saco and Biddeford. The flames spread from the Crossman site to the roofs of nearby homes. […]
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Tasting room operators fear state rules will leave them out in the cold
Most made it through the summer while being restricted to outdoor service, but some say they can’t survive Maine’s colder months unless the state changes its coronavirus rules.