LEWISTON — University of Maine at Augusta’s Lewiston Center is offering the Osher New Beginnings Scholarship for the spring semester, to encourage more Maine people of all ages to give college a try. Courses can be completed at the Lewiston Center as well as online. The Osher Scholarship was established for first-time college students, or […]
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley meets $1 million challenge
A successful fundraising challenge means construction on a new building is expected to begin this spring.
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Maine CDC identifies COVID-19 outbreaks at two Bath schools
Fisher-Mitchell School in Bath not resume full in-person instruction for the first time since March as initially planned after the Maine CDC listed the school as an outbreak status, alongside Morse High School, according to a letter from RSU 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger compares U.S. Capitol mob to Nazis
In a video posted over social media, the former California governor says Trump ‘will go down in history as the worst president ever.’
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Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials’ warnings
Public health officials complained for months about not having enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms.
Posted inPolitics
What Biden’s Cabinet picks say about how he plans to govern
The team likely won’t be in place when he assumes the presidency on Jan. 20, but many of the nominees have already started meeting with key groups across Washington and beyond.
Posted inNation & World
Cops: Chicago shooter who killed 3 posted social media rants
Authorities say a man posted disturbing social media videos before he killed three people and wounded four others in a series of shootings that started on Chicago’s South Side and ended with his death in a suburban police shootout.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Hallowell City Council to look into regional partnerships, revamping city website in 2021
Councilors meet Saturday morning — over the Zoom videoconferencing platform — for their annual retreat to discuss goals.
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UMaine, UNH Extensions offer farm food safety planning
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension are offering a free three-session introduction on farm food safety planning from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Feb. 2, 9 and 16. “Farm Food Safety Planning Made Simple” topics include essentials needed in a farm’s food safety plan, farm-specific risks, best practices for […]
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Spain shovels out of snowdrifts left by Storm Filomena
Almost two feet fell between Friday and Saturday and residents are urged to exercise caution as an extreme cold front moves in.