WATERVILLE – With great sadness we announce the passing of Thomas “Thom” D. Levesque on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at the …
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Obituary: Olive D. Newell
STRONG – Olive “Pat” Davis Newell, 93, passed away on April 14, 2021 at her sister Louise Hagerstrom’s home in Strong, …
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Justice Department worried about Arizona’s private recount of presidential election
The department says the state Senate’s farming out of 2.1 million ballots to a contractor may run afoul of federal law requiring ballots to remain in the control of election officials for 22 months.
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Benton’s Hoyt named a 2021 student of year
Adrian Hoyt of Benton, a student at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, has been named one of seven 2021 Students of the Year by the Maine Community College System Board of Trustees. Hoyt is enrolled in KVCC’s liberal studies program. He was unsure about his ability to succeed in college, but with the support […]
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Arts commission seeks applications for poet laureate
Stuart Kestenbaum finishes five-year term.
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Library to host talk on coping with COVID, building hope
AUBURN — Greg Marley — a licensed clinical social worker and director of Suicide Prevention for NAMI Maine — will present a program, “Coping With COVID, Building Hope,” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13, via Zoom. The talk is hosted by Auburn Public Library. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This presentation acknowledges […]
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Beware of toxic browntail moth hairs, experts warn
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine Forest Service, and 211 Maine remind residents and visitors that browntail moth caterpillars are emerging from their winter webs in trees. These caterpillars shed tiny hairs that can cause a skin reaction like poison ivy. When the hairs become airborne, they may cause […]
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Volunteers needed for Woolwich alewife count
WOOLWICH — As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual “Nequasset Alewife Count.” Sign up for a count online at kennebecestuary.org/fish-counting. Each fish counter signs up for a two-hour block and counts fish for two 10-minute periods in that block. […]
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Greene’s Pierce named 2021 student of year
Sarah Pierce of Greene, a student at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, has been named one of seven 2021 Students of the Year by the Maine Community College System Board of Trustees. She enrolled at CMCC because she wanted a career change, according to a news release. She earned her degree in business administration […]