AUGUSTA — Cony Middle and High School has announced the following students were named to its second-quarter honor roll for the 2021-22 academic year. Grade 12 — High honors: Khadeeja Alsaleem, Emily Atigian, Raegan Bechard, Jamison Bragdon, Elijah Brann, Indiya Clarke, Liam Cotnoir,Emma Crosby, Kevin Curtis, Haylee Cyr, Hailey Fischer, Julia Habib, Brianna Harriman and Alexis […]
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Augusta arboretum’s trail-side meal draws hundreds
AUGUSTA — Viles Arboretum’s Table Tour event, held on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 13, served nearly 300 people, according to a news release from the arboretum. The fundraiser sent participants on a one-mile snowy trek where they could partake of soups, a turkey dinner, tacos and warm cookies, all prepared in the Arboretum’s commercial kitchen […]
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Book talk, signing to feature 2 Jefferson authors
Two Jefferson authors, both named Kay, are scheduled to give an informal book talk and book signing at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 5. The event is to be held at the Jefferson Market and General Store, 242 Waldoboro Road in Jefferson. “The Last Resort,” penned by Kay Tobler Liss, features a New Yorker who escapes […]
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UMaine at Farmington writers series to feature Grace Talusan
The University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writers Series is set to present award-winning writer Grace Talusan as the program’s fifth reader of the season. Talusan will read from her work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 10, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center on South Street. The reading is free and open […]
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Wayne church donates to Capital Area New Mainers Project
The Wayne Community Church recently delivered a donation to the Capital Area New Mainers Project, a cross-cultural organization that welcomes immigrants and works to build a thriving, integrated community in central Maine, according to a news release from the church. The amount of the donation was not disclosed. Inspired by reports of its important work, […]
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Winthrop society to hold rag doll party, business meeting
WINTHROP — In observance of March as Women’s History Month, local author Karen Richards Toothaker plans to offer an interactive, make-and-take doll party from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 26, at the Winthrop History and Heritage Center, 107 Main St. Rag dolls have comforted children and taught them how to care for others throughout […]
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Waterville holds demonstration on removal of browntail moth nests
Waterville reportedly has more than 500 properties or individual trees in need of treatment for the invasive species, which can cause severe rashes and respiratory problems in humans and destroy trees.
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Texas still working through rejected ballots a day after primary
The strict new law causes hurdles for even Republican voters.
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Jan. 6 panel claims Trump engaged in ‘criminal conspiracy’
The 221-page court filing marks the committee’s most formal effort to link the former president to a federal crime.
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Maine teen kills rampaging moose
The 17-year-old and his father encountered the moose at their St. David home when they returned from a training run with the boy’s sled dog team.