The town of Jay’s police and public works departments plan to participate in a collaborative program, Sand for Seniors. Employees of the two departments will deliver a bucket of sand/salt to community members to use on their icy walkways or driveways. Because of insurance restrictions, they cannot spread the sand/salt. Landlords should be supplying tenants […]
2022
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Hallowell librarian wins Row House 2022 raffle
Barbara Rohrbaugh, a retired Hallowell librarian, won the Row House 2022 raffle. The prize was a full-sized copy of a painting of Hallowell that sold in 2020 for over $250,000 in a Sotheby’s auction. Row House, Hallowell’s historical society, raises funds to present programs about the city’s history and to support maintaining historical collections such […]
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Local UMaine Farmington students named Wilson Scholars
Two local University of Maine at Farmington student researchers, Will Robert from Embden and Jaycie Stevens from Pittston, have been named Wilson Scholars for fall 2022. Robert, a senior majoring in Earth and environmental studies, is researching “An Environmental Geochemical Analysis of the Plumbago North Lithium Deposit, West-central Maine.” Doug Reusch, professor of geology, is […]
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Central Maine Garden Club makes centerpieces for holidays
Members of the Central Maine Garden Club recently made Christmas centerpieces in the shape of pine trees. After wrapping the styrofoam with the greens the decorations, and hooking on the lights, the mini trees sparkled with the creators beaming in pride with their accomplishments, according to a news release from Donna Sawyer of the Oakland-based […]
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Damariscotta gallery welcomes entries for juried art show
River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit works for the first juried show of 2023, “Passages.” The deadline for entries is 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. Jorge S. Arango, the art critic of the Portland Press Herald, will be the juror. “Passages” runs from Tuesday, Jan. 17, through Saturday, Feb. 18. The public is […]
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Board approves buying SUV for Farmington Fire Rescue
The 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe will cost the town $43,772.40.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts governor seeks pardons in 1980s child sex abuse case
A panel will consider the recommendations for two people in what was one of the highest profile cases in the country at the time.
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U.S. postage stamp to honor civil rights icon John Lewis
The Postal Service said the stamp ‘celebrates the life and legacy’ of the late congressman and civil rights giant John Lewis.
Posted inNation & World
Kawānanakoa, ‘last Hawaiian princess,’ dies at 96
She held no formal title, but was a living reminder of Hawaii’s monarchy before the kingdom was overthrown by American businessmen in 1893.
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Mars rover captures 1st sound of dust devil on red planet
Photographed for decades on Mars but never heard until now, dust devils are common on the red planet.