New data show that more U.S. women are dying from alcohol than ever before. Public health authorities need to adopt more effective strategies to help women realize when their drinking is a problem. Considering the many marketing messages pushing a “rosé all day” lifestyle, that campaign will be an uphill battle. But exposing the dangers […]
2023
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Local schools make last-minute push to prepare for new students from asylum-seeking families
In Freeport and Sanford, schools have hired English instructors and made other adjustments needed to welcome dozens of new students.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Even as new Maine law expands abortion access, providers worry about court rulings in other states
Maine could face significant restrictions on abortion access if a recent Texas appeals court decision is upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: States should give rural families school choice
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will call a special legislative session this fall in hopes of joining a national trend toward expanding families’ K-12 options via school choice policies. Opponents claim that school choice will “destroy” rural school districts, but the available evidence says otherwise. Over the last 15 years, students in rural Texas have suffered […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: The March on Washington was more than a dream
Sixty years ago, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream turned the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom into a near-religious revival. King’s speech remains so emotionally powerful that we remember little else about that historic march and rally. That’s a shame, because the demonstration was so much more than a dream; it was […]
Posted inOn this date
Aug. 28, 1980: Skowhegan slates meeting on potential 2nd bridge across Kennebec River, town of Oakland has been sued by Pine Tree Legal Assistance, and water is flowing over dam again in Winslow
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inThings to Do
Scotland’s Heron Valley to perform Old South Church concert
FARMINGTON — Old South Church Concert Series organizers plan to bring Scotland’s high energy band Heron Valley at 7 p.m.. Thursday, Sept. 7, to the church at 235 Main St. Heron Valley hails from Scotland with musical roots tied to Scottish and Irish traditional music, including traditional Scots song and Scottish piping tunes. The four-piece […]
Posted inCommunity
Waterville square dance club offers classes
WATERVILLE — The Central Maine Square Dance club plans to offer a beginners’ class for the area. The classes will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, starting Sept. 5, at the George Mitchell School, 58 Drummond Ave. The lessons cost $5 per person, per lesson. They are casual and informal. People should bring a partner. […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Kennebec County projects, nonprofits strengthened by foundation
More than $73,000 in Maine Community Foundation grants aim to help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in Kennebec County. The eight grants through MaineCF’s Community Building Grant Program include $68,470 recommended by the Kennebec County Committee and one additional grant totaling $5,000 from a donor-advised fund, according to a news release from the foundation with […]