Running is Lilly Mushlit’s favorite activity. She participates in indoor and outdoor track and cross country for Maranacook Community High School in Readfield and now plans to run in college at the University of New England. And, she has a visual impairment. Mushlit jokes that the impairment has made technology her best friend. It […]
Emily Duggan
Staff Writer
Emily Duggan is a staff writer for the Kennebec Journal. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of New Hampshire, where she was a news editor and staff writer for The New Hampshire. Before working at the Kennebec Journal, she interned at the Portland Press Herald and freelanced for the Granite State News Collaborative. A Portland native, Emily loves exploring the city, reading, and playing with her two cats.
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Sydney King, Nokomis High School
Growing up working on a farm, Sydney King knew she wanted to go into the trades. King started working on her friend’s farm in Dixmont when she was 11 — planting, weeding and, when she was old enough, selling vegetables in a farm stand. And after a job shadow in her sophomore year at […]
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Ben Nathan, Hall-Dale High School
Ben Nathan decided to become a physical therapist after the effect one had on his life. As a three-season athlete and the captain of the soccer, basketball and baseball teams at Hall-Dale High School, Nathan, 18, developed patellar tendonitis, which impacted his knees and his sports career. Nathan said the pain was so severe that […]
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Amany Albahadly, Cony High School
Amany Albahadly moved to the United States from Iraq in 2010, when she was 4. She and her family lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, for three years before moving to Augusta in 2013 when Albahadly was 7. Now, Albahadly, a senior at Cony High School, will be the first in her family to graduate […]
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For central Maine students looking at college, cost is the biggest factor
Now more than ever, high school seniors are looking at ways to lower the price of pursuing higher education.
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Carlie Jarvais, Skowhegan Area High School
To Carlie Jarvais, her family is everything. When she toured colleges in New York City and Connecticut, something wasn’t right. It wasn’t until she got to tour Thomas College in Waterville that she knew. “The biggest thing is my family,” Jarvais said. “I felt like it was wrong to leave, and I would get […]
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Following Julia Gagnon’s win last year, Central Maine Idol kicks off Monday night
Julia Gagnon won Central Maine Idol last year and went on to compete on ‘American Idol.’
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Julia Gagnon to headline 2 July shows at Johnson Hall in Gardiner in her Maine tour
Julia Gagnon, who made a strong showing on the latest season of ‘American Idol,’ will perform at Johnson Hall on July 26 and July 27.
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Dresden holds public hearing on proposed mining moratorium; residents to vote in June election
A vote to put a temporary stop to the quarries in town and to update the town ordinance is set for June 11.
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Voters in Gardiner-area school district send $32.4 million budget to June 11 referendum
While one voter from West Gardiner tried to add $2 million to the spending plan, voters passed the proposed $32.4 million budget without change.