The 1958 Café at Day’s Store, overlooking Long Pond, adds a restaurant to the well-known family-owned store.
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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New director of Colby institute raises conversation about AI
David Watts will start at Colby College in August as the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence’s newest director at one of the nation’s first AI institutes at a liberal arts college.
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Solon restaurant plans expansion after 2 months of success
Riverside Breakfast and BBQ owners Scott Robertson and Craig Meunier offer fresh food in the way that they know how to prepare it best.
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Jay-area district’s vote to align with Trump order could roll back protections for transgender students
State repercussions are unclear at this time, but if approved through the board’s policy process, it opens the district up to potential litigation.
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U.S. Department of Education freezing some federal funds for Maine, other states
The funding was expected to be disbursed Tuesday, the start of the fiscal year for school districts in Maine, but it may be delayed until the end of September.
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Girls Who Code is bridging the gender gap in STEM fields
The program is geared to knocking down obstacles that girls may face pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
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Waterville man pleads guilty in federal court to making interstate threats
Prosecutors say Benjamin Brown posted comments on YouTube threatening to hunt down and kill immigrants, after federal agents had met with him over other comments he had posted online.
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Three central Maine graduates reflect on their lives and what’s next
Three central Maine students have followed very different paths to reach high school graduation, and they say they’re ready to take on their next challenges.
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Winthrop cat shelter will stay open after raising nearly $100,000
Weeks after putting out its plea for help, the PALS No-Kill Cat Shelter has received enough donations to stay in operation and hire a fundraising director.
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Central Maine charter school wins state competition
The Maine Academy of Natural Science Envirothon team plans to travel to Canada for the international competition in mid-July.