The budget drew controversy for its cuts, but Dresden community members added money for a guidance counselor and teacher back to the budget.
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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UMaine-Augusta to lease new residence hall to add 23 dorm beds for students
The 10-year lease will cost the university nearly $2 million, but will accommodate the large number of students that are currently on the waitlist for housing.
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Readfield-area middle school welcomes 41 new citizens during naturalization ceremony
The new Mainers from 20 different countries were highlighted as part of the school’s “Paths to America” integrated curriculum.
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Blaze at Jefferson house also sparks brush fire, road closures
The fire started Tuesday afternoon and its cause was not immediately known, officials said.
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Sen. Angus King talks citizenship, book-banning, TikTok with Readfield-area middle schoolers
The independent U.S. senator from Maine was the guest speaker for the “Acadia Team” at Maranacook Community Middle School for their topic on “Paths to America.”
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Culinary arts students at Augusta-based technical center learn by running school’s food trailer
Chef Heidi Parent strives to be innovative with her culinary arts program, including using COVID-19 pandemic relief funding to buy a food trailer for her students to run.
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Another camper reported stolen from Scott’s Recreation in Manchester
The theft in late April involved a camper parked in the same spot as a camper that was stolen in October from the dealership’s overflow lot.
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Employees’ frustrations mount over lingering payroll problems in Hallowell-based school district
The head of the school employees’ union said the payroll issues have distracted staff for more than a year and that ‘poor and untimely communication’ by administrators in trying to fix the problems ‘has become unbearable.’
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Traffic to be impacted for 6 weeks as road between Richmond and Gardiner gets repaved
Lane closures will begin Monday on a 6-mile stretch of state Route 201.
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Additional violations found at Augusta residence where porch collapsed, but tenants allowed to return
The violations are considered common and are not imminently hazardous, said the city’s director of code enforcement.