The fair continues through the week until August 17.
Greg McManus
Skeleton of Colby athletic complex completed as last beam is set
Iron workers laid the last beam on Tuesday that completes the structure that is expected to be ready for use in 2020.
J.P. Devine: August 1945, for three sisters the waiting is over
J.P. remembers waiting for Japan to surrender in 1945.
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences graduates largest class to date
The graduating class of Maine’s first charter school numbered 35 at the school’s eighth commencement.
MeANS program for challenged students graduates seven
The Threshold program at the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences focuses on students whose lives make it difficult to attend school regularly.
Bed racers tear up Water Street at Skowhegan River Fest
Farmers market, rafting rides, fireworks part of festival’s Saturday events.
Mallett Brothers Band, Hymn for Her rock Waterville
The first Waterville Rocks! concert kicked off on a warm Friday evening with Castonguay Square filled with people seeking a summer music break.
J.P. Devine: The tie’s the thing that’s telling about a candidate
J.P. Devine takes a gander at the neckwear of the current crop of male presidential candidates, but as yet finds no bolo ties.
J.P. Devine: Life is a drag
The recent confrontation in downtown Waterville over a drag queen story hour for children drew metaphorical spears and rattles, the latest in a fabulous tradition of performances, J.P. Devine writes.
New Jersey man presents Oakland elementary school with gifts
Keith Hartzell, a New Jersey toilet paper dispenser salesman, gave Atwood Primary school with a proclamation from the New Jersey legislature.