MONMOUTH — Author Mark Leslie plans to talk about the Underground Railroad in Maine, with a focus on Monmouth, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, via Zoom. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 demanded prison and fines for anyone caught harboring or helping escaping slaves, and yet at least four Monmouth families risked both, according […]
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Fire at Waterville apartment building likely caused by discarded smoking materials, investigators say
Rear porch caught fire Tuesday at building on Silver Place.
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Maine university recognizes local dean’s list students
The University of Southern Maine has named the following local students to its 2021 fall semester dean’s list. ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY Greene: Zack Morin, Tyler Morin, Hannah Deblois and Maddie Springer. Leeds: Jess Richard. Livermore Falls: Hannah Coates. Sabattus: Adelle Surette, Christian Richter, Riley Worth, Daisy Cole, Gavin Rawstron and Shelby Wood. Turner: Matt Brown, Kaitlyn […]
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West Gardiner students make Massachusetts university dean’s list
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Two local students have been named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Western New England University. They are Casey Vandenbossche and Timothy Doyle, both of West Gardiner. Students are named to the dean’s list for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.30 or higher.
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Local students make Massachusetts university president’s list
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Three local students have been named to the 2021 fall semester president’s list at Western New England University. They include Nathan Miller of Winthrop, as well as Andrew Mayo and Kasen Sirois, both of Sidney. Students are named to the President’s List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.80 or […]
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Kennebec Valley college names building after former president
A lecture hall building, located on the Kennebec Valley Community College’s Harold Alfond Campus in Hinckley, is to be named Woodlee Hall in honor of former KVCC president and Maine Women’s Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Barbara Woodlee, according to a news release from the college. Woodlee served as KVCC’s president from 1984 to 2012, […]
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Waterville Senior High recognizes honor students
Waterville Senior High School has announced the following students were named to its second-quarter honor roll for the 2021-22 academic year. Grade 12 — High honors: Emily Ackerman, Keya Amundsen, Blair Blaisdell, Madison Brown, Lydia Bussell, Emily Campbell, Colette Carrillo, Brittney Cayford, Kylene Cobb, Quinn Denis, Luke Douglas, Hazel Dow, Sydney Field, Phoenix Gatlin, Olivia Gervais, […]
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Bath land trust to host talk on fish, water temperature
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust plans to host Kirstin Underwood, a biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, to talk about the relationship between healthy freshwater fish populations and water temperature. The talk is to be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 via Zoom. Maine’s most iconic fish […]
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Camden library series to cover immigrant housing challenges
The Connecting Across Cultures New Mainers series with the Camden Public Library is set to continue at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24. This online presentation will explore the hurdles faced by immigrants for housing in Maine. The public is invited to hear from a panel of speakers directly involved in immigrant housing efforts, who will […]
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Pittsfield council plans public hearing on $1 million loan for Main Street sewer work
The Town Council scheduled the hearing for March 1 and while an ordinance allows up to just over $1 million for the loan, the town has received a grant for some of the work so the loan would likely not be for the full amount.