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.
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Benton Select Board approves change to town’s fiscal year
Change would move the fiscal year from the conventional calendar year to July 1 to June 30. Residents must vote on the change at the annual Town Meeting in March.
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Foundation to honor Vietnam era veterans with breakfast
AUGUSTA — In recognition of National Vietnam War Veteran Day, the Travis Mills Foundation plans to hold a breakfast for Vietnam era veterans at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, at the Augusta Armory, 179 Western Ave. “While the foundation’s main mission is to serve post-9/11 veterans, I’m an ardent supporter of Vietnam era veterans and […]
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Augusta CrossFit shop to host chamber’s Business After Hours
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Business After Hours is scheduled to be hosted by The Shop CrossFit from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at its gym at 56 Western Ave., Suite 4. The event is free and open to chamber members and guests. Beth and Shawn Cyr started the […]
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Vassalboro woman named 2022 artist of year
Dot Hutchins of Vassalboro has been named the 2022 Artist of the Year by Belfast’s Arts in the Park Planning Committee. Hutchins has been participating in Arts in the Park for nearly a decade with her hand-woven baskets. She began basket weaving in 1991 after taking an adult education class and she hasn’t stopped since, […]