WATERVILLE — Kennebec Water District has launched a new online customer portal allowing consumers to pay water bills, receive usage and billing notifications, track water consumption trends, and consolidate multiple accounts in one location. Customers also can sign up to receive urgent notices from KWD in the event of a water reliability or water quality […]
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‘Great American Buy Local Day’ set
People are encouraged Wednesday, April 7, to participate in the annual “The Great American Buy Local Day” initiative, to support local businesses, the communities they serve, and tens of millions of people they employ. The campaign encourages everyone to continue to support businesses that might just be opening back up amid the pandemic, are expanding […]
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Hallowell library to hold community read via Zoom
HALLOWELL — Hubbard Free Library will hold a Zoom community read of “The Plague,” a short 1947 novel by Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus, at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1. “The Plague” depicts the French Algerian town of Oran, which is suddenly struck by the bubonic plague. It raises many of the same issues we […]
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Scholarships available to women pursuing science, engineering degrees
Established in 2013, the Laurendeau Fund provides renewable scholarship support to young women who are graduating seniors from high schools in Maine, and are pursuing post-secondary education in science or engineering at a four-year university. The deadline for applications is June 1. Applications are available through the Maine Community Foundation at mainecf.org. There is a […]
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Stroll planned along Skowhegan art walk April 9
Author and photographer Jane Woodruff and Skowhegan Outdoors will lead a casual stroll from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 9, along the Bernard Langlais Art Walk through downtown Skowhegan. Participants can meet at the Main Street Skowhegan offices, 48 Court St., then set out to discover and admire the pieces held by the town […]
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Farmers unite to bring Maine’s largest market to central Maine
Central Maine FarmDrop continues to expand its efforts every day.
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Monmouth future business leaders runners-up in state conference
Monmouth Academy’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America competed in the State Leadership Conference March 22 and 23, and finished as runners-up in the Maine State Conference. The chapter qualified for participation in June’s National Leadership Conference. All conference events were held virtually: testing, document uploads, and Zoom presentations to judges for team and […]
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April 12 book talk to focus on 1918 influenza epidemic
Lois Lowry and Brother Arnold Hadd will discuss Lowry’s book “Like the Willow Tree.”
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Monmouth’s Academic Decathlon team named state runner-up
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy’s Academic Decathlon Team placed second in the State of Maine Virtual Academic Decathlon Championship on March 13. Coached by Cathy Foyt and Scott Foyt, the team will now have the opportunity to compete in the National Academic Decathlon Virtual Championship in April. The following Monmouth students won the following medals: Olivia […]
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Madison student makes Peru State College dean’s list
PERU, Neb. — Sheri Brunner of Madison has been named to the 2020 fall semester president’s list at Peru State College. To make the list, students must have a grade point average of 4.0 for the semester, have completed at least 12 graded credit hours during the past semester, have no incomplete grades for the […]