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Golf Fore Kids’ Sake at Belgrade Lakes club raises $31K for youth mentoring
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine’s 2023 Golf Fore Kids’ Sake at Belgrade Lakes Golf Club raised over $31,000 Sept. 1 to support one-to-one youth mentoring in Kennebec Valley, according to a news release from Monica Charette with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine. Belgrade Golf Fore Kids’ Sake 2023 Tournament winners: • 1st Place […]
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Biden responds to Livermore Falls student’s letter about climate change
“Always remember — when you make your voice heard, adults listen,” the president wrote to Cooper Stevenson, now 9.
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Thomas College receives over $70K to promote student behavioral health
WATERVILLE — The prolonged pandemic has created more stress and anxiety than ever before, according to a 2022 survey by TimelyMD, the leading telehealth company focused on higher education. Nearly 90% of survey respondents reported a mental health crisis on college campuses. Thomas College, no stranger to these experiences, has reported a 20% increase in […]
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Filling Health Care Coverage Gaps webinar set for Sept. 26
AUGUSTA — Consumers for Affordable Health Care plans to offer a Filling Health Care Coverage Gaps webinar at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26. People can learn about options when health care coverage is not enough. Programs that fill health coverage gaps such as hospital free care, sliding scale care and MaineCare for children will be […]
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Augusta society to host talk by wildlife biologist in Manchester Sept. 21
The Kennebec Historical Society’s September presentation, “Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs, and Hermit Bill: Memories of a Maine Wildlife Biologist,” is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at Hope Baptist Church, 726 Western Ave. in Manchester. Presenter Ron Joseph will share his book’s stories of growing up in central Maine in the 1950s and ’60s, […]
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Share the Road with Carol commemorative bike ride set for Oct. 1
The sixth annual Share the Road with Carol memorial bike ride is set for Sunday, Oct 1. The all-ages commemorative bike ride takes place in Windsor and Whitefield. The ride, which has 12- and 27-mile options, starts and ends at the Windsor Town Office at 523 Ridge Road. This annual ride honors the memory of […]
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Turnpike traffic to be impacted as work wraps up on West Gardiner interchange
Contractors are removing the old entering ramp at Exit 102 on the Maine Turnpike, which has been replaced with a new ramp.
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Central Maine likely to experience flash floods, power outages from Hurricane Lee
Four and a half months after heavy rain and flooding damaged infrastructure throughout central Maine, emergency managers are urging communities to prepare for wind and rain.
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Abandoned memories up for auction in Augusta
The state treasurer’s office says it’s holding over $309 million worth of unclaimed cash and items left behind in abandoned safe deposit boxes. For the first time in some 20 years, it will auction them off.