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Dresden Summerfest still going strong after 23 years — even in the rain

by Emily Duggan July 9, 2023July 10, 2023

The annual festival seeks to bring the community together through music, games and history.

Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education

Annual Monmouth cardboard boat race becomes a family affair

by Emily Duggan July 9, 2023July 10, 2023

The key to success? Duct tape.

Kennebec Journal, Maine Crime

Man arrested by FBI at Augusta gas station for selling fentanyl, meth and cocaine

by Emily Duggan July 8, 2023July 8, 2023

Alvaro ‘Santos’ Annover Motera Arias was arrested Friday at MD’s Market on 240 Riverside Drive in Augusta for allegedly selling controlled substances.

Community, Kennebec Journal

Table rentals available for Jefferson church fair July 29

July 8, 2023July 6, 2023

JEFFERSON — St. Giles Episcopal Church is renting tables for its annual fundraising fair on Saturday, July 29. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the church grounds at 72 Gardiner Road. Planned activities include a sale of treasured items, donated by parishioners and others. In addition, the church will […]

Community, Kennebec Journal

Society to host talk about Jefferson at Gettysburg July 15

July 8, 2023June 27, 2023

The Jefferson Historical Society plans this month to host Justin Jackson, PhD., assistant professor of history at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Jackson, formerly of Jefferson, will give an illustrated talk at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at the Jefferson Fire Rescue Building, 204 Waldoboro Road. The talk is open to […]

Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News

FBI investigation involving traffic stop draws large police response to Augusta gas station

by Aryan Rai July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

Augusta police officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near MD’s Market at 240 Riverside Drive, and both the vehicle and its occupants were then turned over “to our federal counterparts,” according to Kevin Lully, deputy chief of Augusta Police.

Kennebec Journal, Local & State

Eight years after devastating fire in Gardiner, damaged building posing safety risks gets demolished

by Jessica Lowell July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

City officials had to get a court order in order to take down the 235 Water St. structure after an engineering report declared it was at risk of catastrophic failure and was putting the residents in the neighboring building in grave danger.