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Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
Photos: Monmouth flower farmers growing 10,000 tulips over winter
Kim and Chris Brawn, with help from their son Carter, have been running Pease Hill Farm, a cut flower farm located in Monmouth, for three years and this is the first year they’ve tried growing tulips indoors. Last fall they bought and planted 15,000 tulip bulbs. They planted 5,000 in the ground outside and 10,000 were planted, 66 to a plastic crate, in potting soil to be forced to bloom over the winter.
Washington library to display works by 6 area teachers through April
A reception will be held Monday, April 3.
Augusta church to host Catholic composer, musician March 25
AUGUSTA — Steve Angrisano, a musician who travels the world with a message of using music to share hope, plans to conduct a music ministry workshop Saturday, March 25. The workshop, which runs from 9-11:30 a.m., will be hosted by St. Michael Parish in the St. Augustine Church and hall on 75 Northern Ave. The […]
Augusta nonprofit, garden club to partner for floral show March 25
AUGUSTA — The Friends of Lithgow Library and Kennebec Valley Garden Club plan to present their annual floral show, Art in Bloom Let’s Go to the Movies, with arrangements inspired by the movies. The free show runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at the 45 Winthrop St. library. Those who attend […]
Waterville man sentenced to year in prison after sexually explicit images of child found on phone
The explicit image was discovered as a screensaver on Joel E. Williams Jr.’s phone after he left it behind at a store, authorities said.
Outcry over proposed ordinances prompts West Gardiner officials to scuttle 2 of them
While West Gardiner residents have historically favored little regulation, more than 200 residents turned out to a public hearing Thursday to support a ban on commercial solar and self-storage facilities rather than regulation.
Hallowell-area district already faces $1.5 million budget hike in first year without Richmond
Even though the budget numbers are expected to change over the coming months, RSU 2 school officials are seeing the impact of federal COVID-19 funds ending and Richmond’s recent withdrawal from the regional school district.
Week In Photos March 10-17, 2023
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Man who threatened to kill maintenance worker in Augusta sentenced to 2 years
Paul F. Fay III, 38, told a judge he has been unable to get help for mental illness that causes him to lash out during manic episodes.