“Around the Kennebec Valley: The Herman Bryant Collection,” from Arcadia Publishing brings Gay Grant back to the collection of the photographer who captured images in the Kennebec Valley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
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Gardiner fire was accidental, state fire investigators say
The Maine Office of State Fire Marshal has determined the cause of the fire that damaged a School Street home in Gardiner Sunday was accidental.
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Readfield not seeing influx of boaters in wake of controversial Winthrop mooring ordinances
The town first discussed the issue in July when some residents showed concern that Winthrop’s recent ordinance could result in an increase of moorings in Readfield, which is considering its own rules.
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Flutie 5K for Autism set for Oct. 22 at Rome’s Pine Tree Camp
ROME — The Flutie 5K for Autism at Pine Tree Camp is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at 114 Pine Tree Camp Road. “You’ve never run, walked or rolled through a setting quite like Pine Tree Camp,” said Adria King, donor relations director for Pine Tree Society, according to a news release from […]
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Kennebec Valley YMCA to close Manchester campus due to declining membership
Facility at 40 Granite Hill Road is scheduled to close Sept. 30.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley welcome community to new building
Dozens of people spent Saturday morning touring the new $10 million clubhouse, named for supporter Sandra M. Prescott, before it opens for business on Monday.
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Sunday afternoon fire damages Gardiner house
Firefighters from more than a half-dozen southern Kennebec County communities respond to 45 School St., where flames damage back porch and rear side of 2 1/2-story house.
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Photos: Collecting for classrooms
Volunteers collect and organize school supplies at Vassalboro Fire Station on Saturday to be distributed to local classrooms. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Michael G. Seamans.
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Widespread school resignations leave some local districts scrambling as students prepare to return
The need for ed techs is especially great at some local schools, as the jobs have undertaken more responsibilities without corresponding increases in pay.
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Damariscotta’s Chapman-Hall House to host archaeology dig
DAMARISCOTTA — The grounds of Lincoln County Historical Association’s Chapman-Hall House museum, on U.S. Route 1, are scheduled to be the site of an archaeological investigation during the first two weeks of September. Tim Dinsmore of Midcoast Archaeology will direct the research of the site surrounding the 1754 house, 270 Main St. Dinsmore is a […]