Following approval from residents at the Town Meeting on Saturday, town officials are pursuing a contract with the Kennebec Valley Humane Society in Augusta instead of using a retrofitted box trailer in Litchfield.
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Augusta Chipotle restaurant workers may be first in nation to unionize following health, labor concerns
Workers delivered a petition and letter of intent to Chipotle Mexican Grill management Wednesday, saying they are forming a union.
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Winthrop-based land trust to offer medicinal plant workshop June 28
As a part of Kennebec Land Trust’s 2022 Lyceum, Maine Medicinal Plants: Cultural Uses, Ecology and Botany, the trust plans to offer three field workshops throughout the summer and fall. Eric Doucette, associate professor of biology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and past president of the Maine Josselyn Botanical Society, will lead a field-based […]
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Windsor residents add money to budget for increasing salt, fuel costs
Voters at the Windsor annual Town Meeting added $27,000 to the $1.96 million budget and also approved the purchase of a new fire truck to replace a 1986 tanker truck.
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Photos: Salvaging wood from Maine’s oldest opera house
Renovations to Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, considered the state’s oldest opera house, began this month. A crew from Barn Boards & More, a local wood salvaging business, was pulling up and saving the tongue-and-groove floor boards from the theater Thursday to reuse as flooring or make into tabletops. By December 2023, the three-story performing arts venue in Gardiner is expected to reopen to the public with a 400-seat theater, a large lobby and concession area, full-service box office, green rooms for performers, and an elevator. Local hotel owner Benjamin Johnson turned the former livery stable into a performance hall in 1884, and it became an opera house in 1888. All photos by Kennebec Journal photojournalist Joe Phelan.
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Grace Christian Academy recognizes honor students
WEST GARDINER — Grace Christian Academy has announced its fourth-quarter honor roll for the 2021-22 academic year. Honors: Joshua Grant, Caleb Juarez and Emma Libby. High honors: Anabelle Barry, Connor Barry, Rylee Carry, Bella Cuevas, Logan Flemming, Landon Morrison and Keagan Storer. Highest honors: Logan Dancer and Victoria Inglis.
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Summer Meals for Kids program to start June 27 in China, Sidney, Belgrade, Rome, Oakland
Regional School Unit 18 is sponsoring a U.S. Department of Agriculture Summer Meals for Kids program. The school district, which serves Oakland, China, Belgrade, Sidney and Rome, will offer free meals to children from Monday, June 27 through Friday, Aug. 12, at sites throughout the district. Meals must be consumed on site. Lunch will be […]
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Police: Big Apple convenience store in Augusta robbed Saturday night, suspect still at large
Augusta police say robbery occurred at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, and the male suspect fled before officers arrived.
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Cony Boosters’ Cruise-In to benefit school athletics June 26
Cony All-Sports Boosters plan to hold its second annual Cruise-In from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at Augusta’s Mill Park. Participants and spectators alike are welcome. Food and drinks will be available for purchase, a disc jockey will be on site for the entire event, and there are many opportunities to walk […]
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Dresden keeps budget flat after voters decide not to withdraw from school district
The $1.15 million budget was driven up this year by the possibility of withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2.