AUGUSTA — Three local chefs competed Sept. 20 in Spectrum Generations’ ninth annual Celebrity Chef Challenge. Chef Heidi Parent, Capital Area Technical Center culinary instructor, received the Judge’s Choice Award, and Chef Taylor Stanton, owner of The Salty Moose received the People’s Choice Award. Chef Dannielle Aldrich of The Blind Pig Tavern also created a […]
Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
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Elm City Bridge Club recognizes Sept. 28 winners
FAIRFIELD — Jeanie Reiling and Lynn Kerchener were winners at the Elm City Bridge Club’s Sept. 28. Jess Gunther and Willy Pouliot placed second, Di Bishop and Ken Harvey placed third, and Ed Rushton and Suzon Morrison placed fourth. The club meets at noon every Tuesday at the Elks Lodge, Industrial Road in Waterville. Participants […]
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Maine Craft Weekend draws visitors to Gardiner galleries, demonstrations
Artists share ideas and inspiration with one another — and hundreds of onlookers.
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Trotting Parks center hopes to go from blog to museum
Stephen Thompson, who launched the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center as a blog in 2009, hopes to turn it into a brick-and-mortar resource center and museum.
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Women stand against Texas abortion law in Belgrade, Waterville
Participants at central Maine events, and hundreds of other events across the country, demonstrate for women’s reproductive rights.
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Hallowell’s Hubbard Free Library goes fine free for overdue materials
The library had already suspended late fees in March 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has now moved to make that permanent.
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Augusta man indicted on charges of sexual assault, threatening with a gun
Recently handed up Kennebec County Grand Jury indictments include alleged sex assaults and threatening charges.
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In-person learning leads to enrollment increases for some central Maine school districts
Most school districts across central Maine have seen an increase in enrollment numbers this year, rebounding from fewer students participating during the first year-and-a-half of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Gardiner resale shop to reorganize, seeks more volunteers
The United Methodist Clothes Closet needs more volunteers to carry on its work in its resale shop that’s been operating in Gardiner for 17 years.
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Gardiner church youth and teen groups to meet
GARDINER — Winter Street Baptist Church plans to hold youth and teen group activities from 5 to 6 pm. on the first and third Sunday of each month at 32 Winter St. Team K.I.D. Youth Group is for ages 4 to grade six, and Teen Impact Group is for grades seven to 12. Activities will […]