Exhibitions are expected to highlight the freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
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AARP awards community grants to 8 Maine organizations
PORTLAND — Eight organizations will receive 2021 Community Challenge grants, part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.2 million awarded among 244 organizations nationwide, AARP Maine announced July 28. Grantees plan to implement quick-action projects to promote livable communities by improving housing, transportation, public spaces, civic engagement, and connection with family, friends, […]
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Invasive watermilfoil returns in Cobbossee Lake despite efforts to eradicate the plant
“A lake that becomes really infested (with the invasive Eurasian watermilfoil plant) is absolutely useless to everybody,” said John Stanek, vice commodore of the CYC Lake Association.
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Augusta offers city parcel for affordable housing
City officials hope Augusta Housing Authority can build at least 24 affordable housing units on a vacant lot off Bangor Street to address worsening shortage of available housing.
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Frances Perkins Center to host party, honor 2 women
A virtual garden party and awards ceremony is planned for Aug. 15.
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Richmond celebrates prosperity, history closely tied to Kennebec River
History buffs anxiously awaiting Richmond bicentennial in 2023 kicked things off Saturday.
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With Amish buggy crashes on the rise in central Maine, experts advise to pay attention to roads
There have been at least four Amish buggy crashes this summer alone, and members of the community and experts advise safe driving to ensure more crashes do not happen.
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Johnson Hall continues fundraising ahead of expected 2022 construction start
Anonymous donors have pledged to match ticket sales at a special performance of the The Maine Dead Project on Sept. 11, as a fund request under federal Community Project Funding program advances.
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Bicycle coalition installs temporary road delineators to slow Mount Vernon traffic
A total of 10 delineators were installed on three roads — Main Street, Belgrade Road and North Road — through a collaboration between the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and Mount Vernon’s age-friendly committee.
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Augusta bans large solar project developments for 180 days
City councilors are concerned about aesthetics as the number of solar developments in the city continues to increase.