AUGUSTA — Healthy Living for ME is offering a free workshop for caregivers who are assisting loved ones through memory loss or dementia. Building Better Caregivers will be offered from Tuesday, May 4, through June 8. The six-session Building Better Caregivers Program helps family caregivers better understand the changes their loved ones are experiencing. Topics […]
Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
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Hallowell begins Maine bicentennial celebration
Hallowell was preparing to “party hearty” in celebration of the state’s Bicentennial last spring when all activities were abruptly canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With everything in place, the city’s Historic Hallowell Committee decided to instead feature the planned presentations in a video program instead. “Hallowell salutes Maine’s Bicentennial” is a 35-minute presentation in […]
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Municipalities still don’t have Hallowell-area school district’s full finalized budget for next year
While other central Maine school districts have made their full budgets public, no municipal official in the communities served by Regional School Unit 2 have gotten a copy of its line item spending plan for next school year.
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Mid-Coast Audubon offers spring birding field trips
DAMARISCOTTA — Mid-Coast Audubon is once again holding spring birding field trips. There will be protective limits, at least initially including the previously mandated social distancing, and mask wearing is required for all attendees. There will be no carpooling unless those wishing to do so have all been fully vaccinated. Instead of meeting at a […]
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Booklets cover 19th century advances in food production
WISCASSET — The Lincoln County Historical Association works with local schools, including home schools, to advance the historical heritage of Lincoln County and Maine. As part of that effort, the organization’s education director has developed two booklets that provide educators and their students with an overview of historical data in an interdisciplinary manner: “Settlement during […]
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Augusta’s ‘Energizer bunny’ and director of ‘quality of life’ department to retire after 20 years
“Leif (Dahlin) has dedicated his whole adult life to the field of parks and recreation and other community-based services,” said City Manager William Bridgeo.
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Gardiner launches city manager search hoping to avoid lengthy delays of past
Vacancy was created in March when Christine Landes, who was hired in 2018, resigned three months before her three-year contract would have expired.
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UMA to offer online financial literacy course for high school students
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the needs for financial literacy and online college courses, according to local educators.
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Trench proposed to be dug across Kennebec River for new sewer line in Augusta
Currently, due to a failed pipe, there is only one pipe carrying wastewater from the east side of the Kennebec River to the treatment plant on the west side.
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Drive-up spaghetti meal fundraiser planned for May 1
PALERMO — The Waldo County Republicans Committee will sponsor a drive-up spaghetti meal fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Malcolm Glidden American Legion Post 163, Turner Ridge Road. The cost $10 per dinner or $16 per two dinners, and $8 for each additional dinner. The choice of a homemade meat […]