AUGUSTA — Everett Blair of Whitefield is Capital Area Technical Center’s 2021 Student of the Year. A senior from Erskine Academy in South China enrolled for the second year in the Law Enforcement Academy program, Blair will ship out in July for 10-week basic combat training with the U.S. Army National Guard. He will then attend […]
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Maranacook students spend winter night in woods
A group of 10 outing club students from Maranacook Community High School, in Readfield, spent a recent weekend at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson, and learned how to build outdoor shelters from David Butler of Maine Path and Paddle Guides. The club won the trip through the Teens to Trails Fall 2020 Trip Lottery. […]
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Police: 2 men with more than a kilogram of fentanyl arrested in Augusta
Kristopher Churchill, 38, of Bradford and Erick Mejia, 26, of Lawrence, Mass., were arrested Monday after a traffic stop on Interstate 95.
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Richmond police respond to elementary school for student who brought loaded gun to school
Police said the student self reported the gun when bringing it to a staff member, adding everyone was safe and no threats were made in the incident.
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Maine State Police to step up traffic enforcement
A policy of not enforcing some minor traffic infractions, put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, is ending.
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Hallowell-area school board divided on early release days, plan to continue discussion next week
Regional School Unit 2 will be sending another survey out to parents to gather their input about how they would prefer staff development time be managed.
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‘Great American Buy Local Day’ set
People are encouraged Wednesday, April 7, to participate in the annual “The Great American Buy Local Day” initiative, to support local businesses, the communities they serve, and tens of millions of people they employ. The campaign encourages everyone to continue to support businesses that might just be opening back up amid the pandemic, are expanding […]
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Hallowell library to hold community read via Zoom
HALLOWELL — Hubbard Free Library will hold a Zoom community read of “The Plague,” a short 1947 novel by Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus, at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1. “The Plague” depicts the French Algerian town of Oran, which is suddenly struck by the bubonic plague. It raises many of the same issues we […]
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Proposed budget has Dresden considering withdrawal from Hallowell-area school district
Dresden is not the only municipality critical of Regional School Unit 2’s proposed spending plan. Farmingdale and Monmouth officials are also questioning how they would pay what the district is asking.
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Traffic patterns changing at West Gardiner tolls
Drivers traveling north from Interstate 295 to Interstate 95 will use new tollbooths 600 feet from the existing tolls, while southbound drivers will pay at new toll plaza.