Maine Community Foundation’s application deadline is April 1.
Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
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Merrymeeting Audubon to offer camp scholarships
The Merrymeeting Chapter of Maine Audubon plans to award scholarships for two University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H camps during this summer. Tanglewood in Lincolnville is for students 8-14 years old, and Bryant Pond, in Bryant Pond, is for students 10-13 years old. The pandemic has delayed the posting of programs and dates. These will […]
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Belgrade woman 1st 4-year recipient of Fuller scholarship
Belgrade student to graduate in May from St. Joseph’s College.
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Video: Augusta students topple 1,333 cereal boxes in philanthropic lesson benefitting food bank
Students and community members collect the cereal boxes for the Augusta Food Bank. The food will save the food bank about $5,000.
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Kennebec County group debates whether controversial Fuller statue is ‘our collective problem’
Kennebec County Commissioners voted unanimously in February to remove the statue of Melville Fuller from county courthouse property. They now must decide where it will go.
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Early morning blaze destroys Route 202 house in Monmouth
Fire chief: No one home when fire started and no injuries reported.
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Two positive COVID-19 cases reported at Augusta elementary school
Gilbert Elementary School Principal Sarah Landry said the two cases are not related to any others, and there are no close contacts within the school
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Police: Tractor-trailer carrying wine hits state truck, tips over on Maine Turnpike in Litchfield
One state worker, Michael Robinson, 43, of Litchfield was hit in the leg by flying debris. He was treated at a hospital for an injury officials said was not serious.
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Damariscotta library to feature author Kay Tobler Liss March 25 via Zoom
DAMARISCOTTA — Skidompha Public Library will welcome author Ky Tyler Liss for its next Chats with Champions at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 25. Liss’ first novel, “The Last Resort” follows Paul, a lawyer who flees his mundane city life to quiet, windy off-season Montauk. Soon Paul befriends a group of Indigenous Montauk people and helps […]
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Organization offers free transportation for those in need
Neighbors Driving Neighbors covers the towns of Fayette, Mount Vernon, Belgrade, Vienna and Rome.