City officials believe the new business will improve aesthetics and access to the struggling mall, and will offer an alternative to an emergency room visit.
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Augusta Board of Education OKs 2021-22 budget, with less-than-1% spending hike
The proposed spending plan is to be presented April 6 to the Augusta City Council.
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Three Augusta schools report positive COVID-19 cases
Cony Middle and High School, and Farrington and Lillian P. Hussey elementary schools will continue operate on their regular schedules.
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‘Maine’s Big Trees’ topic of Kennebec Historical Society’s March 17 virtual talk
The Kennebec Historical Society’s March Facebook Live presentation “Maine’s Big Trees” is planned for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Jan Santerre will be the speaker. Since 1968, the Maine Forest Service has compiled a list of the largest known specimens of native and naturalized trees in Maine. The 2020 Register contains 146 trees, representing 138 […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
USM/LA to host Mission Working Dogs founder via Zoom
The USM/LA Senior College is hosting the “Food for Thought” session.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Union library to feature family’s travel adventures via Zoom
The Vose Library will feature “A Young Family’s Travel Adventures that Led them to a Home in Maine” as part of its “Zoom with Vose at 6 p.m.” series on Wednesday, March 17.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner city manager resigns
The Gardiner City Council accepted the resignation of City Manager Christine Landes on Wednesday after a 10-minute executive session.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Richmond town manager leaving to accept position in Oxford
Adam Garland, who took his first job in Richmond in 2006 as a member of its police department, is leaving the role of town manager he’s had for about 2½ years.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Monmouth voters defeat moratorium that would have halted commercial solar projects
On Tuesday, residents voted 578-350 to defeat the article, which allows progress to continue on a proposed solar project on Ridge Road.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Dana Wilde: Thoreau and the lichens
Thoreau was among the original naturalists to think of the whole Earth, not just his own woods, as one ecologically integrated process of processes, writes Dana Wilde.