Winthrop Maine Historical Society will hold its regular business meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, via Zoom. According to a release from the society, in 1767, John Chandler was granted by the Committee of the Kennebeck Purchase two lots of land of two hundred acres each near the mill stream in Ponds […]
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Storyteller, filmmaker, and humanitarian to chat online with Damariscotta library
Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature acclaimed television producer, author and humanitarian John Marshall at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, according to a news release from the Damariscotta library. Imagine encountering tiny elephants on a beach. Or kayaking with a horse as your paddling partner. Those are only two of hundreds of whimsical, touching, […]
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National Family & Consumer Sciences Educator Day 2021 set for Feb. 10
Event hosted by the Maine Association of Family & Consumer Sciences.
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Gardiner considers extending retail pot shop ban
City officials agreed to schedule a public hearing on extending the ban to allow the Ordinance Review Committee and the Planning Board to complete their review of the city’s regulations.
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MaineGeneral Health did not intend to offer ‘privileged access’ to COVID-19 vaccine, official says
The hospital’s 17-person Board of Directors was largely unavailable for comment on questions of vaccine equity, but the board chairman said the recent vaccine clinic was done according to CDC guidelines and provided useful feedback in making the process better.
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Police, friends continue to search for missing Augusta man
Pierre ‘Pete’ Bolduc was last seen more than a week ago in Augusta.
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Liz Soares: Virus fatigue has set in, but there is hope on the horizon
People can believe in any crazy theory they want, as long as they don’t act on it, writes Liz Soares.
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Weekly Masses in Spanish in Waterville temporarily suspended
WATERVILLE — The weekly Masses in Spanish have been temporarily suspended. The Masses are traditionally celebrated at 12:15 p.m. Sundays at Notre Dame Church in Waterville, according to a news release from Dave Guthro, communications director, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. “Many of the attendees at these Masses in Spanish are in or just under […]
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Readfield-area high school reports COVID-19 outbreak
Richmond High School and Monmouth Academy also reported positive COVID-19 cases.
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Kennebec County maintenance manager sexually assaulted female inmate assigned to work for him, police allege in documents
James Saucier, 58, of Belgrade, was arrested last week on three counts of gross sexual assault in connection with the case, and the alleged victim told authorities she wasn’t the first incarcerated female he had assaulted.