More than $200,000 in grants has allowed the University of Maine at Augusta to double the enrollment in its dental assistant program and offer instruction in Lewiston.
Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
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Maine Film Center and Mid-Maine Technical Center to continue Maine Student Film Crew
Third workshop about stop-motion animation set for Dec. 10.
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MaineCF Grants available for Kennebec County nonprofits
New funding focus in effect for 2021; application deadline is Feb. 15.
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Franklin Memorial Hospital puts new visitation restrictions in place in response to COVID-19 surge
FARMINGTON — Consistent with Franklin Memorial Hospital’s commitment to help prevent further community spread of COVID-19 and to safeguard our colleagues, the hospital has implemented changes to its visitor policies that go into effect Tuesday, Dec. 8, according to a news release from the hospital. Visitors or escorts are not permitted on the Franklin Memorial Hospital […]
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Augusta courthouse reopens to public
The Capital Judicial Center, closed for about two weeks after at least three employees tested positive for COVID-19, was back open Monday.
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Waterville Area Soup Kitchen to provide free meals-to-go Dec. 9 at four locations
Waterville Area Soup Kitchen will offer free meals-to-go on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park at Monument Square and Head of Falls on Front Street, and from 11:40 a.m. to noon at Green Street Playground on Grove Street and Moor Street Playground on Moor Street. For more information, call […]
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Developers plan new affordable housing project in Gardiner
Maine Affordable Properties, which is proposing to build eight to 10 condominium-style units, has completed its site analysis for the 1.27-acre lot at 134 Spring St.
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Augusta bar faces loss of liquor license
Augusta’s licensing board has recommended the Raging Bull Saloon’s liquor license not be renewed because of ongoing issues at the Water Street bar, but the City Council will have the final say.
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Waterville issues parking ban midnight to 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8
The City of Waterville has issued a parking ban from midnight to 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. Waterville Public Works will pick up snow in the downtown area. Overnight parking will be prohibited in the Concourse and on City streets, roads and ways from midnight to 6 am. Overnight parking is permitted at all municipal […]
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Nor’easter blankets central Maine in wet, heavy snow
Snow totals were less than expected in Kennebec, Somerset and Franklin counties, according to the National Weather Service in Gray.