Legendary Oakland community member Edward “Bud” King, one of the founders and former host of the Thanksgiving dinner served at Messalonskee High School, died at 97 last week.
Kennebec Journal
News and information from the greater Augusta area.
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Several indicted on drug charges in Kennebec County
Waterville, Oakland and Bronx, New York, residents among those indicted on allegations they trafficked in crack cocaine and fentanyl powder.
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At Augusta and Hallowell schools, QR codes and apps emerge as pandemic technology adjustments
School officials say the smart phone apps are helping to minimize the contact between staff and students.
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Windsor Elementary School reports 2 COVID-19 cases, triggering remote learning for district
Howard Tuttle, superintendent of Regional School Unit 12, said that the probable case “means that the individual has symptoms associated with COVID-19 and they had direct contact with someone who tested positive.”
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ACC Cares golf tournament raises $19,500 for cancer center
Annual event dedicated this year in memory of longtime ACC member the late Marie Hatfield.
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Restoring the American Chestnut topic of Oct. 7 webinar
Event hosted by the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust.
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More than 15 Blessing of the Animals events set for Maine parishes
October events are planned in Augusta, Gardiner, Skowhegan, Winthrop.
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Funding needed to save Nathaniel Hawthorne’s boyhood home in Raymond
The boyhood home of the legendary author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables in Raymond — known with great affection by locals as “the Hawthorne House” and listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1969 — is at risk of serious structural damage if major repairs are not […]
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New Maine veterans task force works to reduce suicide by firearms, medication
The Maine Safer Homes Taskforce will distribute information related to gun and medication safety, hoping to curtail the state’s higher-than-average rate of death by suicide in veterans.
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MaineGeneral’s Day of Hope celebrates, supports cancer patients
The Oct. 3 event will represent Cancer Survivors Day and the Walk for Hope.