Republican Michael Lemelin wants to open small businesses up immediately, while Democrat Chris Hamilton wants to focus on a “safe approach.”
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Gardiner police donation helps lift Tiger Food Pantry
Members of the police department donated $1,200 in gift checks they received from the city in appreciation of the essential work they did earlier this year to the food pantry run out of Gardiner Area High School.
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Free Fall Family Fun Day planned in East Winthrop
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed to host event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 3 at YMCA camp
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Flu clinics set to begin Oct. 1
The Franklin Community Health Network clinics will be held in Eustis, Rangeley, Wilton, Phillips, Livermore Falls.
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Hallowell’s Alice Buck remembered as kind community cornerstone
Buck was widely known as the clerk at Boynton’s Market, and was once named Hallowell’s Citizen of the Year. She died last week at 80.
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Winthrop man indicted on rape, kidnapping charges
Jon L. Westerlund, 35, was one of several area residents indicted last week by a Kennebec County grand jury.
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Maranacook Community Middle School student has a ‘probable positive’ test for COVID-19
Officials: The Readfield school will use fully remote learning until Oct. 13.
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UMaine Extension 4-H to offer virtual science cafés starting Oct. 1
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer virtual science cafés for teens in seventh grade through senior year from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. every Thursday, beginning Oct. 1, according to a news release from the Orono-based extension office. Online sessions will include University of Maine scientists discussing their research, how they became involved in […]
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Reading the wild food forager’s calendar in Augusta
At the Maine Primitive Skills School, students learn about the edible plants that nature has to offer, and find ways to develop nature literacy.
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Winthrop YMCA helps Monmouth start Kid Zone
Schools that are receiving coronavirus relief funding to establish a child care option for students are looking to Lonney Steeves’ model at the Winthrop Y.