The growing coffee chain, headquartered in Portland, opened 11 locations in Maine in 2023 and expects to open 10 more in 2024.
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Maine Children’s Home call for donations is answered
WATERVILLE — Over the past two weeks, 74 businesses and organizations answered an urgent call from Maine Children’s Home’s winter essentials program — Christmas Program — for donations of warm clothing for 1,201 Maine children whose families are facing financial hardship this year. The call came in November when MCH was in desperate need of […]
Week In Photos Dec. 15-22, 2023
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Federal grant for central Maine revitalization puts Skowhegan coalition on track to receive millions more
A $425,000 grant awarded to Main Street Skowhegan by the Economic Development Administration will allow a regional development plan to seek up to $50 million in federal dollars next year.
Reporting Aside: The gift of giving to strangers around Waterville
Handing out $100 bills to strangers during the holiday season evokes an unforgettable feeing, Amy Calder writes.
Friends of Quarry Road receive $712K for trail improvements
WATERVILLE — The Friends of Quarry Road recently received $712,500 in federal funding for improvements at Waterville’s largest public park, Quarry Road Trails. Funding is part of $2.85 million awarded in a partnership between the Northern Border Regional Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development for 11 economic development projects in Maine, New Hampshire, […]
Michigan workers carve chair from fallen tree at South China home so 7-year-old boy has Christmas gift for parents
The workers were sent by Central Maine Power to chainsaw a large hemlock tree that fell over the driveway of Carol Thibodeau of South China.
After bus yard floods, Skowhegan-area schools manage to reopen Thursday
Staff worked all day Wednesday to get the buses and vans running after they were damaged Tuesday by flooding, according to MSAD 54 superintendent Jon Moody.
‘No warning’ official says, as more than 20,000 pounds of food at Winslow pantry soiled by flood
Food for hundreds of families across Kennebec and Somerset counties had to be thrown away after floodwaters breached the Winslow Community Cupboard. Employees say the water came without warning.
Gov. Mills visits Skowhegan mill redevelopment project that suffered millions in flooding damage
Mills, along with state, county and local officials, toured the damage and offered her support, as the state begins to seek federal aid for the hardest hit areas following Monday’s powerful storm.