JACKMAN — Jaxson Desjardin, 13, led a team of volunteers to rejuvenate the three tables and wooden canopies above them at the town’s Armand Pomerleau Park. The work was done the weekend of Sept. 8-9 as part of his Eagle Scout Project. Twenty years ago Eagle Scout candidate Timothy Gilboe built a picnic table and […]
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SNAPSHOT: United Way of Tri-Valley receives $5K from Poland Spring
The United Way of the Tri-Valley Area recentlyreceived $5,000 from Poland Spring employees at its Kingfield bottling plant. Poland Spring helps sponsor three events with the donation: The Color Me United 5K, the Halls of Horror Halloween event and Packs for Progress, which provides backpacks filled with supplies for students heading back to school. […]
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Skowhegan teen designs patch for Spring Camporee
Taylor Hayden, 15, a Star Scout in Troop 485, stood before Scouting leaders from all over Kennebec Valley District Sept. 13 to receive a plaque for his contributions to Scouting by designing the patch for the Spring Camporee, held in May at Camp Bomazeen in Belgrade. The presentation was held at Pleasant Street United Methodist […]
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Fire damages Oakland home, displacing 5 people
Chief David Coughlin of the Oakland Fire Department said Monday the house at 10 Ten Lots Road sustained significant damage to the second floor.
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Common Ground Country Fair draws more than 64,100 to Unity over weekend
The annual fair remains a popular draw, with about 20,500 fairgoers attending Friday, nearly 25,000 on Saturday and some 18,700 on Sunday, the event’s final day for 2023.
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Waterville Planning Board to consider 2 plans that would provide 43 apartments
The larger project is a 37-unit apartment complex proposed by KVCAP in the city’s South End, while the second one seeks to build six downtown units on Main Street.
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Waterville City Council to move meetings to new location next month
The city is renovating a building at the corner of Front and Temple streets and leasing it monthly, with an option to buy within three years.
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With limited revenue, Pittsfield Unitarian Universalist congregation to sell aging church building
The landmark Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, which has loomed over the town center for more than 100 years, needs extensive repairs the congregation cannot afford.
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Norridgewock man receives outdoor lifetime achievement award
Jack Gibson of Norridgewock was honored Sept. 9 in Augusta with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Lifetime Outdoor Achievement Award. The award was presented to Gibson by MDIFW Commissioner Judy Camuso at the annual Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine banquet. The annual award honors individuals who are dedicated to the stewardship and wise […]
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Rangeley church to conduct blessing of animals Oct. 1
The Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley invites the community to a blessing of the animals at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 outdoors on the church lawn at 2614 Main St. This event is part of the Season of Creation in the church calendar. The custom of blessing animals is conducted in remembrance of […]