The Humane Society Waterville Area plans to hold its second annual Woofstock Music Festival on Saturday, June 10. The festival will feature three major events during the day: 5K Woof Run, Canine Carnival, and Woofstock Music Festival. The gathering takes place at the Humane Society Waterville Area, 100 Webb Road, from 10:30 a.m. to 9 […]
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Reporting Aside: Graduates, want some unsolicited advice? Yes, yes you do.
Work hard but be lazy, earn money but occasionally splurge, sleep long, eat well and spend time with old people, Amy Calder advises high school graduates.
Week In Photos May 26-June 2, 2023
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Mid-Maine Chamber’s Taste of Waterville set for Aug. 2
Applications are being accepted for restaurants, food truck and food-related vendor participants.
Two dozen earn ‘success card,’ and brighter future, after graduating from adult education program
A graduation ceremony was held Thursday outside Waterville Senior High School for students who were part of the Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education program.
Oakland officials hope state’s OK of financing tool will lead to reinvigorated downtown
Town Manager Ella Bowman said she hopes designating downtown as a tax increment financing district, or TIF, will help fill empty storefronts with a restaurant and other businesses.
Improper disposal of smoking material caused fatal Waterville fire, officials say
Smoking is not allowed on the Elm Towers property at 60 Elm St., where a fire May 22 caused the death of Ronald Kennerson, 65, in whose apartment the fire began, investigators said.
Firefighters continue to check for hot spots following Moscow, Caratunk brush fire
The fire Sunday consumed more than 13 acres along Route 201, and firefighting efforts were complicated when an emergency call came in for a separate fire a few miles down the road, pulling resources away, Bingham fire Chief Scott Laweryson said.
Pittsfield senior named Ezhaya scholarship winner
Hannah Robinson of Pittsfield has been named the 2023 Joseph B. Ezhaya Memorial Scholarship winner. She was selected as the scholarship recipient from a field of applicants. Robinson, one of the top students in her class at Maine Central Institute, was chosen as salutatorian for the class of 2023. She will present the welcoming speech […]
Fairfield to open new trail adjacent to Lawrence High June 3
The trail’s opening will be held in conjunction with National Trail Day.