Besides generating presents, sweets and good company, birthdays mark the passage into another year of life, the best gift of all, Amy Calder writes.
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Skowhegan church to hold benefit takeout dinner
SKOWHEGAN — A benefit takeout dinner is scheduled for 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Tewksbury Building on Island Avenue. The chicken cordon bleu meal with pie costs $10. Proceeds will help pay to have heat pumps installed at the Federated Church. To reserve a dinner by noon Friday, April 8, call […]
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$18 million art center, a cornerstone of downtown Waterville’s rebirth, takes shape
The Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 93 Main St. is expected to open in early December, with art galleries, cinema and teaching space and a cafe.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to speak at Colby College commencement
The college’s commencement is scheduled for May 22 and other featured speakers that weekend include artist Jamie Wyeth and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan High senior receives Principal’s Award
Jaycie Christopher of Skowhegan, a senior at Skowhegan Area High School, has been selected to receive the 2022 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Christopher has been involved in golf, basketball and softball each of her four years. […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Oakland student earns Messalonskee MPA award
Caden Cote of Oakland, a senior at Messalonskee High School, is receiving the 2022 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Throughout his years at the high school, Cote has distinguished himself in the classroom, on the ski trails, […]
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Scuba divers join search of Sebasticook River for missing man
Rescuers in Clinton have used boats, aircraft and dogs this week in the search for Justin Howard, 36, but high water and swift currents prevented divers from entering the river until Wednesday.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Downtown Waterville sidewalk construction set to start
Crooker Construction Inc. of Topsham is expected on Thursday to begin preparing Front Street for new concrete sidewalks from the Lockwood Hotel south to Bridge Street.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News
Falling tree in China clips utility poles and knocks out power to more than 1,200 customers
The tree fell Wednesday on Lakeview Drive in China and resulted in the loss of power to around 1,250 Central Maine Power customers in China and about a dozen in Albion.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Sidney arts academy to hold 10-minute play festival
SIDNEY — Maine Arts Academy Theater students plan to present their sixth annual Ten Minute Play Festival at 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 6 and 7, at Alumni Hall on the MeAA campus at 11 Goldenrod Lane. The evenings will include four original plays written, directed and performed by MeAA Theater students, according to […]