Several markets are reopening this spring, including the Market of Unity, Skowhegan Farmers’ Market and the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market, and organizers are determined to adapt to the pandemic.
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Fairfield-based foundation opens grant application period to benefit children’s health in Maine
The Davis family has been awarding the grants for 13 years. This year’s awards are expected to bring the family’s total benevolence through the grants to more than $1 million.
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Car crashes into trees on Route 201 in Skowhegan
Skowhegan police said Sunday they were unable to provide additional information about the incident.
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Downtown Waterville, MaineGeneral Health spotlighted on TV show hailing revitalization
“MaineLife” host Erin Ovalle visits city for recently aired episode and says she came away impressed with Waterville’s efforts.
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‘One in Five 5K’ run resumes in-person in Oakland
The annual event benefits the Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center which serves Kennebec and Somerset Counties.
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Thorndike chooses building type for salt and sand shed, adjusts selectmen terms at Annual Meeting
Residents choose a steel-frame fabric building with a poured foundation for the town’s salt and sand shed during Saturday’s Thorndike Town Meeting.
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Colby’s Arts Collaborative building project nears completion
Colby College’s Arts Collaborative in downtown Waterville offers a preview into the community hub it hopes to become.
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Waterville residents advocate for emergency insulin program
A 14-year-old boy, his mother and a woman who lost her son to Type 1 diabetes and the high cost of insulin testified before a legislative panel last week at a public hearing in support of LD 673, “An Act to Create the Insulin Safety Net Program.”
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Mother-daughter duo to open wine bar in downtown Skowhegan featuring local selections
The business partners plan to open by the end of June, joining several other new businesses that have either opened their doors recently or expect to in the near future.
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Waterville board to consider transferring high school assistant principal to Mitchell school principal spot
School principals also will update the Waterville Board of Education on Monday about plans for “summer camps,” to be held for all interested students to address social-emotional needs that may not have been filled this school year because of the coronavirus pandemic.