Main Street Skowhegan is offering $6,000 in technical assistance grants to the town’s business owners and new entrepreneurs this year. Grant applications will begin being accepted Thursday, April 15. Application link mainstreetskowhegan.org/ta/ will go live April 15. The available funding for mini-grants is from $500 to $2,000. The funding can be used for technical assistance, […]
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Hinckley museum offers trails, kids’ kits
HINCKLEY — L.C. Bates Museum, in observance of Happy Citizen Science Month, encourages people to get outdoors and use crowd-sourcing apps such as iNaturalist, GLOBE Observer and eBird, to document nature. People can walk on the Good Will-Hinckley Trails and conduct citizen science studies. The museum, with the support of volunteers, is assembling and sharing […]
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Erskine Academy recognizes honor students
SOUTH CHINA — Erskine Academy has announced the following students were named to its second trimester honors list for the 2020-21 academic year. Grade 12 — High honors: Abbygail Blair, Jane Blanchard, Christopher Bourdon, Nomi Bouwens, Samantha Box, Anthony Chessa, Ashley Clavette, Joleigh Crockett, Cody Devaney, Amelia Evans, Addison Gamage, Margaret Gamage, Avril Goodman, Avery […]
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Controversy prompts Waterville school board to take first vote on new hiring policy
In a surprise announcement at the start of the meeting, Carole Gilley, the principal at Waterville Junior High School, told the board she will also retire this year.
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Fairfield candidates for June 8 school board election set
The nominations for two Fairfield seats on the Maine School Administrative District 49 board of directors closed Friday, with three candidates set to appear on the ballot: Danielle Boutin, Marlisa Golder and Joel Bouchard.
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Lack of space prevents Winslow Public Schools from increasing in-person learning
The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention requires 3 feet of spacing between all students and 6 feet of spacing between school staff and students, which makes increasing in-person learning impossible.
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Clinton to hold hearing Tuesday on town warrant
The hearing is to be held during the Board of Selectmen meeting, scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. over Zoom. It is also to be livestreamed on the town’s Facebook page.
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Most Waterville city councilors support buying body cameras for police
“It might be beneficial for future investigations for the department to pursue the purchase of body cameras..,” an Incident Review Team concluded.
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Rome camp for people with disabilities now open year round
ROME — Pine Tree Camp is now offering year-round, fully accessible programming to keep Maine people with disabilities engaged, active and outdoors at its barrier-free campus on North Pond, or from the comfort of the camper’s home. “COVID-19 has given us a chance to continue innovating and designing new, safe opportunities for our community to […]
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Virtual ArtLab plans projects during April vacation
ROCKLAND — The Center for Maine Contemporary Art invites artists of all ages to join ArtLab educator Alexis Iammarino for hands-on projects to can try at home as part of ArtLab April Vacation Week. Taking inspiration from the 2020 CMCA Biennial, the video workshops will explore the works of artists Henry Austin and Richard Van […]