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UMaine students build website with outdoor resources for teachers

January 23, 2021January 19, 2021

ORONO — Students in the University of Maine’s outdoor leadership program have created a website umaine.edu/outdoorleadership that K-12 teachers can use to plan outdoor lessons and activities. The site features videos, quizzes, slideshows and other resources produced by UMaine students on topics ranging from mountain biking and wilderness survival to outdoor ethics issues, such as […]

Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Waterville and a local land trust awarded $50,000 grant for South End housing

by Amy Calder January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

The grant from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wells Fargo for the city and Waterville Community Land Trust was one of only eight awarded to cities around the country that are working to create safe, affordable housing.

Business, Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Former Larsen’s building in Waterville gets ‘top-to-bottom’ renovation and will house nutrition store

by Amy Calder January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Businessman Bill Mitchell is renovating 57 Main St. in downtown Waterville, where Elm City Nutrition is slated to open on the first floor this spring and the upper two floors are large, high-end apartments.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education

Additional case of COVID-19 reported at Lawrence High School in Fairfield

by Taylor Abbott January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

In a letter on the district’s website posted Friday, the superintendent said that an individual at Lawrence High School has tested positive for the coronavirus.