Solon Fire Chief Duayne Rollins said that 11 local fire departments as well as the Maine Forest Rangers assisted and helped put the fire out.
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Canaan family feels children with special needs deemed ‘nonessential’ during pandemic
The Capraro family has struggled as schools closed, leaving two of their sons with autism struggling without necessary services and have been set back in their progress as a result.
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Teen arrested and charged in Clinton crash that killed 3 teens
Timothy Silva, 17, was arrested on Thursday evening four months after a car accident that killed three teens and injured another.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Public hearings scheduled for Kennebec County budget
The Kennebec County Budget Committee will hold virtual public hearings on Tuesday and Thursday before voting on a proposed spending plan that’s up nearly 8.5% more than the current year.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
March planned Sunday in downtown Waterville for Minneapolis black man killed by police
Former Waterville City Councilor Phil Bofia, a current charter commission member, is organizing a solidarity march that will end at Castonguay Square downtown.
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This year’s Maine International Film Festival to emphasize black filmmakers
The Waterville-based Maine Film Center is dedicating this year’s festival to people of color who have been killed by racist violence. The festival runs from July 7 to July 16 at the Skowhegan Drive-In Movie Theatre.
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Skowhegan firefighters extinguish fires in scrap metal yard
The Skowhegan Fire Department on Wednesday also put out two other fires — a blaze that destroyed a rubbish truck and a fire that burned the exterior of an apartment building.
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Bingham area high school to hold modified graduation ceremony Sunday
“Because we’re a small school, we’ve been able to make our graduation as close to a traditional ceremony as we could,” said Lee Harper, principal of Upper Kennebec Valley Memorial High School in Bingham.
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Madison, Carrabec high schools to hold scaled-back graduation ceremonies Friday
Madison Area Memorial High School and Carrabec High School will hold ceremonies Friday morning that will be recorded and available to the community later.
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Liz Soares: Learning to embrace the coronavirus slowdown
While my life has slowed down, my thoughts haven’t. I need to keep them where my body is at any given moment, instead of galloping ahead to the unpredictable future, writes Liz Soares.