The following Maine University of Southern Maine students were named to the 2024 spring dean’s list. Androscoggin County Auburn: Matthew Begin, Ella Boucher, Ava Braunscheidel, Cammie Breakfield, Joshua Brobst, Izabelle Bullock, Dylan Campbell, Scarlet Carlton, Lydia Chapman, Jocelyn Coffin, Emily Cook, Graison Cote, Jordan Cummings, Delia Demers, Emma Drysdale, Keith Edgecomb, Phoebe Edwards, Christopher Galvan, […]
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Victor Grange members prepare for 150th anniversary
FAIRFIELD CENTER — The 150th anniversary of the Victor Grange No. 49 is set for Saturday, Sept. 7, at the 144 Oakland Road Grange. Dinner is set for noon with a 1 p.m. program to follow. RSVPs are requested by Saturday, Aug. 24. To RSVP, email [email protected] or call 207-453-9476 or 207-453-7193. Check out […]
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Merrymeeting Bay group plans intertidal plant walk for Aug. 29
DRESDEN — Friends of Merrymeeting Bay recently announced that ecologist Andy Cutko, director of Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, plans to lead a mud plant walk at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, over the intertidal mud of Choice View Farm, Route 128. Merrymeeting Bay, internationally recognized for its unique tidal freshwater ecosystem, is home […]
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Blinken says Israel agreed to U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal, calls on Hamas to do same
The secretary of state had said earlier that the time is now to conclude a cease-fire agreement that would return hostages held by Hamas and bring relief to Palestinian suffering.
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Kennebec Performing Arts Company to start 2024-25 season
Kennebec Performing Arts Company is launching its 2024-25 season under its new director, John Neal of Greene. Neal was selected to lead the wind ensemble and chorus following the retirement of longtime director Charles T. Milazzo. Neal has had a long career in Maine as a music director, pianist and composer. John Reeves will continue […]
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Wiscasset Art Walk to feature floral installation Aug. 29
WISCASSET – Chicken wire, sticks and dried hydrangeas, put to an artful purpose, are the tools of the trade for dried floral designer Maria Salcines. During Wiscasset Art Walk set for 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Salcines plans to install a cascading arrangement of dried florals in Wiscasset Village. According to Salcines, who lives and […]
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Wiscasset Art Walk to feature Long Branch Boys Aug. 29
WISCASSET — During the September 2022 Wiscasset Art Walk, musicians Chris Lannon and Rick Turcotte were playing their blues and country on the sidewalk when a woman carrying a violin stepped up; Lannon recognized her and invited her to join in. Almost two years later, that woman, Nanci Stein, with her Long Branch Boys colleagues, […]
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Northern Light Health cuts costs as Maine hospitals face workforce, financial pressures
The state’s second-largest health care system operated at a deficit the past two years and expects to do so again in 2024.
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Sea Dogs well suited for Minor League Baseball’s alternate-jersey trend
Since 2019, when the team unveiled its Maine Whoopie Pies uniform and logo, the Sea Dogs have also played as the Red Snappers, Bean Suppahs, and Clambakes.
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Augusta school officials respond as special education spending goes over budget
Superintendent Michael Tracy said district officials will be conservative with spending this year, after spending on special education and transportation was higher than anticipated last year.