Brett Palmer is one of two students in Maine — and 161 across the country — to be named a 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholar.
Kennebec Journal
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Week In Photos June 3-10, 2022
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Monmouth officials propose flat municipal budget for Tuesday vote amid inflation concerns
About $1.4 million of anticipated nonproperty tax revenue will be used to offset increases over the previous budget year, town officials said.
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James Weldon Johnson celebration set for Wiscasset
WISCASSET — The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations and the James Weldon Johnson Day Task Force plan to celebrate James Weldon Johnson Day over a three-day period from Friday through Sunday, June 17-19. The commemoration will start June 17 in Wiscasset, where James Weldon Johnson died in 1938. On […]
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Gardiner student named Boys & Girls Clubs state youth of year
GARDINER — Juliana Montel, a club Teen Center member and senior at Gardiner Area High School, has been awarded the prestigious Boys & Girls Clubs of America Maine State Youth of the Year, according to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley. Since 2016, Montel has utilized the club as a place to seek […]
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Augusta chamber sets Kennebec River Brewfest for Aug. 6
The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce plans to host the fifth annual Kennebec River Brewfest from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Mill Park, at 2-32 ME-104 in Augusta. This year’s Brewfest, presented by Highbrow, will feature a variety of local breweries, wineries, distilleries and meaderies. With more than 60 different offerings to […]
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Augusta councilor, Army veteran face off in Republican primary for House 59 seat
Michael Michaud and James Orr are seeking the Republican nomination to run to represent part of Augusta in the state House of Representatives.
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Readfield Town Meeting to include votes on athletic complex, broadband internet service
The proposed athletic complex has received mixed reaction, with some residents excited about the community opportunities and others concerned about the environmental impact.
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Readfield and Mount Vernon voters to decide 2 contested RSU 38 school board races
Four seats are open on the 13-person board that oversees Regional School Unit 38, but only the races in Readfield and Mount Vernon are contested.
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Augusta society reschedules Benedict Arnold talk for June 15
The Kennebec Historical Society’s June public presentation, “Artifacts Found Along Benedict Arnold’s Trail” by Kenny Wing, is planned for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, at the Christ Episcopal Church at 2 Dresden Ave. in Gardiner. Wing’s presentation is in particular about Arnold’s 1775 expedition through Maine and why he was even there in the first […]