Readfield author Justine Fontes plans to read her children’s picture book featuring patterns, “Black Meets White,” at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, behind the Readfield Community Library, 1151 Main St. Children, parents, grandparents and caregivers are invited to come wearing black and white or other colored patterns such as plaids and stripes. Besides writing, Fontes […]
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Whitefield residents approve town spending but reject solar moratorium, sign purchase
Whitefield held its annual Town Meeting on Saturday, with residents approving all municipal budget proposals.
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Winthrop expected to hold June election to fill Town Council vacancy left by Moran’s death
Councilor elected in June to serve until the November election, when residents are to elect a councilor to a three-year term.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Damariscotta library to receive federal humanities grant
DAMARISCOTTA — Skidompha Public Library has been selected as one of 200 libraries nationwide for the American Library Association’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries opportunity, an emergency relief program to assist libraries that have been adversely affected by the pandemic. With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities through the American Rescue […]
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Augusta voters to decide Tuesday on borrowing $4.5 million
The funding would go toward a new fire truck, pedestrian safety improvements and repairs to the now-closed upper deck of the city’s parking garage and city streets.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local Government, Maine, News
Augusta City Council approves policy allowing remote meetings
Influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the policy permits the mayor to call for remote meetings without declaring a state of emergency.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Jefferson church to host Russian specialist’s talk on Ukraine invasion
A retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer with many years experience in the Soviet Union and its successor states is scheduled to analyze the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a presentation at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 27, at St. Giles Church, 72 Gardiner Road in Jefferson. Louis Sell, now a resident of Whitefield, will talk about […]
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Pittston residents approve trash, library, youth club funding
Residents at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday also approved a medical marijuana ordinance and the first updates to the building code in decades.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local Government, Maine
Two Kennebec County Democrats face off for party nomination in county commissioner race
State House Rep. Charlotte Warren and Philip Garwood, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Kennebec River Rail Trail, will face off in the Democratic primary to fill the District 2 Kennebec County commissioner seat being vacated by Nancy Rines.
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Mild springlike day brings out central Maine golfers to tee up early
As temperatures soared into the mid-60s on Friday, Sheepscot Links Golf Club in Whitefield and Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro open some holes up for play.