DAMARISCOTTA — Lincoln County Community Conversations plans to screen “Votes for Women: A History of Women’s Suffrage Through Song” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, on Zoom, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Barbara Cray of Westport Island. Women’s History Month marks an occasion to discuss the 19th Amendment, which made denial of […]
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State House closed for second day in a row from burst water pipe
The building was also expected to remain closed to the public for the rest of the week as water is dried up and the area cleaned.
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Project meant to improve safety on Augusta’s Bangor Street gets $4.8 million in federal funding
Augusta will also get $265,000 to start a drug recovery assistance program as part of a federal budget signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Man charged in Whitefield standoff to make first court appearance
Edward M. Poch is currently being held without bail in Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset following his arrest early Saturday after a standoff on Hunts Meadow Road in Whitefield.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local Government, Maine
Whitefield to vote on $3.7 million budget at annual Town Meeting on Saturday
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Whitefield Elementary School and there will be a secret ballot election Friday evening for town positions at the Central Fire Station.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Whitefield society to hold annual meeting
Brian O’Mahoney is scheduled to to speak at Whitefield Historical Society’s annual meeting set for 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at the Whitefield Fire Station, 24 Town House Road, according to a news release from the society. Brought up in Ireland, O’Mahoney has been a resident of Whitefield for more than 30 years. He teaches […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Augusta club, library to celebrate spring with Art In Bloom event
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Valley Garden Club and the Lithgow Library plan to present Art In Bloom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at the 45 Winthrop St. library. Maine Lifestyles book-inspired floral designs will be celebrated and placed throughout the library. This event is free and open to all. There will […]
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Sidney man arrested at gunpoint on firearms charges
Michael Wayne Sprague, 44, arrested after allegedly threatening to kill himself and shooting a gun as he lay on the ground, police say.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner-area Boys & Girls Clubs secures $650,000 in federal funding for new building
The funding, part of the federal omnibus package passed by both houses of Congress last week, will help pay for the construction of the $10 million building, replacing the existing building.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Sap running, if slowly, as central Maine maple producers expect flow to rise with temperatures
Taps are out now, collecting sap to boil down into maple syrup, as back-and-forth weather has slowed maple sugaring slightly.