Gardiner Regional Middle School has announced the following students were named to its second-quarter honor roll for the 2021-22 academic year. Grade 6 — High honors: Isaac Beaulieu, Isaac Boyce. Kaitlyn Davidson, Lillian Dore, Zoey Epperson, Natalie Fikus, Greyson Geleide, Peter Gove, Kaleigh Grant,Grayson Greenleaf, Daniel Jamison, Alexander Kimberlin, Evy Kokmeyer, Jaidyn Leavitt, Colin McCormick and […]
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Gardiner library offers patrons pole pruner in expanding fight against browntail moth infestation
The library is the latest organization in central Maine to offer tips on how to slow the spread of the invasive pest by cutting their nests out of trees before the larvae emerge later this year.
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Subsidized units eyed as Augusta’s Glenridge Drive development sold for $8.03 million
New owners Midland Capital Partners say they will renovate all 120 units in the complex via a financing package through the Maine Housing Authority and will convert some market-rate units to subsidized units.
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Augusta man sentenced to 15 months in prison for sexually assaulting children
Lester E. Mason was ordered Wednesday to spend 15 months in prison on unlawful sexual contact and touching charges.
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Grand jury, prosecutors decline to bring charges against man in Somerville shooting death
Joel Williams, 48, was shot and killed June 30, 2021, at a Somerville residence following an altercation with Kyle Hunt of Jefferson.
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Drones join battle against browntail moth as Kennebec County becomes epicenter of pest
In the county hardest hit by the invasive browntail moth, Litchfield arborist Eben Mann is taking to the air with a drone and a specially developed tool to cut down the nests before hungry toxic hair-bearing caterpillars start emerging.
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Augusta CrossFit shop to host chamber’s Business After Hours
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Business After Hours is scheduled to be hosted by The Shop CrossFit from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at its gym at 56 Western Ave., Suite 4. The event is free and open to chamber members and guests. Beth and Shawn Cyr started the […]
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Vassalboro woman named 2022 artist of year
Dot Hutchins of Vassalboro has been named the 2022 Artist of the Year by Belfast’s Arts in the Park Planning Committee. Hutchins has been participating in Arts in the Park for nearly a decade with her hand-woven baskets. She began basket weaving in 1991 after taking an adult education class and she hasn’t stopped since, […]
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Union library to host Guini Ridge Farm owner
Vose Library’s Vose or Virtual Wednesday series is scheduled to host Wendy Reinemann at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, via Zoom. With her husband and family, Reinemann owns and has been operating Guini Ridge Farm since 2001, according to an event news release. It is a diversified operation that includes raising livestock, market gardens and […]
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Augusta Elks gift $5K to Colonial Theater project
The Augusta Elks presented a $5,000 check Feb. 1 to the Colonial Theatre project. Funds donated were raised by the Augusta Elks First Festival of Trees in December, according to a news release from the Elks. In attendance were Colonial Theatre Director Kathi Wahl, board member Richard Parkhurst, Elks Exalted Ruler Tim Rodrigue, First Lady […]