The 10-day long fair runs through Sept. 2 and offers different events each day.
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Parade, craft fair, food, games highlight Madison Anson Days
Food, games, a parade, book sale, crafts, music, vendors and more marked the second of three days of Madison Anson Days, an event celebrating the sister towns on the Kennebec River in Somerset County.
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Freeport native to fulfill an athletic dream in Paris Paralympics
Skyler Samuelson Espinoza is a ‘pilot’ for her visually impaired tandem cycling teammate Hannah Chadwick.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Is small-scale wind power Maine’s next big thing?
Energy and agricultural officials, developers and others met in Freeport to begin looking at how Maine can establish small wind projects, comparable to rooftop solar panels.
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Maine CDC says not to eat fish from 4 freshwater bodies in Brunswick
The agency says the advisory is based on PFAS testing the Navy did around its former base in October 2023, before the spill this week of 1,450 gallons of firefighting foam containing the toxic chemical.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Fire damages former industrial building in Jefferson
Firefighters from nearly a dozen towns in three counties turned out to knock down the fire Thursday on Somerville Road at a former industrial building that’s now being used to grow cannabis.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Watch: High-tech meets historic in restoration of Augusta’s Colonial Theater
Restoration work on doors and windows for the century-old downtown Augusta theater is to be followed by expansion and restoration of its stage.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation & World
Takeaways from Fed Chair Powell’s speech on interest rate cuts
Investors now expect the Fed to start cutting rates at its next meeting in September.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Former Waterville man serving sentence for 1996 murder dies at Maine State Prison
Stephen Lee, who was serving a 40-year sentence for murder as well as robbery and burglary, was an inmate with an earliest possible release date in 2032.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Hallowell council directs city manager to make more budget cuts to lessen tax impact
The Hallowell City Council hopes to make a total of $300,000 in cuts to the budget it passed in July but repealed at its Aug. 12 meeting.