The Chamber has not named a successor to Dana Connors, who will retire as president of the organization in the coming months.
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Walt McKee to teach at 2023 Harvard Law School Trial Program
Attorney Walt McKee has been invited to serve on the teaching faculty of the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Program again. The Harvard program is held each January and provides trial advocacy instruction to Harvard Law School students. McKee joins a teaching faculty of the nation’s top trial lawyers, who are invited each year from […]
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Up to 400 housing units proposed off Civic Center Drive in Augusta
The proposal for condominiums and apartments at 435 and 443 Civic Center Drive on about 18 acres would require a zone change.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Augusta Food Bank gets surprise food donation
The Augusta Food Bank received donated food items Nov. 30 from UScellular to aid the food bank in its mission of providing a supplemental source of food to individuals and families in need. This donation will help stock the shelves and help feed an average of 350 households in the community. The company delivered nearly […]
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Photos: Maine Legislature opens 131st session
Lawmakers met Wednesday, the first day of the new legislative session. Swearing-in Day at the Maine State Capitol is usually an exercise in pomp and circumstance, with new lawmakers getting to know each other, the process and the building and rookies and veterans alike on the hunt for good committee assignments. But between Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, becoming the first Black speaker of the House of Representatives and a looming vote on Mills’ proposed $474 million emergency winter energy relief plan, this first day of a new Legislature felt different.
Photos by Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
String of car burglaries reported in Augusta neighborhood
A half-dozen burglaries from motor vehicles, and one theft of an entire vehicle, were reported in the Sewall Street area.
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Kennebec County mulls gift of memorial bench honoring late probate judge
Kennebec County commissioners plan to decide in two weeks whether to accept a granite bench as a memorial to the late Judge James Mitchell, who presided over Kennebec County’s probate court for nearly four decades before his death in 2016.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine seeks volunteer coordinators
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine is looking for adult volunteers to serve as coordinators at eight of its school-based mentoring programs. Coordinators are community members 18 or older who can dedicate 90 minutes, one day each week, from October through May, except school vacation weeks, to supervise Big/Little match meetings of high school mentors […]
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State transportation officials vow better communication in wake of contentious interstate solar project in Augusta
Augusta city councilors say they weren’t informed of the state’s plans to install 8,000 solar modules on 15 acres of land at interstate exits in Augusta, but state officials say they would have been willing to hold a public hearing if there had been interest.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
UMA faculty asks for ‘advocate’ in their new president as system commits nearly $70,000 to search
Faculty at the University of Maine at Augusta told the search committee Tuesday they want a leader who can inspire and motivate the community.