The shelter at the South Parish Congregational Church is planned to be open from November through April, every overnight from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
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Local students make Southern New Hampshire University dean’s list
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Five local students have been named to the 2022 summer dean’s list at Southern New Hampshire University. They are Ashley Byrnes of Greene, Joseph Rinaldi of Bowdoin, Elizabeth Kearney of Augusta, Lizsandra Lopez of Winslow and Patric Moore of Waterville. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who […]
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Ag department offers Specialty Crop Block Grants Program funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has announced nearly $560,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funding to Maine. This USDA grant aims to help the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry fund projects ranging from managing soil-borne diseases in potato production through integrated soil improvement to drought […]
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Augusta’s 2nd sinkhole in a month repaired on Western Avenue
A failing brick manhole caused a sinkhole to form Tuesday in front of the Augusta Plaza. The unusual leak has prompted a review of other manholes in the city.
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‘Duke’ Dulac, Augusta barber and political pollster ahead of his time, dies
The Augusta barber who polled his clients to predict political outcomes gained notoriety after being the only one to forecast the upset election of James Longley as Maine’s governor in 1975.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local Government, Maine
New Chelsea town manager hopes to bring more growth to small Kennebec County town
Christine Landes, who started the Chelsea job about two weeks ago, recently served as the city manager of Gardiner and town manager of New Gloucester.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, Schools and Education
Police investigate threat at St. Michael School in Augusta, say there is no danger
A student allegedly posted a video containing threats against the Catholic school’s staff, and city police responded around 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
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Owner-occupied apartment buildings could help revitalize Sand Hill area, Augusta officials say
Incentivizing people to buy apartment buildings, fix them and live in them could improve a historic neighborhood that fell into disrepair and help address the city’s housing shortage.
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Plans for Augusta bagel shop in former mill building draw praise for community focus
Sand Hill Bagel Co. developers hope the shop, which is slated to open next spring in the last remaining building of the former mill, will become one with the neighborhood and city park.
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Choruses from Bath/Brunswick, Augusta to battle Sept. 17
The Nor’easters men’s barbershop chorus, based in Bath/Brunswick and directed by Kathy Robitaille, and the Maine-ly Harmony women’s barbershop chorus, based in Augusta and directed by Kathy Greason, are “Singing Together Again” after two years of pandemic silence. It’s a battle of the choruses when the women declare in song that they can do anything […]