AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western is set to open its “2022 The Year of the Fort” celebration with “Martha Ballard’s World: Wife, Mother, Healer, Botanist” at 16 Cony St. On Sunday, May 15, from 1 to 4 p.m., attendees can look into the life of a colonial woman in Hallowell. There will be rotating stations […]
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools to end in May, some districts have already canceled programs
The COVID-19 variant, BA.2, is more contagious than previous strains, and it can spread faster in a classroom than the pooled test would be able to detect in a classroom.
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Kennebec County starts annual budget review
Spending across county departments is proposed to increase by about 4% to $17.4 million, but it’s too soon to say what the impact on taxpayers across Kennebec County will be.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Suspended Kennebec County official pleads no contest to sexual assault of female inmate
Initially charged with three counts of gross sexual assault, James Saucier, 60, of Belgrade pleads no contest to lesser charges related to incidents involving a female inmate he supervised.
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Photos: Augusta church holds dress rehearsal for Easter weekend showing of ‘Messiah’
The First United Pentecostal Church of Augusta is preparing its first rendition of “Messiah, an Easter Drama,” since the pandemic began. The musical can be seen Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. in the church at 15 Wilson St. in Augusta. All photos by Joe Phelan.
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Augusta student uses ‘principal power’ to help Ukraine people
When Natania Okoronkwo, a first grader at St. Michael School in Augusta, was informed she would get to serve as “principal for a day” on Tuesday, April 5, her first thought was to use her newfound “power” to effect positive change. “She decided to give everyone a dress down day for a donation of $2 […]
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Augusta’s Colonial Theater secures $160,229 in historic preservation funds
The award, one of four given statewide, will pay for repairs to exterior doors and windows for the theater as part of an initiative to drive economic development in rural downtowns.
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Waterville woman pleads guilty to reduced charge in stabbing of two people
Jessica Byrn-Francisco pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct in court as part of a deal with the prosecution to drop felony-level charges.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Bail set at $7,500 for Randolph man arrested on drug charges after shooting
Eric C. Cooper, 35, arrested after an investigation into a shooting uncovers cocaine, fentanyl, cash and weapons, police say.
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Bail set at $1 million for Fairfield man charged with attempted murder in Waterville
Maurice Watkins-Cundiff, 29, appeared before a judge Monday in Augusta, during which prosecutors say he fired at least a dozen shots during a domestic dispute.