Mural by nationally known artist, painted steps quoting Stephen King, brighten and enliven Commercial Street area.
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Maine CARES Act funding to flow to unemployment trust fund
Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services Commissioner Kirsten Figueroa told lawmakers the state will use $270 million of $1.25 billion in federal aid to keep the state’s unemployment trust fund solvent.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Maine
Augusta dance recitals move outside due to pandemic
Dance Unlimited dancers, who because of the coronavirus pandemic have taken online dance classes from their homes, finally take to the stage.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Kennebec Savings Bank, Kennebec Federal Savings announce merger
The two central Maine banks made the announcement Thursday, and expect to complete the consolidation by year’s end.
Posted inCommunity
St. Michael School auction to be held online this week
Anybody can bid on auction items at airauctioneer.com/sms through 6 p.m. Sunday, June 21.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Proposed Augusta summer program aims to give youths something to do in pandemic
The proposed “Back to the Future Playground Program” could run for up to seven weeks.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta manager details why clerk is lasting only a few weeks on the job
Augusta city officials plan to offer the key job to another candidate they interviewed before hiring former Waterville clerk Patti Dubois, who will be returning to her old job.
Posted inCommunity
Lithgow Library re-opening plan has begun
Return Box reopened June 1, requests for library items can be requested via MINERVA online catalog or by phone as of June 15, and the library should begin regular hours, with increasing access July 13.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta officials say more diversity, inclusion training needed
Augusta might partner with other area municipalities — including Gardiner, Hallowell, Waterville and Winthrop — to provide group training.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Augusta city clerk to return to clerk’s job in Waterville
Patti Dubois, who left her job as Waterville city clerk recently to become the city clerk in Augusta, is returning June 29 to her former job at Waterville City Hall, and Matt Skehan, director of the Waterville Parks & Recreation Department, will become the city’s director of Public Works when Mark Turner retires July 2.