The farmers who received the Paul Birdsall Award from Maine Farmland Trust have been impacted by PFAS contamination and have spoken publicly about their experiences and advocated for more financial support for fellow farmers.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner police chief retires after 32 years with department
Chief James Toman, 52, began with the Gardiner Police Department as a part-time officer in 1990, and worked his way to the top position in 2003.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council to consider city manager’s resignation
The council is expected Wednesday to discuss appointing Assistant City Manager Bill Post as interim city manager until a search for a new manager is launched and a candidate hired to succeed Steve Daly, who resigned abruptly last week.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner hires new economic development director
Melissa Lindley, who has served as Gardiner Main Street’s executive director since 2019, begins her new job with the city of Gardiner on Jan. 23.
Posted inHealth, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
More than a dozen central Maine projects receive funding in federal budget
The federal budget, approved by Congress last week and expected to go to President Joe Biden for his signature this week, includes funding for local projects ranging from the Colonial Theater in Augusta to a fire station in North Anson.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Bowdoin man summoned after pickup truck hits Waterville apartment building
Police say the Dodge pickup was traveling at high speed Monday night on College Avenue when it left the road, snapped off a utility pole and crashed into the apartment building, causing what the building owner says is tens of thousands of dollars of damage.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Group announces 260 acres of Pittston land now preserved as ‘forever wild’
The land was donated to the Northeast Wilderness Trust, which said the ‘Tidal Bends Wilderness Preserve’ contains a freshwater tidal zone and a mature forest that appears to have not been logged for many decades.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Sisters are doing it for themselves: Fundraising underway for Saint Joseph’s Nature Sanctuary
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon, a Roman Catholic convent in Winslow, are looking to their legacy. They have partnered with local horticulturalists to transform four acres along the Sebasticook River into a nature sanctuary, and have raised $20,000 toward their $36,000 goal.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Augusta Community Christmas Dinner volunteers deliver meals, fellowship
Volunteers at the South Parish Congregational Church prepared meals Christmas Day, while other delivered the food to community members.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Cornville man, 24, killed in single-vehicle crash, police say
Israel Parsons died Saturday night on Molunkus Road in Cornville, according to officials.