The Gardiner First Church of the Nazarene Church invites children to a free summer event, Monumental Bible Camp. The camp is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, June 19-23, at the church on outer Brunswick Avenue at 6 Nazarene Way. A picnic and celebration is set for Sunday, June 26, according to […]
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Capital Area Technical Center students receive scholarships
Three Capital Area Technical Center students have awarded scholarships from The Granite Group TGG Cares committee. All three will graduate from Gardiner Area High School. Alexzander Hembree of Pittston he completed the Machine Tool program last year. This year he decided to take the Plumbing & Heating program. Hembree enjoys 3-D printing, swims competitively, and […]
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Kennebec County Teacher of the Year gives students a chance to restore alewife harvest in Gardiner
Sharon Gallant and her Gardiner Area High School students have worked with a local nonprofit for five years to collect data on the fish often used as lobster bait in hopes they can help bring the commercial harvesting industry back to the city.
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Pittston Cub Scout receives Supernova Award
GARDINER — Cub Scout Pack 672 held its annual Blue and Gold awards night May 21 at Christ Episcopal Church. Many awards were earned by the Cub Scouts. Drew Hill, a Webelos Cub Scout from Pittston, received the Charles H. Townes Supernova Award for his efforts in the area of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and […]
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Officials outline 2024 paving project on the Gardiner-Randolph bridge
The Maine Department of Transportation’s preferred option would keep the westbound lanes of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge open and divert eastbound traffic to cross the Kennebec River for about 30 days in the summer of 2024.
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Area Girl Scouts clean up Gardiner trail, create Kindness Rocks Garden
Girl Scouts Troop 673 recently cleaned up Gardiner fairy village and trail and created the Kindness Rocks Garden. A flood recently ruined the village, causing a lot of debris to litter the trail. During the height of the pandemic the girls in Troop 673 noticed people were sad, and they wanted to do something about […]
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Southern New Hampshire University names local president’s list students
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Southern New Hampshire University has named several local students to its 2023 winter semester president’s list. They include Minh Nguyen of Gardiner, Kristina Canedo of Skowhegan, Philip Densmore of Waterville, Heather Hall of Canaan, Carrielee Harvey of Waterville, Paige Reynolds of Richmond and David Madore of Greene. Also, Ashley Parks of Anson, Sarah Caballero of Chesterville, Josiah Kearns of Winthrop, Emily Kaplan […]
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Gardiner Area High recognizes top 10 seniors for class of ’23
Sydney Dayken is class valedictorian, and Emma Doyon is class salutatorian.
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Culinary arts students at Augusta-based technical center learn by running school’s food trailer
Chef Heidi Parent strives to be innovative with her culinary arts program, including using COVID-19 pandemic relief funding to buy a food trailer for her students to run.
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Gardiner’s weekly classic car show continues to celebrate nostalgia, car culture despite relocating due to flooding
For more than two decades, Gardiner’s Thursday Night Cruise-In has drawn car lovers from across the state to swap stories and share their mutual love of antique, vintage and classic cars.