Cities, towns and sewer districts are now starting to tally up the higher cost of sludge disposal and calculate what ratepayers will pay to cover those costs.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Gardiner-area school board passes $30.1 million budget
The spending plan includes a 13% increase to the local share, driven by rising town valuations, salary increases and higher costs of necessary expenses like transportation for students with special services.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Cleanup, damage assessment begin throughout central Maine after river flooding
Property and business owners were beginning to take stock Wednesday of the damage left behind as flood waters receded along the Kennebec River across the region after a storm dumped 3 to 6 inches of rain over a 24-hour period.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Gardiner man arrested on charges he assaulted 91-year-old
David F. Dineen, 59, was charged following a Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office investigation into alleged elder abuse.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Local nonprofits help clean up Cobbossee Watershed
In celebration of Earth Day, nine community nonprofits teamed up April 22 to clean up the 217-square-mile Cobbossee Watershed. More than 100 volunteers donated 350 hours to make the streams, ponds, lakes and river sparkle. A total of 1,103 pounds of trash were pulled from local waters, according to a news release from Tina Wood […]
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Weekend storm brings power outages and flooding to central Maine
Across central Maine, where rainfall totals reached 5 inches in some areas from the strong weekend storm, high water levels in the Kennebec River watershed brought flood warnings and washed out roads, along with downed trees and power outages.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Commercial transfer station approved in Gardiner business park
Gardiner Transfer Co., which already has a maintenance facility in the Libby Hill Business Park, has received approval to add a commercial transfer facility to the site to support its trash hauling business in central Maine.
Posted inCommunity
Gardiner student makes Husson University Online’s honors list
BANGOR — Michaela D. Gardner of Gardiner was recently named to Husson University Online’s honors list. Gardner was enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in healthcare administration and public health program. Full-time online students who earn honors list recognition must be enrolled as an undergraduate, carry a full-time load of 12 credit hours over the […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Waterville Junior High recognizes honor students
Waterville Junior High School has announced the following students were named to its third quarter honor roll for the 2022-23 academic year. Grade 6 — High honors: Noah Bourgoin, Caroline Cothran, Whitney Cutter, Jameson Dow, Conrad Edwards, Charles Ferris, Saige Gifford, Jillian Golden, Mohamad Halwah, Cora Hazlehurst, Blake Kenyon, Mariyah Lemieux, Oliver LeVan.Xing, Liu and Alexandra […]
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner officials to consider a 4% increase in spending in the next budget year
For the municipal portion of the Gardiner property tax bill, the proposed spending increase would add 20 cents to the property tax rate, which currently stands at $22.20 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.