Shawn Jiminez, a senior, organized a peaceful protest against gun violence in response to what he says is a lack of urgency and education surrounding gun violence and safety in public schools.
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It’s her day: Gardiner celebrates one of its own while area runners raise funds to boost anti-polio campaign
Saturday’s Turkey Trot, hosted by the Gardiner Rotary Club, drew runners, walkers, turkeys and Katie Schide, who returned to her home town this week after winning the grueling Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc trail race in the Alps earlier this year.
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Gardiner officials take different path to fill Public Works Department vacancy
Gardiner’s city manager is proposing to find its next Public Works director from the department’s current staff by creating a deputy Public Works director position and providing on-the-job training.
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Gardiner middle school opens new StoryWalk Trail
GARDINER — Community members of all ages gathered on Friday, Nov. 4, to celebrate the grand opening of the Gardiner Regional Middle School StoryWalk Trail on the lower trail behind the sports fields. The first book chosen to display is “The Wildlife Tree” by local author Peter Emery and illustrator Deborah Emery. All who attended […]
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Gardiner class of ’73 planning 50th reunion
Gardiner Area High School’s class of 1973 plans to hold its 50th high school class reunion from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at Le Club Calumet, 334 West River Rd in Augusta. For more information, mail GAHS 50th Class Reunion Committee, c/o Mike Dana, 32 Hurricane Ridge, Harpswell, ME 04079, or email […]
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Organizers launch final fundraising push for Gardiner fountain
About $150,000 has been raised so far to fund repairs to the historic fountain, erected as a monument to Gardiner native Gideon S. Palmer, a volunteer regimental surgeon in the Civil War.
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Gardiner Rotary Turkey Trot set for Nov. 19
The deadline to register is Friday, Nov. 18.
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Gardiner center to hold Turkey Donation Day Nov. 19
GARDINER — Chrysalis Place Food Center is scheduled to hold its Turkey Donation Day Saturday, Nov. 19. Donations can be dropped off between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at either Goldfinch Creamery, 316 Water St. in Gardiner, or at Goggin’s IGA, 268 Water St. in Randolph. The center annually prepares Christmas orders consisting of several […]
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Renovations expose bones and secrets of Maine’s oldest opera house
Now that the long-anticipated renovation of the Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center in Gardiner is underway, the work is revealing the building’s history.
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`We had a mission to do, we did the mission, and we came home’
An oral history will preserve the memories of 9 Maine veterans for posterity.