Slate of budget-related actions receives unanimous approval from City Council, and while the city’s share of the property tax rate is expected to remain unchanged, the spending plan is to fund paving projects and additional staffing for Fire Department.
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Photos: Salvaging wood from Maine’s oldest opera house
Renovations to Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, considered the state’s oldest opera house, began this month. A crew from Barn Boards & More, a local wood salvaging business, was pulling up and saving the tongue-and-groove floor boards from the theater Thursday to reuse as flooring or make into tabletops. By December 2023, the three-story performing arts venue in Gardiner is expected to reopen to the public with a 400-seat theater, a large lobby and concession area, full-service box office, green rooms for performers, and an elevator. Local hotel owner Benjamin Johnson turned the former livery stable into a performance hall in 1884, and it became an opera house in 1888. All photos by Kennebec Journal photojournalist Joe Phelan.
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Random Ideas plan Johnson Hall Free Waterfront Concert
Random Ideas will be featured at the Johnson Hall Free Waterfront Concert at 6 p.m. Friday, June 24, on Depot Square. The band is made up of Meagan Johnson on drums, Lexi Johnson on bass and vocals, and Kinsey Johnson on guitar and backing vocals. The triplet sisters all had an instinctual desire to be musicians […]
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Gardiner’s class of ’66 to hold reunion July 16
The Gardiner Maine Class of 1966 plans to hold its 56th class reunion from 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at the American Legion Hall on Griffin Street in Gardiner. Hot dogs and hamburgers as well as a potluck meal will be served; Music from the 1960s will be played. A cash bar will be available, […]
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Gardiner debuts new downtown community event after 2 years without one during pandemic
The all-day ‘Growing Gardiner’ event kicks off Saturday morning, as organizers work to showcase the historic city and what it has to offer residents and visitors alike.
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Rep. Charlotte Warren wins Democratic nomination for seat on Kennebec County Commissioners
Warren, who because of term limits cannot seek reelection as the state representative for Hallowell, Manchester and West Gardiner, is to face Joseph Pietroski Jr., the Republican nominee from Winthrop, in November for the open seat representing 14 communities in southern and western Kennebec County.
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Gardiner church to offer Rocky Railway Bible Camp
The Gardiner Nazarene Church invites children to Rocky Railway Bible Camp, a free summer event for children. The camp is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, June 20-24, at the 6 Nazarene Way church, with a picnic and celebration on Sunday, June 26. Children can participate in Bible-learning activities, play teamwork-building games, […]
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Gardiner club to participate in food program
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley, 14 Pray St. in Gardiner, plans to participate in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals are available at no separate charge to all enrolled children during the school year, September to June. For more information, call the the club at 207-582-8458.
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Dump truck to blame for power outage in Gardiner area
According to an official at Central Maine Power Co., a dump truck “came into contact with a transmission line” off of U.S. Route 201 in Gardiner on Monday afternoon.
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Gardiner club to offer summer food service program
GARDINER — Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. There will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service, […]