With the help of a consultant, the search for Gardiner’s top administrative official begins this week, including a chance for residents to give input at a workshop.
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Gardiner’s Johnson Hall announces construction start, matching gift challenge
To help Johnson Hall reach its $5.5 million fundraising goal, Peter and Sandra Prescott and Team EJP have made a match challenge gift of $250,000 to help raise the final $850,000 needed to renovate the historic opera house and 400-seat theater.
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Headstones damaged by fallen tree at historic Gardiner churchyard
Maple tree estimated at 200 years old split during Tuesday’s storm, damaging historic headstones that volunteers have been working for years to reassemble and put back where they belong.
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Gardiner groups to host public input meeting on Heart of Gardiner plan
People who live or work in Gardiner, as well as visitors, are invited to share their ideas for a vibrant downtown area at a July 14 meeting — part of an effort to draft a downtown master plan for the next decade.
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School may be out, but central Maine organizations ensure students get meals
According to the National Summer Food Service Program, there are at least 400 free food sites in Maine.
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Emergence of browntail moths across central Maine shows growing scope of outbreak
While the moths do not pose the same risk as the caterpillars, with their toxic, rash-causing hairs, the moths clearly illustrate the spread of the invasive species into central Maine.
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Oakland woman indicted on charge she lied to increase benefits from state
Loretta Raymond, 56, reportedly received more than $10,000 in state benefits between 2008 and 2015.
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Gardiner volunteers work to raise money for fountain, improving the Gardiner Common
Volunteers are raising money to restore the fountain in the Gardiner Common, which was originally donated to honor the life of Gardiner native Gideon Palmer, who played a role in establishing Howard University.
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Gardiner-area community in uproar over AP English summer reading book list
After complaints from “concerned” community members, Maine School Administrative District 11 opted to allow students to choose any nonfiction book instead of having them pick one from a 33-title list that had been generated for the college-level elective course.
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Gardiner officials pass revised city spending plan for July 1 budget year
City Council approves $6.6 million appropriation to pay costs of city government.