“We thought it was the one thing COVID couldn’t rip away from us,” one top senior, who said the ranking was a goal from the start of their first year, wrote.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Community goal-setting conversations start in Gardiner
The United Way of Kennebec Valley is hosting a series of community conversations around the region to establish its 10-year community goals for the nonprofit agency that supports social service agencies in the area.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley breaks ground on new Gardiner facility
Construction of the $10 million facility is expected to take about 17 months. In the meantime, club officials say they are confident they can raise the remaining $650,000.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Gardiner-area school board approves $26.82 million budget for voter consideration
Maine School Administrative District 11 will host a virtual public hearing via Zoom on June 1, and Randolph, Pittston, Gardiner and West Gardiner residents will vote on the proposed spending plan June 8.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Kennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Maine
Summer entertainment season returns to central Maine
With the loosening of public health restrictions across Maine, many communities plan to reignite traditional events while others say they will wait another year before welcoming people to their festivals.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner Food Co-op charts path through pandemic
With the help of an anonymous gift and federal stimulus money, the community-owned cooperative seeks to rebuild toward long-term sustainability.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner’s Wellness Connection to open adult-use cannabis shop Saturday
This is the second of Wellness Connection’s four locations to make the switch, following the launch of the adult-use cannabis market in October, from medical marijuana to adult-use or recreational marijuana.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner’s Johnson Hall passes early hurdle in federal funding request
Performing arts center’s request for $350,000, filed through the office of U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, is one of 10 requests Golden’s staff has forwarded for consideration in the appropriations process for funding to be awarded later this year.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Early draft of Gardiner-area school budget includes local share increases
While the Maine School Administrative District 11’s overall spending plan for 2021-2022 is still a ‘work in progress,’ its adult education and school nutrition budgets were OK’d by the Finance Committee.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Firefighters respond after car hits building in Farmingdale, then douse blaze at nearby Gardiner apartment complex
Fiery automobile accident on Maine Avenue in Farmingdale puts firefighters in position to respond quickly to blaze minutes later at apartment building in Gardiner.