The annual Gardiner area Thanksgiving dinner, sponsored by the Valley of Augusta Scottish Rite Masons, is canceled for this year due to the ongoing pandemic. Anyone needing assistance is encouraged to call 211 for information.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
As COVID-19 continues to spread, who enforces mask mandates in central Maine?
Local officials continue to rely on education and voluntary compliance with public health orders to wear face coverings, even as rallies against wearing masks continue.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Parents urge Gardiner-area schools to stay in remote learning
Maine School Administrative District 11 is planning to resume in-person learning Nov. 9.
Posted inElection 2020, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Politics
Cusick, White reelected to Gardiner at-large seats; newcomer Sergent takes third seat
Tim Cusick and Maryann White are elected to their third terms on the Gardiner City Council; Penny Sergent wins the third at-large seat in her second try at a City Council seat.
Posted inElection 2020, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Local Elections
Augusta-area voters, not deterred by pandemic, line up to vote
Despite what is expected to be a record-breaking number of people voting by absentee before the election, numerous central Maine residents voting in person at the polls on Election Day.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner bridge shift set to begin
Sometime this week, Reed & Reed is expected to shift a prefabricated bridge deck into place over Cobbosseecontee Stream, replacing the decades-old bridge that was demolished last week.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Remote housing creates issues for remote learning; causing an interference with school work
Many families in the area are unable to get internet at their houses because of the remote nature of where they live.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner officials seek funding for Cobbossee Trail
While the project has taken longer than anticipated to develop, city officials are still committed to finding funding to extend the trail along Cobbosseecontee Stream west from downtown Gardiner.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Two more COVID-19 cases at Gardiner Area High School, 1 reported at Dresden Elementary School
A total of two positive and four probable cases have been reported this week at Gardiner Area High School, and a total of 156 people from the school are under quarantine until the end next week.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Indictments handed up for drug trafficking in Augusta, Gardiner, Waterville
Police searches turned up drugs and guns, leading to arrests of New Yorkers, as well as those from central Maine.