Small businesses, entrepreneurs or sole proprietors in Waterville, Winslow, Fairfield and Oakland needing an infusion of cash because of the coronavirus pandemic can apply for grants of up to $2,000.
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Need-based scholarships offered for NESC Overnight Summer Camps
Need-based scholarships are available for 2020 NESC Overnight Summer Camps, according to a news release from New England Sports Camps | Camp Tracy in Oakland. Camps will be held Sunday through Friday at Camp Tracy, 302 McGrath Pond Road. • Field Hockey Camp, July 12-17, newenglandsportscamps.org/field-hockey • Baseball Camp, July 19-24, newenglandsportscamps.org/baseball • Premier Baseball […]
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Violette, Bonenfant win Literacy Volunteers Waterville Area Essay Scholarship Awards
Literacy Volunteers Waterville Area has announced that Issac Violette and Adam Bonenfant are the winners of the Literacy Volunteers Waterville Area Essay Scholarship Awards, according to a news release from Janet Croce. Violette of Oakland and a 2020 graduate from Messalonskee High School, won the $500 scholarship award, and plans to attend classes at the […]
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Kick for Cass renamed to ‘Kick Back for Cass’
11-hour soccer event transformed into virtual 11 days of giving in honor of Cassidy Charette July 1-11.
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Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce to hold golf tournament Sept. 14
The tournament provides scholarships to the Kennebec Leadership Institute.
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Messalonskee High School 2020 Yearbooks to be distributed July 1
Those who have pre-ordered a yearbook can pick them up by grade at listed times.
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Students take part in Decal Gymnastics Summer Fun Camps
Students Leanna Breard and Deysha Hoffman, among others, attend Decal Gymnastics Summer Fun Camps at 907 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Oakland. The same camps also are held in Augusta. The camps run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily every week until the week of Aug. 10, with before and after care available from 7 to […]
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Oakland voters approve $5.2 million budget at Town Meeting
The annual Oakland town meeting was held last week at the new Oakland Fire Station. It accommodated 50 people, who were able to social distance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AYCC offers free meals for youth through Summer Food Service Program
The Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCA of Greater Waterville at the Alfond Youth & Community Center is again participating in the Summer Food Service Program to provide free nutritious meals to all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. Meals will be provided first-come, first-serve through Aug. 14, at the […]
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Maine towns’ trash disposal future in limbo as buyer sought for beleaguered plant
The Municipal Review Committee updated members Wednesday on its efforts to find a new buyer and operator after Coastal Maine LLC suspended operations last month at the Fiberight plant in Hampden.