When did the Messalonskee Community Thanksgiving Dinner begin? Volunteers, residents and newspaper archives are not sure.
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For Oakland-area Girl Scouts, Thanksgiving tradition is baked in
Girl Scouts prepared Tuesday to bake over 200 pies for this year’s Messalonskee Community Thanksgiving Dinner in Oakland, a tradition that has continued for over two decades.
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Hawaii man who talked to jurors in Augusta courthouse elevator indicted on tampering charges
Estevan C. Hartley, while at the Capital Judicial Center, allegedly told jurors if they were picked for his trial, he was an innocent man.
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Messalonskee High School lists first quarter honor roll
OAKLAND — Messalonskee High School has announced the following students were named to its first quarter honor roll for the 2024-25 school year. Seniors High honors with distinction: Gregory Bard, Brynne Barron, Ty Bernier, Matthew Bressette, Spencer Brittner, Drake Brunelle, Nolan Cain, Gabrielle Colfer, Jackson Collman, Beckett Cote, Pierce Coughlin, Sofia Derosby, Zachary Dionne, Braelyn […]
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Thanksgiving meals, pie sales, volunteer opportunities
Augusta, Gardiner, Madison, Madrid, Oakland, Readfield, Skowhegan, Thorndike, Waterville and Winslow are among communities planned Thanksgiving festivities.
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Winslow Town Manager Ella Bowman resigns, citing ‘hateful’ rhetoric from residents, councilors
Bowman, who says she is among the only openly transgender town managers in the nation, said heightened vitriol among constituents and town councilors prompted her sudden departure.
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Pho Appetite opens in Oakland
Pho Appetite is located at 886A Kennedy Memorial Drive in Oakland.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, Politics
Wrigley, Roderick win Oakland council seats; Tracy reelected to school board
Incumbent Councilor Dana Wrigley Sr. and resident Kelly Roderick won seats on the Oakland Town Council. Laura Tracy was reelected to the Regional School Unit 18 board of directors.
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‘Our democracy in action’: High turnout reported as voters across central Maine flock to polls
Poll workers across the region dealt with lines of voters Tuesday, even after heavy absentee voting. ‘We want people to know their vote is safe, and it counts,’ said one official.
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Central Maine Eats: BBQ, pho and more
Complete coverage of what’s new with restaurants, food trucks and food events in central Maine.