ROME — The Flutie 5K for Autism at Pine Tree Camp is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at 114 Pine Tree Camp Road. “You’ve never run, walked or rolled through a setting quite like Pine Tree Camp,” said Adria King, donor relations director for Pine Tree Society, according to a news release from […]
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Algae bloom continuing to affect North Pond in Rome, Smithfield
A scientist with the 7 Lakes Alliance says the pond has now seen a bloom every year since 2018 and conservationists are working to develop a watershed management plan to address the problem.
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Rome Board of Selectmen considers remediation plan after several trees removed illegally from Great Pond property
Selectmen review plan Monday for replanting trees on property owned by Portland man along Jamaica Point Road.
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Mills foundation to host open house Aug. 6 in Rome
Visitors welcome to tour the property and meet Staff Sgt. (Ret.) Travis Mills.
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House destroyed after car fire in Rome spreads from garage
One of the homeowners had complained about the car brakes feeling hot minutes before flames consumed the garage and home Sunday on Nickerson Lane.
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Leave the car at home: New Long Pond docks help make boats the preferred means of travel
Jeff Baron lead a campaign to raise $86,000 so that docks could be installed behind Day’s Store in Belgrade, just in time for the rush of people heading to the Belgrade Lakes for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
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Augusta school raises funds for Mills foundation
AUGUSTA — It’s an annual tradition for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. (Ret.) Travis Mills to visit the students at St. Michael Catholic School in Augusta. The students in grades K-8 have raised money every year since 2018 for the Travis Mills Foundation, located nearby in Rome. This year the walk-a-thon raised nearly $13,700, with half […]
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Summer Meals for Kids program to start June 27 in China, Sidney, Belgrade, Rome, Oakland
Regional School Unit 18 is sponsoring a U.S. Department of Agriculture Summer Meals for Kids program. The school district, which serves Oakland, China, Belgrade, Sidney and Rome, will offer free meals to children from Monday, June 27 through Friday, Aug. 12, at sites throughout the district. Meals must be consumed on site. Lunch will be […]
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Norridgewock doctor who has treated thousands over decades to hang up stethoscope
Dr. Ken Baker to close his family medicine practice after more than 40 years, also prompting his longtime office manager, Ginny Sirois, to retire.
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Historic headstone discovered in courthouse basement headed home to Rome
The discovery of a headstone in a disused part of the Kennebec County Courthouse sparked a search by Dan Brunelle, the county’s facilities manager, to return it to its rightful place.