Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area receive $10,000 grant to expand Hope’s Place to Somerset County and are collaborating on the services with Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County.
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Racist flyers mailed to Skowhegan area school board members, others
The flyers feature a Ku Klux Klan hood, confederate flag and an Eye of Providence, and falsely says there will be a white supremacist Maine Green Independent Party fall gathering Oct. 27 at Belfast Public Library.
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Amy Calder: More odd road names
Amy Calder shares emails she received from readers about last week’s column on quirky street names, offering more odd ones.
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Tensions still high as Skowhegan school board moves beyond mascot
The board on Thursday night discussed how the selection process will go for picking a new mascot and will give both students and community members a seat at the table.
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Celebrating 50 years of service to the Skowhegan community
Jeff Quinn has worked in several different capacities throughout town in the last five decades.
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Amy Calder: There are a lot of odd, quirky, peculiar road names
Central Maine is home to lots of unusual street and road names, but the town of Skowhegan takes the cake for the most whimsical, columnist Amy Calder writes.
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Skowhegan church’s music director to be honored Oct. 5
Organist Jeff Quinn to be recognized for 50 years at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church.
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Skowhegan-based school district to begin mascot deliberations at board meeting
The MSAD 54 school board is expected to discuss a procedure to follow in selecting a new mascot at their Oct. 3 meeting. A public hearing on a $950,000 referendum to fund renovations will precede the regular meeting.
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KVCC student gifts equipment to Cedar Ridge
Rebecca Jipson, a student at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, recently presented Cedar Ridge, a 74-bed Rehabilitation and Living Center in Skowhegan, with the donation of 15 Apple iPod Shuffles, four $50 iTune gift cards, 35 headphones and numerous ear buds and charging units, according to a news release from the rehabilitation center. Jipson […]
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Diaper drive helps families in need
WATERVILLE — The Kennebec Valley Community Action Program is holding its annual diaper drive to ensure all parents have access to diapers when they need them. Diapers can be a major expense for families, easily costing $100 a month or more. In the United States one in three low-income moms report suffering from diaper need […]