Familiar favorites like Moonlight Madness and the town’s fireworks display are set to return, but organizers also are adding new events to celebrate both the bicentennial and the Kennebec River.
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After devastating fall ends one career, man launches new one with opening of Skowhegan cafe
Joe Almand was a Skowhegan firefighter when he suffered extensive injuries last year in a fall along the Kennebec River Gorge, but he recovered and set a new path for himself that’s led to the opening of Joe’s Flat Iron Cafe downtown.
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Champlain College recognizes local dean’s list students
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Two local students have been named to the 2023 spring semester dean’s list at Champlain College for achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. The are Maggie Hufnagel of Farmington and Maggie Pono of Skowhegan. Check out other upcoming area events!
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Educational center to offer college planning session July 13
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center plans to host a free individualized virtual session for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. Essentials of College Planning: Virtual: • Friday, July 13 at 10 and 11 a.m. The center is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The program helps […]
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Two arrested after search of Canaan home yields fentanyl, other illicit drugs, police say
Garrett Cote, 24, and Rylee Spofford, 19, were charged this week with several offenses after a search of a home on Hill Road turned up more than a pound of fentanyl, Skowhegan police said.
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Skowhegan student receives Lasell University collaboration award
NEWTON, Mass. — Sydney Veilleux, a Lasell University student from Skowhegan, was recognized by peers for outstanding collaboration in the 2023 spring semester in Veilleux’s retail innovation lab course. Veilleux was selected as one of the two best people to work with in the course. Recipients of the Collaboration Recognition Award are selected by their […]
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Madison parents indicted in October crash that killed son, injured other children
Officials say Robert A. Simonds, 30, was driving when his family’s pickup truck hit a tree, and the children’s mother, Ashley A. Corson, 29, was indicted on the same charges for what the district attorney described as “accomplice liability.”
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan woman chosen to lead district of Elks
Melinda A. Voisine of Skowhegan was installed as district deputy for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for lodges in the Central District of the Maine Elks Association during the BPO Elks National Convention July 2-5 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She will serve a one-year term, according to a news release from Elks USA, based […]
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Three seriously injured in Skowhegan head-on collision
The crash Saturday morning on Route 2 was caused by one vehicle hydroplaning and hitting the other, officials said.
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Skowhegan student named to Elms College dean’s list
CHICOPEE, Mass. — Samantha Bonneau of Skowhegan was named to the 2023 spring dean’s list at the College of Our Lady of the Elms. To qualify, a full-time student must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher, without incompletes. Check out upcoming area events!