Billy Demo and Harold Haskins, longtime Skowhegan neighbors and Vietnam veterans, died within two weeks of each other, with more experiences in common than their families knew, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan women’s club learns about Children’s Centers of Maine
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs Skowhegan Woman’s Club met May 11 at the Heritage House Restaurant and via Zoom to hear speaker Jeff Johnson. Johnson is executive director of the Children’s Centers of Maine, with facilities in Waterville, Farmington, Augusta and Skowhegan, according to a news release from the club. Johnson gave an […]
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Proposed MSAD 54 budget rises 2.6% as salary, fuel, insurance costs increase
Voters are to decide June 14 on the proposed $38.9 million spending plan for Maine School Administrative District 54, based in Skowhegan.
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Hinckley academy sends students to Washington for charter school rally
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, a charter school located in Hinckley with an agricultural focus, sent three students to Washington, D.C., the week of May 9. They were there to rally against new regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education, threatening to cut funding to the Federal Charter Schools Program, according to a news […]
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Removal of art display brings into focus century-old Skowhegan labor strike
Some on social media recently criticized Skowhegan Savings Bank after an art display was removed from the building that depicted a 1907 strike, but the bank says it only sought to have another display featured because it better represented the bank’s history.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Public health officials warn of possible hepatitis A exposure at Skowhegan Walmart
A person who worked in the deli section of the store was found to have been sick with the contagious liver disease this month, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Advanced Warden School graduates 10 game wardens
Ten new game wardens graduated May 13 from the Advanced Warden School at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. These new game wardens have been assigned districts throughout the state, and are now sworn officers of the Maine Warden Service, according to a news release from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. […]
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Memorial Day parade set for Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — A Memorial Day parade is slated for 10 a.m. Monday, May 30. Participants will gather by 9:30 a.m. at Smart & Edward’s Funeral Home parking lot, 183 Madison Ave. The parade will then proceed down Madison Avenue, onto Water Street, and end at the veteran’s memorial on Water Street with a ceremony following. […]
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Somerset County grand jury indicts 25 on drug, sexual abuse, arson charges
Among those indicted this week was a 55-year-old man accused of setting fires to two homes in Palmyra in January.
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Police: Car crashes into Hero’s Pizza building in Skowhegan after driver falls asleep, but no injuries reported
The restaurant set up a food truck Friday to continue doing business with a limited menu following the morning crash off Waterville Road.