AUGUSTA — Taking place at the Augusta First Church of the Nazarene, a merit badge college for the Boy Scouts was held by volunteer Scouting leaders of the Kennebec Valley District of Scouting. The event was held on two days, spanning across two months. The first half of the Merit Badge College was held Feb. […]
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New Winslow ordinance takes aim at unkempt properties
Town officials say regulations that took effect Saturday are likely to impact only a handful of properties that have been the source of complaints for a number of years.
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Winslow food pantry to host benefit breakfast with Easter Bunny April 8
Winslow Community Cupboard food pantry plans to hold a Pancake Breakfast with the Easter Bunny event from 8:30-11 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at Winslow Congregational Church, 12 Lithgow St. Parents, grandparents and youths can get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny, as well as with real bunnies. There also will be a Kids Power […]
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Reporting Aside: Woman’s actions draw ire of online commentators, but family says there’s more to the story
Nichole Nalley-Dickey says her brother’s wife, Rebecca Mceachern-Gorman, was suffering from brain damage when she crashed her car into a pole on Main Street in Waterville last week, Amy Calder writes.
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Winslow likely to adopt new model for fire, police operations
In an effort to save money, the town has been testing a restructured public safety system in which a public safety director would oversee the fire and police departments.
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Local students make Simmons University dean’s list
BOSTON — Three local students were named to the 2022 fall semester dean’s list at Simmons University. They are Emma Soule of Farmingdale, Abigail Bloom of Waterville and Maddie Beckwith of Winslow. To qualify for dean’s list status, undergraduate students must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, based on 12 or more […]
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Waterville man receives Scouting District Award of Merit
Garth Smith of Waterville, a leader in Scouting programs in Winslow, has received the highest award a local Scouting district can bestow on a volunteer — the District Award of Merit. During the annual Scout Leaders’ Recognition Dinner — held March 11 at Winslow Veterans of Foreign Wars, MacCrillis Rouseau Post No. 8835 — District […]
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Kennebec Valley District Scout Leaders hold recognition dinner
The group posthumously honored Rémy Pettengill.
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Winslow parish receives over 1,250 Clotheslines of Comfort items
Parishioners donated more than 1,250 winter hats, scarves, mitten pairs and other clothing items during Corpus Christi Parish’s Clotheslines of Comfort initiative. They brought items to Notre Dame du Perpetual Secours Church in Waterville and St. John the Baptist Church and hall in Winslow, then hung them on clotheslines that had been set up by […]
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$52.8 million Ticonic Bridge replacement project to start this month
The 113-year-old bridge spans the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow.