Kennebec, Somerset county health care access gets boost with grant

AUGUSTA – Spectrum Generations Healthy Living for ME program was awarded a $400,000 contract from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services for a…

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Underground Railroad in Maine to be April 16, 29 talk topics

READFIELD – The Underground Railroad will be the topic of two book talks in April by local historian and author Dale Potter-Clark. Potter-Clark will speak…

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Kennebec Valley Scouts go to Merit Badge College

PHOTO: Scouts in the Genealogy Merit Badge session at Merit Badge College, listen to guest speaker Emily Schroeder, right, an archivist with the Kennebec Historical…

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Kennebec Land Trust lecture on public lands acquisition rescheduled to April 6

WINTHROP – The Kennebec Land Trust’s third and final annual Lyceum Series lecture, “Looking Forward: Land Acquisition Partners and Prioritieses,” was postponed from March 30,…

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‘Say Cheese’ birthday party slated for Winthrop on April 29

PHOTO: Karen Richards Toothaker will read her book “Say Cheese! A to Z,” April 29, then lead a photo-op walk around downtown Winthrop in celebration…

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Vienna Union Hall performance will commemorate ‘Jenny’ Hinkley

VIENNA — A musical performance at Vienna Union Hall will commemorate the joy, wit and musical talent of Lois “Jenny” Hinkley, who died in October….

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Friends of Readfield Union Meeting House hosting Pizza Kit To-Go fundraiser

READFIELD – Friends of Readfield Union Meeting House and Vestry are hosting a Pizza Kit To-Go fundraiser. Orders for the kit are accepted through 10…

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Newly discovered store ledger reveals stories of early Readfield residents

PHOTO: Dale Potter-Clark and Bob Staples, of Mainely Memories, in Jay. Staples found a ledger that belonged to a store in Readfield from the early…

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Readfield Play Group is every Thursday at RES

READFIELD – The Readfield Elementary School Breakfast Room Play Group has been revived. The toddlers and preschoolers enjoy seeing the older children and all have…

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Parker Pond Headland Preserve trail closed for mud season

WINTHROP – Kennebec Land Trust’s Parker Pond Headland Preserve on Fellows Cove Road in Fayette is temporarily closed to hikers during mud season. It will…

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