Entries by Website Editor
FOR YOUR HEALTH: Keeping Your Kids Covered Finding Health Insurance Post-Graduation
(NAPSI)—When your children graduate, there are two things you should know. First, congratulations. Second, consider their health insurance needs. Perhaps this is the last thing you ask yourself but it may be among the most significant. About one in five people in their 20s do not have health insurance, according to recent studies. However, one […]
Allison Pease receives full tuition scholarship at KVCC
Ten Maine community college students were awarded full tuition scholarships in honor of Leon A. Gorman for the upcoming 2022-2023 academic year. The students were celebrated Monday, May 23, 2022, in an online event with Gorman family members and L.L.Bean leadership. This is the seventh year the Leon A. Gorman Scholarship has been given. The […]
Local residents named to Simmons University dean’s list
The following local students were named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Simmons University, in Boston, Massachusetts. 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 credit hours of work in classes using the letter grade system. Allyson Cunningham, […]
Maine Ventures partners with Central Maine Growth Council
Maine Venture Fund has announced a new partnership with Dirigo Labs, a startup accelerator launched by the Central Maine Growth Council, to increase capital investment into companies located in central Maine. Dirigo Labs will provide MVF with “boots on the ground” in the region and develop a channel through which companies can learn about the […]
LETTERS: Renewed appeal for litter-free roads
To the editor: Time for the annual plea to stop littering Lakeview Drive and other China roads. Is there a way to appeal to otherwise thoughtful drivers? Paper and plastic cups, beer and soda cans, paper plates, plastic spoons, plastic bags, napkins, etc? Why not just keep it in the car and dispose of it […]
LETTERS: Stover champion of working people
To the editor: I had the privilege of driving Rep. Holly Stover as she knocked on doors in South Bristol this week. The experience of riding and chatting informally with Holly and witnessing her interaction with voters only deepened my commitment to this champion of working people. While I was familiar with the broad strokes […]
Lois Eastman – Ukrainian Folk Art at Gibbs Library
WASHINGTON, ME — The Gibbs Library will present works of Ukrainian folk art by Lois Eastman, including a display of the process and materials used in creating psyankyi eggs. The exhibit will run through June Lois Eastman’s interest in art began in childhood. She began making pysanky when she was five years old. Growing up […]
OBITUARIES for Thursday, June 2, 2022
DAVID J. PELLERIN FAIRFIELD – David John Pellerin, 62, of Fairfield, passed away early morning on Monday, May 16, 2022, doing what he loved, fishing up North. David was born in Waterville on May 2, 1960. He was the son of Norman Pellerin and Kathleen Pellerin (Farrell). He graduated from Lawrence High School, in Fairfield, […]
South China remembers fallen soldiers
SOUTH CHINA, ME — At the South China Veteran Monument ceremony on Monday, Memorial Day, May 30, Ron Emery, left, had the opportunity and honor to help a young veteran display the POW/MIA banner. He did not get his name but noticed his silver spurs. Soldiers serving with Cavalry units (referred to as Troopers) are inducted […]