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University of New Hampshire’s dean’s list for the Fall 2022 semester

The following area students have been named to the dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham, New Hampshire, for the fall 2022 semester. Julia Riley, of Augusta, earning highest honors; Brady Barre, of Waterville, earning highest honors; Jordin Carey, of Waterville, earning highest honors; Grace Bilodeau, of Winslow, earning honors; Abigail LaRochelle, […]

OBITUARIES for Thursday, February 16, 2023

JAMES G. KUS WATERVILLE – James Gregory Kus, 71, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023. James was born on May 20, 1951, to Joseph and Sophie. James graduated from Winthrop High School and went on to Maine Maritime Academy, in Castine, where he graduated in 1976. Just a year after, he was a third […]

Pine Tree Amendment citizens continue to advocate for protected rights

A multi-generational team of Mainers is campaigning for an amendment that would enshrine environmental rights in the Maine Constitution’s Declaration of Rights. The Pine Tree Amendment (PTA) is a proposed amendment to the Maine State Constitution that would secure the right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment for all people in Maine, […]

Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Early Augusta Families – Part 1

by Mary Grow The three people whose diaries Charles Nash excerpted in his 1904 Augusta history, and who provided old weather records for last week’s article, were members of some of the first families to settle in the area. Martha Ballard came to Hallowell in October 1777, two years after her husband Ephraim brought his […]

Lindsay Hamilton is Carrabec’s Principal’s Award winner

Lindsay Hamilton, daughter of Matthew and Marsha, of Clinton, a senior at Carrabec High School, in North Anson, has been selected to receive the 2023 Principal’s Award, according to Principal Peter Campbell. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement, citizenship and leadership. According […]

Vassalboro Community School second quarter honor roll (2022)

GRADE 8 High honors: Bryson Stratton. Honors: Madison Burns, Peyton Dowe, Xavier Foss, Adalyn Glidden, Kylie Grant, Caspar Hooper, Jack Malcolm, Henry Olson, Noah Pooler, Grady Sounier, Payton Thorndike, and Mackullen Tolentino. Honorable mention: Owen Couture, Ryley Desmond, Eilah Dillaway, Bailey Goforth, Spencer Hughes, Bryella Leighton, Olivia Leonard, Sawyer Livingstone, Alexis Mitton, Josslyn Ouellette, and […]

Madison Legion Auxiliary turkey pie sale nets $2,295

The turkey pie sales were so popular last year, members of the American Legion Auxiliary Tardiff-Belanger Unit #39, Madison, decided to sell them again. Recently they made and sold turkey pies (162 to be exact) with the proceeds to benefit local food pantries. Reny’s of Madison donated 100 pie plates, Apple Tree Bakery gave discounted […]