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KBH announces college scholarship recipients

Kennebec Behavioral Health has announced its 2019 college scholarship recipients. This year, the following students will each receive a $1,000 scholarship upon successful completion of their first semester at their chosen college or university. Local recipients include: Leah Allee, Cony High School, Augusta. Jenna Butler, Erskine Academy, South China. Brenna Saucier, Lawrence High School, Fairfield. […]

LETTERS: Those extraordinary fireworks!

To the editor: I would like to personally thank whoever that family is that shot an extraordinary, brilliant, 20-minute display of wonderful fireworks last night (July 4) off the north end of John Jones Island! My family floated up a bit to see who’s got what this year, but this display was well beyond anything […]

Lake Association Annual Meetings 2019

2019 Lake Association Annual Meetings *   *   * THREE MILE POND Saturday, July 13 • 10 a.m. Windsor Town Halle CHINA LAKE Saturday, July 20 • 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. China Primary School WASHINGTON LAKES Thursday, July 25 • 7 p.m. Gibbs Library WEBBER POND Saturday, August 17, 9 a.m. Vassalboro Community School ANNABESSACOOK LAKE […]

Local production to benefit The Town Line

The play, Senator Mitchell’s Sidney Farmer Comes to Washington, will be performed on Saturday, July 13, at 7 p.m., at the Vassalboro Grange Hall. Paul Cates wrote the play in the late ‘80s – early ‘90s, and would be so proud. All proceeds will benefit The Town Line newspaper! This production stars Steve Assante, Dr. […]

Beef up your buffer

Runoff from gravel road and shoreland homesites is the Number 1 cause of lake, pond and stream pollution in the state of Maine. Water travelling over the surface of roads and yards carries nutrients and other pollutants into waterbodies; soil from erosion is carried in runoff and results in sedimentation, as well as carrying phosphorous, […]