Lately is seems as though you can’t pass a park or court without spotting people engaged in a lively game of pickleball. The fast-moving sport seems to have come out of nowhere and captured the interest of young and old alike, who can’t get enough of it. With all that play there is inevitably the […]
Two area community college students have been named to the All-Maine Academic Team in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and service. The students receiving the award are: Kiera Clark, Skowhegan, Kennebec Valley Community College, in Fairfield/Hinckley. Luz Maria Seda Libby, Palermo, Kennebec Valley Community College. In addition, Catalina Fernandez-Grant (KVCC) has been named […]
EDWARD W. LACOMBE SPRING HILL, Florida – Edward W. Lacombe, 88, of Spring Hill, Florida and Winslow, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. He was born in Waterville on August 29, 1935, to George and Leona (Paulin) Lacombe. Eddie graduated from Waterville High School, class of 1954. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard […]
Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) will celebrate the conferral of associate degrees and academic certificates for a total of 427 graduates in the class of 2024. Over 250 graduates will take part in commencement exercises on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m., at the Augusta Civic Center. Churchill Elangwe-Preston, of Waterville, will deliver the keynote […]
In October of 2023 China Area Girl Scout Troop #1496 voted on areas of interest to explore as a year project. Animals won the vote. The scouts learned about the in-progress building of the new Kennebec Valley Humane Society facility. After reaching out to the Director Hillary Roberts, the troop decided a group to bring […]
Evelyn Withee, of Rome, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Withee was initiated at the University of Maine.
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by Peter Cates Adolph Hitler In the interest of getting a few columns ready a few weeks ahead of time, I am writing this one on April 20, the 135th birthday anniversary of one of the two most evil dictators of the 20th century (the other being Joseph Stalin), namely former German chancellor Adolf Hitler […]