Recently, BBB Scam Tracker has received multiple reports of an online shopping scam on TikTok. It’s a sneaky one! It starts with a disgruntled employee supposedly seeking revenge and ends with victims ordering hundreds of dollars in phony merchandise. How the scam works You come across a TikTok video featuring someone claiming they were recently […]
Free offerings at Muskie Community Center in Waterville Spectrum Generations’ Muskie Community Center 38 Gold Street, Waterville, ME 04901 Addressing the Stigma: A Look at Mental Health and Aging Monday, October 16 10 – 11 a.m. Join us at Spectrum Generations’ Muskie Community Center as we welcome Leslie Lennig, Clinical Director from Community Health and […]
by Chuck Mahaleris Dozens of youth from across central Maine came to the Goodwill Store, in Waterville, on September 27, for the Scout Uniform Bank. The annual event is a way to assist families during these difficult financial times. Scouts who attended the event left with a gently-used uniform shirt, pants, neckerchief, hat and even […]
Carrabec High School is planning a big homecoming this year starting on October 10, with classes having competitions throughout the week. On Friday, October 13, they will be having a pep rally and parade with homecoming games under the lights. The middle school will start with a soccer game at 4 p.m., and then the […]
This September, staff at Belgrade Regional Health Center are happy to welcome Kaylee Wolfe, Family Nurse Practitioner, to the team. Kaylee earned her master’s degree, Family Nurse Practitioner, from the University of Southern Maine. Previously, she earned her dual-major bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Spanish from Bowdoin College, in Brunswick. Wolfe has a wealth of […]
Griffin Brown, of Oakland, will attend the Honors College at the College of Charleston, in Charleston, South Carolina, starting this fall. Brown joins a community of highly motivated Honors students who live and learn together while pursuing their own unique interests. Honors students at the College of Charleston benefit from personalized mentorship, access to specialized […]
JACK S. GIGUERE PALERMO – Jack Steve Giguere, 77, of Palermo, passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Jack was born in Oberlin, Ohio on October 21, 1945, to Bernard and Evelyn (Greszler) Giguere. In his earlier years, Jack was enlisted in the United States Army. He served as a paratrooper in the 173rd Airborne […]
Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, welcomes the Class of 2027, which includes Logan McDonald, of Bingham.
by Jonathan Strieff Doctors from Redington-Fairview General Hospital, in Skowhegan, and the MaineHealth Institute for Research, in Portland, hosted six research session over three weeks in Waterville and Thorndike in an effort to collect data regarding PFAS exposure in central Maine. PFAS refers to a family more than 4,000 chemicals present in a wide variety […]