EVANSTON, Ill. — Eight local students have been named semifinalist in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Henry Dimitri, Edward Little High School, Auburn; Miriam Asch, Hall-Dale High School, Farmingdale; Henri B. McCourt, Mount Blue High School, Farmington; Jayden B. Brown, Lincoln Academy, Newcastle; Ella Martinez Nocito, Ethan Smith and Cooper Tarbuck, […]
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Fire damages former industrial building in Jefferson
Firefighters from nearly a dozen towns in three counties turned out to knock down the fire Thursday on Somerville Road at a former industrial building that’s now being used to grow cannabis.
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Maine home of Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member, seeks national monument designation
An architect of New Deal measures like Social Security and the 40-hour work week, Perkins returned throughout her life to a home in Newcastle that had been in her family since the 1750s.
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Cut flower production workshop offered in Newcastle Aug. 20
NEWCASTLE — The Maine New Farmers Project at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is set to offer a farm visit from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Veggies To Table Farm, 27 Bailey Lane. Executive Director Erica Berman will discuss cut flower production on the farm. This event is geared toward people interested in […]
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Foundation awards 16 organizations grants
The grants funded from the REALTOR® Affordable Housing Fund offer non-profit organizations assistance in helping Maine’s most vulnerable households with providing meaningful housing solutions.
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Frances Perkins Center awarded $750K Mellon Foundation Humanities in Place grant
NEWCASTLE — The Frances Perkins Center has been awarded a $750,000 grant by the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. The center is the first organization in Maine to receive funds from the grant program, that “supports a fuller, more complex telling of American histories and lived experiences by deepening […]
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Lincoln County mother appeals dismissal of lawsuit over child’s gender expression at school
Amber Lavigne, of Newcastle, sued Great Salt Bay Community School officials, saying they provided her child with a chest binder and allowed the child to use pronouns different than the ones assigned at birth.
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Maine School of Science and Mathematics students place at state meet
Students from Hallowell, Newcastle, Rome and Topsham.
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Proposed Brunswick-Rockland excursion train would include fine-dining car
AmeriStarRail wants to launch a passenger line on a 57-mile stretch from Brunswick to Rockland, with stops in Bath, Wiscasset and Newcastle.
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Coastliner excursion train to make another run through Bath, Wiscasset, Newcastle
The debut of the Coastliner’s Brunswick-Rockland weekend service has been delayed as operator Midcoast Railservice works out logistics.