The 128-foot-long Victory Chimes was sold for $75,900.
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Historic Maine schooner goes on auction block
Built in 1900, Victory Chimes has sailed the Maine coast since 1954, carrying passengers as part of the windjammer excursion fleet.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Schools & Education
Access denied: Authorities refuse to release records for Maine school shooter hoax calls
First Amendment advocates across New England say the sweeping decision sets a dangerous precedent.
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Collapsed culvert in Jefferson will close Route 17 for several weeks and cost around $1.5 million to repair
Route 17 to be closed until the end of March and drivers are being directed to an 11-mile detour on the road between Augusta and Rockland.
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Rockport man pleads guilty to fraudulently getting $1 million in COVID-19 loans
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Mark X. Haley used some of the Paycheck Protection Program funds to make a down payment on a sailboat.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Artist says Rockland museum’s placement of her Lunar New Year work was racially insensitive
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art initially offered Evelyn Wong a wall near public bathrooms for her installation. When she objected, they said they had no ill intent and offered her another spot.
Posted inLocal & State
Augusta, Waterville among top communities in Maine for increasing home sale prices
The two cities were among the top 10 in Maine, and the two most northern communities, for largest increases in median sale prices for homes from 2021 to 2022.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Menorah vandalized in Rockland
Police say there have been no arrests and the case remains under investigation.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine seeks volunteer coordinators
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine is looking for adult volunteers to serve as coordinators at eight of its school-based mentoring programs. Coordinators are community members 18 or older who can dedicate 90 minutes, one day each week, from October through May, except school vacation weeks, to supervise Big/Little match meetings of high school mentors […]
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Rockland-based foundation announces scholarship details
The Worthington Scholarship Foundation plans to begin accepting applications for the high school graduating class of 2023 on Jan. 1, 2023. To be eligible to apply for the foundation’s scholarship, students must be Maine residents, and graduating seniors at a participating high school with plans to enroll full-time at a partner college or university. Selection […]