Many displays are dazzling, such as Winter Wonderland at Augusta West Kampground, which features more than 100,000 lights.
Chris Bouchard
Chris is an award-winning journalist from Aroostook County. He has nearly a decade of writing experience, beginning with an internship for the New Maine Times, three years of freelance work, and six years covering central Aroostook with the Bangor Daily News. Chris joined the Kennebec Journal as a staff writer during the summer of 2021. He now covers healthcare, municipal news, and feature stories in the central Maine area.
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Christmas displays bring excitement, glow to central Maine neighborhoods
Many displays are dazzling, such as Winter Wonderland at Augusta West Kampground, which features more than 100,000 lights.
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Fayette officials to mull future of Starling Hall after voters reject $500,000 for renovations
Town officials and a local nonprofit that hoped to turn the state’s oldest Grange building into a community center must decide whether to look for new funding sources or sell the property.
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Hallowell officials plan next steps for former fire station, Public Works Department facility
Residents earlier this month voted in nonbinding referendums to give broad support to renovating the former fire station and buy land on which a new facility would be built for the Public Works Department.
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Babcock Bridge connecting Litchfield, West Gardiner to be replaced beginning next June
Construction had been scheduled to begin in late 2022, but was pushed to June 2023. The bridge remains safe for motorists, according to state transportation officials.
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Winthrop council to review controversial mooring ordinance following backlash from local boaters
The council’s decision to revisit the controversial rules came after people clashed this week with council chairperson Sarah Fuller during a meeting, saying she should have recused herself from voting on the ordinance because of what they see as a conflict of interest.
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Winthrop residents choose officials in contested town, school and library board races
Three newcomers defeated the incumbent library trustee in the first contested race for that office in over a decade.
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Fayette voters reject raising $500,000 for renovations to Starling Hall
Residents approved all other local ballot questions Tuesday, signaling support for high-speed internet and a desire to temporarily block solar development in the town.
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Hallowell sidewalk closed after granite block falls four stories from building’s facade
The sidewalk should be reopened by Monday, according to Chief Scott MacMaster of the Hallowell Police Department.
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Winthrop, Somerville schools receive federal funding for electric buses
Winthrop received funding for four electric buses and Somerville-based RSU 12 received funding for two electric buses through EPA Clean School Bus Program.