The $115,000 bid includes an offer of $15,000 worth of discounts toward the project planned this summer.
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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Winthrop holding special election to fill remainder of late councilor’s term
Former councilor Rita Moran died unexpectedly in March as a result of an unspecified illness. Winthrop residents will select a candidate Tuesday to fill her seat.
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Monmouth officials propose flat municipal budget for Tuesday vote amid inflation concerns
About $1.4 million of anticipated nonproperty tax revenue will be used to offset increases over the previous budget year, town officials said.
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Hallowell Pride festival, parade to kick off month of events celebrating LGBTQ community
The weekend is scheduled to begin with a festival at Granite City Park on June 4 from noon to 4 p.m. A parade along Water Street will start at 2 p.m.
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Richmond man discovers long-lost graves of more than a dozen relatives
Ronald Emmons Jr. finds a cemetery behind a horse farm in Bowdoin containing graves of his relatives, and later locates a headstone for multiple relatives under a cedar bush at the Cotton Cemetery in Richmond.
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Old Fort Western to build replica of colonial trading post in Augusta
The former outpost is also celebrating its 100th anniversary as a museum this year.
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Union man, 18, who died in New Jersey beach sand collapse remembered as ‘tech nut’
Levi Caverly, who graduated last year from the Mid-Coast School of Technology in Rockland, was remembered by his father as a faithful and quirky kid who loved to program.
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Litchfield puts project out to bid to repair leaking Woodbury Pond Dam
Town officials will open bids on June 13 during a select board meeting and are hopeful the long-term repairs can be complete by the fall.
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More than 300 walk at UMaine Augusta’s first in-person ceremony since 2019
The event featured an address from diversity, equity and inclusion consultant Anthony James Jr., and the university’s first degrees conferred under its new graduate programs.
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Litchfield residents petition town to hold vote on animal shelter contract
Residents collected 224 signatures — 173 are required — to have the question included June 18 on the Town Meeting warrant.