Central Maine Sports Cards and Collectibles Show attracts many — including youngsters and women — to Elks Lodge.
Emily Duggan
Staff Writer
Emily Duggan is a staff writer for the Kennebec Journal. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of New Hampshire, where she was a news editor and staff writer for The New Hampshire. Before working at the Kennebec Journal, she interned at the Portland Press Herald and freelanced for the Granite State News Collaborative. A Portland native, Emily loves exploring the city, reading, and playing with her two cats.
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Somerville house recently listed on housing market, burns down
The waterfront house on Somerville Road was under contract to be sold in early May and is a total loss from the fire.
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Readfield-area school budget will increase by 5%, but taxpayers could spend up to 7% more than last year
The school district worked over three months to cut the budget down from a proposed 10% increase to lessen the impact on taxpayers.
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Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools to end in May, some districts have already canceled programs
The COVID-19 variant, BA.2, is more contagious than previous strains, and it can spread faster in a classroom than the pooled test would be able to detect in a classroom.
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Samantha Smith’s peace-seeking letter to Soviet Union endures as lesson for children to ask questions about world events
As the 40th anniversary of the Manchester girl’s famous letter approaches this November, her message for world peace is more relevant than ever.
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University of Maine at Augusta names Michael Laliberte as new president after a 6-month search
Laliberte, who’s been president of State University of New York at Delhi since 2016, was chosen unanimously by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees and will start on Aug. 1.
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Hallowell-area school district hosts meeting to go over budget with ‘grateful’ municipal officials
The suggestion to include municipal officials in the budget process came last year as municipalities saw a huge spike to their town allocations.
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Maranacook Community High School to remain remote Tuesday as COVID-19 spike continues
Superintendent: We will make day-to-day decisions on when to resume in-person learning.
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Central Maine school districts turning to emerging bus scanning technology to address safety, driver shortages
The technology was originally installed during the pandemic to help with contact-tracing, but officials are now looking at the devices as a way of improving efficiency and safety for students.
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Proposed Inland Fisheries & Wildlife complex in Augusta could clean up polluted site
Gov. Janet Mills requested $39.5 million for the project, which would rejuvenate the former Statler Tissue Co. mill along the Kennebec River.