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Skowhegan development group receives $200,000 grant to help Maine Grains, others

by Amy Calder October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

The grant from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation is expected to help fund equipment to allow Maine Grains in Skowhegan to turn local milling, cheesemaking, seaweed, blueberry and soy byproducts into high-fiber, high-protein packaged goods for sale to schools.

Local & State, News, Politics

Auction will include 1941 Plymouth owned by Margaret Chase Smith

by Megan Gray August 26, 2023August 25, 2023

The late U.S. senator’s car will be auctioned Sunday with a starting bid of $7,500, but Thomaston Place Auction Galleries estimates it will sell for at least twice that amount.

Local & State

Skowhegan man dies in crash after SUV hydroplanes

by Amy Calder October 18, 2022October 18, 2022

The crash occurred early Tuesday on the Canaan Road and claimed the life of 53-year-old Mario Centofanti, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.

Local & State

Skowhegan man charged with lying for $60,000 pandemic loan is arrested again

by Associated Press April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

Nathan Reardon’s bail conditions prevented him from applying for pandemic-related financial assistance without approval from his probation officer.

Local & State, Uncategorized

25th Maine International Film Festival scheduled for July in Waterville, Skowhegan

by Amy Calder March 27, 2022March 28, 2022

The festival, known as MIFF and scheduled to run from July 8 to 17, typically attracts thousands of film enthusiasts to central Maine.

Local & State

Conservation groups file lawsuit against owner of central Maine dams, citing violation of Endangered Species Act

by Amy Calder September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court by the Atlantic Salmon Federation and other conservation groups, alleges Brookfield Renewable Partners are harming and killing endangered Atlantic salmon and other sea-run fish at four dams on the Kennebec River.