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Andrue Leach, service
ROCKLAND — A graveside committal service for Andrue Leach, who died November 10, 2023, will be held Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 10 a.m., at West Rockport Cemetery, Park Street, Rockport. Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland. To share...
J. Edward Knight’s Sierra Sprague earns Property and Casualty License
ROCKLAND — Sierra Sprague, of J. Edward Knight Insurance, has earned her property and casualty (P&C) license and is now accepting new clients at the company's Rockland office. Sprague brings a strong work ethic and a genuine desire to help others to her new role, according to the insurance...
Rockland man grieves, Two Bridges, state review his brother’s death in Wiscasset jail
A man being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail has hung himself, in the third suicide since Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties opened the facility on Wiscasset’s Route One in 2006, authorities told Wiscasset Newspaper. TBRJ is doing an internal investigation “as (is) normal procedure for any critical incident we have in the jail,” Col. James Bailey, TBRJ’s correctional administrator, said via email April 25.
Shadow Box art by Maria J. King exhibits at Rockport library in May, June
ROCKPORT — During the months of May and June, artist Maria J. King will exhibit a selection of her handcrafted shadow boxes in the Marine Room of the Rockport Public Library. King will be rotating in and out different boxes to showcase a variety of themes reflected in her collection of nearly 60 boxes.
OHTM’s STEM Fest 2024: Anything students could get their hands on
OWLS HEAD—Owls Head Transportation Museum held its second annual STEM Fest 2024 on April 26 and 27— this time expanding over a full weekend, to great success. To counter the adverse effects that the pandemic had on student achievement in Maine and to give teens and tweens an immersive hands-on experience with interactive displays in science, technology, engineering, and math, the museum transformed into multiple STEM stations throughout the building.
Camden Public Library appoints new executive director
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library Board of Trustees announces Kristy Kilfoyle as the new Executive Director. Kilfoyle was hired after an extensive search and will be joining the library in June. “We are thrilled to welcome Kristy to our community. Her enthusiasm, leadership skills and love of learning...
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