Gardiner News

Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman announced the Bureau of Insurance will hold public comment sessions regarding rate filings for both MEGA Life and Health and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield products.

Youth learn pottery techniques from Todd Jubinville. The 2009 Young at Art exhibition is displayed in the background.

The U.S. Coast Guard, at the request of the state, will continue to break up ice in the lower Kennebec River into the weekend, according to a news release from the Maine Emergency Management Agency.

Gardiner Main Street invites the Kennebec River community to welcome new and expanding businesses to the downtown, 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

Open Book Players will deal with themes of the heart in "How Do I Love Thee?," to be presented Feb.

On Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard resumed its work breaking ice on the Kennebec River in an attempt to ease flooding concerns.

Although the level of the Kennebec River has been steadily declining in Augusta and Hallowell the last 24 hours, officials reported Thursday afternoon, Jan.

The city of Gardiner expects flooding to occur Wednesday, Jan. 27A In the event people need to evacuate their residences, the Gardiner Area Boys & Girls Club is designated as a shelter and will be available to those in need.

The National Weather Service has posted a flood warning along the Kennebec River in the Augusta area.

DreamWeavers delivering a Singing Valentine are, from left, Ann Hutchings of Gardiner, Linda Davis of Palermo, Martha Tait of Whitefield and Carolyn Gray of Damariscotta.

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Mark L. Johnston, president and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank, announced the formal grand opening of its newest branch in Gardiner at a snowy ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan.

On Jan. 10 a ' 11:35 a.m., Shane Hatfield, 20, of Rumford was charged by Patrolman K. Scott Mills on an Oxford County Superior Court warrant with probation revocation on Cumberland Street.

The retail manager at Skills, Inc., a nonprofit agency serving local people with developmental disabilities, says the organization is losing donations of clothing and shoes to another nonprofit group that helps people in third-world countries.

Northeast Bank announces the hiring of Mike Bechard as a new Mortgage Loan Officer at its Augusta location.

Students from Maine are invited to submit their three-dimensional art for a show in February.

Nancy Porter loves a good deal and enjoys the hunt. That's what brings her to the jam-packed grocery shelves in the basement of Renys Department Store in downtown Farmington.

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta, together with Literacy Volunteers of Maine, brings the touring documentary exhibition, "Faces of Literacy: Voices of Courage" to the State House Welcome Center in Augusta, February 1-12, 2010.

Despite another big budget shortfall looming over state government, some capital area legislators are optimistic that things are going to turn around for the better in the coming year.

Cadet Nicholas Larrabee will be attending Engineer Officer Basic Course in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and is assigned to the 185th Engineer Support Company in Caribou, ME.