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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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
Young artist discovers he has been working at great-grandfather’s Winthrop school desk
Adrien Polky, a fourth grader, finds his great-grandfather’s name carved into the desk the boy uses at school. The great-grandfather, Wayne Healey, also of Winthrop, was a gifted artist, too.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2022
Vienna preparing for annual Town Meeting, municipal election
The town’s proposed budget of $621,311 is not expected to significantly impact the current tax rate of $19.40 per $1,000 of assessed value.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2022
Monmouth begins review of proposed 2022-23 budget
Preliminary spending plan includes slight increases for heating, electricity and cost-of-living adjustments.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2022
Litchfield Food Bank receives $50,000 grant toward new building
The grant comes from the Good Shepherd Food Bank, and will help with site work and construction of a new facility for the Litchfield Food Bank.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2022
Former Olympian returns to Maine for 10th Pond Hockey Classic in Sidney
Maine native Marc Pelchat participated in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics, and returned to his home state for this weekend’s 10th annual Maine Pond Hockey Classic.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2022
Central Maine customers among those experiencing Redzone Wireless networkwide outage
The company wrote that the service interruption is due to a fiber issue.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2022
Litchfield unanimously approves $22,500 dam engineering, oversight contract
The Woodbury Pond Dam began to show signs of seepage last spring and officials hope a long-term fix could save the town $150,000.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Hallowell sets public hearing for next month on TIF renewal for Camden National Bank Ice Vault
If approved, the TIF and credit enhancement agreement for the facility at 203 Whitten Road would be renewed for another 10 years.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2022
Association eyes proactive steps to stop invasive plant spread at key Kennebec County lake
If left untreated, the Eurasian watermilfoil could devastate Lake Cobbossee’s ecosystem and contaminate other Maine lakes, advocates say.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2021
Augusta’s MaineGeneral Medical Center looks to expand services, rebuild workforce in 2022
The pandemic resulted in some of the hospital’s greatest challenges in 2021, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
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