Despite a mask mandate and a newly installed air filtration system, Winthrop public schools have at least 50 students in quarantine.
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Winthrop man’s motorized floating picnic tables ready for launch
Lon Cameron has channeled his creative drive into developing floating motorized picnic tables, a new and different way for people to enjoy time on the water.
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As nation prepares to mark 20 years since 9/11, vivid images remain for central Mainers of the fateful day
From teachers and students to first responders, local people shared their memories of the terrorist attacks two decades later.
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Winthrop society to host online historic photo presentation Sept. 9
WINTHROP — Kevin Johnson, photo archivist for the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, is scheduled to present “Winthrop Maine: The Postcard View — Selections from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company” from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9. The presentation is to be held via Zoom. The slide show and talk will include […]
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Nonprofit to hold juried fine art, craft show in Manchester
MANCHESTER — Designing Women is scheduled to hold its 14th annual juried fine art and craft show from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Longfellow’s Greenhouses at 81 Puddledock Road. Nineteen artisans will celebrate the end of summer with a show to help support Winthrop’s Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Center. The […]
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T.J. Caouette points to his family and friends for success on and off the court
The former Winthrop High School and Villanova University player will be inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
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Winthrop library to host Maine writer, entrepreneur
WINTHROP — Maine writer and entrepreneur Erin Elizabeth is scheduled to give a presentation, “Embodied Success: Key Strategies for Better Living,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25. The event is part of a series put on this year by the Bailey Public Library, 39 Bowdoin St., that celebrates Maine women. The presentation will focus on […]
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Winthrop Historical Society open house set
The Winthrop Historical Society’s summer has been filled with preparing the Center for opening. Members of the Society and several contractors renovated the Center, volunteers painted, moved artifacts to the Center, and did yard work around the Center. A sneak peak was held at a Membership Welcome Night earlier this month at the new Winthrop […]
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Land trust to dedicate East Winthrop property
EAST WINTHROP — The Kennebec Land Trust is scheduled to celebrate one of its newest land acquisitions, the 55-acre Weston Woods Preserve in East Winthrop, at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12. The public is invited to celebrate with trust and the land donors, Bob and Jim Weston. The 55-acre Little Cobbossee Lake preserve was permanently […]
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Invasive watermilfoil returns in Cobbossee Lake despite efforts to eradicate the plant
“A lake that becomes really infested (with the invasive Eurasian watermilfoil plant) is absolutely useless to everybody,” said John Stanek, vice commodore of the CYC Lake Association.