Who Came on the Mayflower? Sep 30, 2009
He was put in charge of the colony s Kennebec River fur trading post. William White died during the first year at Plymouth, but left sons Peregrine, who became a farmer and militia officer, and Resolved, who lived at Scituate, Marshfield and Salem. (Suite101.com)
Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow Sep 13, 2009
Best way to soak up the scenery Fall is an ideal time for white-water rafting in The Forks, Maine, with warmer, higher water and blazing colors atop the deep rock-walled Kennebec River Gorge. Northern Outdoors outfitters (800-765-7238, ) offers single-day rafting trips starting at $79 a person and overnight packages starting at $106. (Boston Globe)
From oven-making to bread baking Aug 12, 2009
And just yards from where teens are jumping into the Kennebec River, about a dozen barefoot participants are squishing and smearing clay and sand that eventually will be rolled into balls and used to make a wood-fired earth oven. The clay play is sweaty work, especially on a day that is alternately muggy, rainy, and sunny. (Boston Globe)
A silence, now coldly permanent, in a mill town Aug 11, 2009
What followed was three years of preparing a body for burial, a body sprawled for nearly a mile along the banks of the Kennebec River ... What followed was three years of preparing a body for burial, a body sprawled for nearly a mile along the banks of the Kennebec River. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
City’s last paper mill fades away Aug 10, 2009
What followed was three years of preparing a body for burial, a body sprawled for nearly a mile along the Kennebec River. Environmental officials carted away truckloads of chemicals, while a city-appointed American Tissue Reuse Committee held hearings and talked to experts before making recommendations: Foreclose on the property. (Boston Globe)
Keynotes for July 23 Jul 23, 2009
Some family members also spotted the stunning sight of the Bounty under sail on the Kennebec River as it headed for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Softball games on the beach, s mores at the campfire, playing Uno, nature cruise aboard the Yankee , reading and crosswording, swimming in ocean and pool, helped to take the place of recreational clamming, which was forbidden by presence of the red tide all along the Maine coast. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Three-time canoeing champ a rapid Jul 8, 2009
This year's competition, held in Maine, switched locations from the Kennebec River to the Dead River at the last minute for safety reasons, and Marietta didn't receive word soon enough to take a trial run. The fact that the Dead River is largely white water didn't exactly ease her nerves, and neither did knowing that two other competitors had hometown experience on the rapids. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Dam's demolition enlivens a river in Maine Jul 6, 2009
The Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Maine was torn down in 1999, releasing a torrent of water ... Ten years ago last week, a demolition crew in Augusta, Maine, began tearing down a 160-year-old dam on the Kennebec River and made history. (Boston Globe)
Georgetown Knights, Kiwanis cook up some bbq for high school seniors Jun 26, 2009
This year s class traveled to Maine for a whitewater rafting trip down the Kennebec River. On June 5, the seniors showed up early at the Erie Four Fire Company station in the afternoon and were treated to a barbecued meal of hamburgers, hotdogs, corn on the cob, watermelon and soda. (Georgetown Record, MA)
PHOTO GALLERY: A senior celebration Jun 23, 2009
Check out a gallery images submitted by Nicholas Valentini of the Georgetown High School Class of 2009 from the class' Senior Celebration trip to Maine for whitewater rafting trip down the Kennebec River. Click on the photos, at right. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Flood warning posted in Maine Apr 5, 2009
PORTLAND, Maine - A flood warning is posted in Skowhegan, Maine, as the Kennebec River continues to rise. The National Weather Service says minor flooding is expected. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Coast Guard to break up ice on Maine river Mar 23, 2009
PORTLAND, Maine - Four Coast Guard cutters are set to begin breaking up ice on Maine's Kennebec River as a safeguard measure to cut down on the chances of spring flooding. The Coast Guard says the cutters will begin working the ice-choked river on Monday. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
