Snow Pond Community Arts Introduces New Program
One fo our great community partners is Snow Pond Community Arts. They truly go above and beyond to bring amazing accessibility of high impact arts and music programs to people of all ages and incomes at community centers in central Maine, throughout the pandemic and beyond.
Sponsored by Kennebec Savings Bank, Snow Pond music instructor Ben Bowman has been meeting the current challenge via outdoor music instruction, FaceTime and whatever it takes to stay connected and inspire teens at the South End Teen Center in Waterville. Ben is just one of many members behind the scenes that work to keep Snow Pond Community Arts in focus for students who long for a arts and music education.
United Way of Kennebec Valley holds virtual campaign celebration
Event covered 2020 fundraising campaign, awards presented, board members recognized, new board members named.
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United Way of Kennebec Valley recently announced that it helped 57,534 people and raised $1,665,005 in the 2020 campaign. This growth represents a 3% increase in donations from 2019 and the most funds ever raised in support of UWKV’s 50 partner programs. Campaign co-chairman and -woman Chris and Sarah Voynik shared this news at UWKV’s Campaign Celebration, which attracted 87 people virtually on Jan. 27, according to a news release from Augusta-based United Way.
Acknowledging the fact that this has been one of the hardest years the Kennebec Valley has ever faced, the Voyniks asked the community in September to simply give if they had the means to do so and announced a goal of helping 56,000 people. Together, supporters exceeded that goal through the combined efforts of the annual fundraising camp
Mid-Maine Chamber business breakfast set
Peter Lowe of Brann & Isaacson Attorneys to speak.
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WATERVILLE Peter D. Lowe of Brann & Isaacson Attorneys will speak during the Feb. 11 business breakfast of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce. He will cover new workplace laws, best practices for workplace safety and compliance, legal issues surrounding remote telework and key policies and practices for employers.
The breakfast will be held from 7:15 to 9 a.m. in the Colby/Coburn Room at the Best Western Plus, 375 Main St.
Peter D. Lowe
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Lowe is a partner with the law firm of Brann & Isaacson, with offices in Lewiston and Portland and advises clients on labor and employment law and education law.
The Wrap: A new whiskey bar, bagels are back, and more sushi
Looking for Super Bowl snacks and Valentine s Day dinners? We have those too.
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The Portland Regency Hotel & Spa at 90 Milk St. in the Old Port has opened a whiskey bar.
Michael Silver, the hotel’s food and beverage director, says Ironside Whiskey Bar was part of a multimillion-dollar remodel of the lobby. The bar stocks well over 100 whiskeys, as well as a few high-end sipping tequilas and cognacs. Can’t make up your mind? The bar sells flights.
And if the pandemic has made us all start a bucket list, Ironside may be able to help whiskey lovers with theirs. One of the whiskeys the bar stocks is Double Eagle Very Rare, which costs $2,000 per bottle. Aged 20 years, only 199 bottles of this whiskey were made, Silver says, and just two bottles are in Maine. A one-ounce pour will set you back $400. The bar served its first glass weekend before last, Silver said.
Former Larsen’s building in Waterville gets ‘top-to-bottom’ renovation and will house nutrition store
Businessman Bill Mitchell is renovating 57 Main St. in downtown Waterville, where Elm City Nutrition is slated to open on the first floor this spring and the upper two floors are large, high-end apartments.
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Bill Mitchell stands Friday in the entryway to his newly renovated property at the corner of Common and Main streets in downtown Waterville.
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WATERVILLE Businessman Bill Mitchell is again investing in downtown as part of revitalization efforts, this time renovating a historic building at the corner of Main and Common streets that formerly was home to Larsen’s Jewelry.