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KWD officials say they expect to begin construction next year on the 21,000-square-foot business office and operations complex at 131 Drummond Ave., and move into the facility in 2023.
Sidney nonprofit granted funds to create access to Messalonskee Lake
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The Friends of Messalonskee has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Roger N. Heald Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. This grant will enable Friends of Messalonskee to begin an Invasive Plant Paddle program to educate community members, particularly the underserved, who might not otherwise have access to the lake, according to a news release from nonprofit, based out of Sidney.
With the grant money, Friends of Messalonskee will purchase kayaks, paddles and life jackets for six participants at a time to get out on the lake. Friends’ volunteers will be trained as Plant Paddle Leaders who will help community members learn to safely maneuver a kayak, identify plant species, wildlife, and become good stewards of the watershed area.
On this date in Maine history: Dec. 19
By Joseph Owen
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Dec. 19, 2011: As police investigate the disappearance of 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds of Waterville, officers seize her father’s sport utility vehicle and a Portland woman’s car from the driveway at the man’s Violette Avenue home.
Searchers use an airboat to search along Messalonskee Stream for signs of the girl, and dozens of officers search the area around the house where she lives with her father, Justin DiPietro, 24. They find nothing that helps in the investigation.
DiPietro said Ayla, wearing a soft cast on a broken arm, was put to bed on the night of the 16th. She was reported missing the next morning. Police have established that several adults were in the house at the time. They say it’s possible the child was abducted.