The Belgrade Lakes Region has long been a summer haven for out-of-staters an area in northwestern Kennebec County dotted by quaint postcard-cute New England towns surrounded by dozens of lakes.
So it s no surprise that the area, like much of Maine, is in the midst of a residential real estate frenzy. The draw of the lakes and small towns has always been a lure, but now the market for both second homes and primary ones has exploded, driven by urban pandemic flight.
While the lakes look as placid as ever, with loons skimming effortlessly across the water, underneath the surface there is a home-buying feeding frenzy.
Softball: For Waterville and Maranacook, defense matters
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Waterville baserunner Abby Williams slides safely into second before Maranacook shortstop Abby Jacques can make play during a game Tuesday in Readfield.
Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
READFIELD Step for step Tuesday afternoon, the Maranacook and Waterville softball teams went through the paces in virtually identical fashion.
Each team rapped out seven hits. Each starting pitcher posted double-digit strikeout totals. Each offense managed to get runners on base and put stress on the opposing defense. The difference in Waterville’s 5-4 win came down to how that defense handled the adversity, with the Black Bears committing seven errors to account for all five of the Purple Panthers’ runs.
Job market shows signs of improvement for Class of 2021
The hiring outlook is better than last year, but the job search process has changed and new graduates are preparing to step into workplaces that still look different due to the pandemic.
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Emma Walsh has landed an internship doing digital marketing with Marin Skincare following graduation Saturday from the University of Southern Maine. Walsh says that her last year at USM hasn’t felt quite real as most of her classes have been virtual, her job search was done online and she’s never met her future boss in person. Photographed at USM in Portland on April 29.
Green Plate Special: New UMaine program helps towns to turn food waste into ‘black gold’
At home, you can put sour milk to use in pancakes.
By Christine Burns Rudalevige
Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
When I think of creative ways to curb food waste in the kitchen, my mind goes directly to the mothers in my life. Grammy Farina made eating the peels of apples going into pies a game for the great-grandchildren hanging on her apron strings. My Nonna would float a cheese rind for flavor in her weekly pot of chicken soup. And my mom was the queen of holiday leftover hash.