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2020
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Varsity winter sports to start in December; club sports must halt for now
State and Maine Principals’ Association officials set a schedule for the winter high school season, with games starting Jan. 11, while youth sports are told to stop until practices can begin Dec. 14.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville Area Soup Kitchen to give out free lunches at four locations
The meals “to-go” program will start Nov. 16 at the North End Playground, Head of Falls, Veterans Park and Green Street Park and continue every Monday and Wednesday during the winter months.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Tending to a hurt kitten
When Maxine Johnson’s kitten Rocky returned home four days after going missing in Norridgewock, it was severely injured and the veterinarian said it had been stomped on by a human.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Additional probable positive case of COVID-19 in Skowhegan-area school district
Friday morning, Superintendent Jon Moody said an additional probable positive case of COVID-19 had been identified within the school district, and the CDC announced in its daily briefing this afternoon that an outbreak had occurred at a business in Pittsfield.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta councilors approve tax break for 250-unit housing development
A Massachusetts-based developer plans to target medical workers from the nearby MaineGeneral Medical Center with efficiency and one-bedroom market rate apartments off Civic Center Drive.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Parents urge Gardiner-area schools to stay in remote learning
Maine School Administrative District 11 is planning to resume in-person learning Nov. 9.
Posted inHealth
COVID-19 inpatients increasing rapidly, especially at hospitals in central and eastern Maine
MaineGeneral in Augusta, the state’s busiest hospital for coronavirus, hits an all-time peak.
Posted inMaine
Officials identify man whose body was pulled from water in Northport
Allen Hayward, 78, was found near an overturned skiff.
Posted inMaine, News
Week In Photos Oct. 31-Nov. 7, 2020
Here are some of our favorite photos from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel from the past week.