Jessica Lurvey and Matthew Schofield went into a trash bin during a rainstorm, state authorities said.
2021
Posted inNation & World, News
Former Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright, testifies, ‘I’m sorry it happened’
Kim Potter said she shot Wright in a moment of chaos as he tried to leave a traffic stop as she and other officers were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation.
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Posted inMaine, News
Week In Photos Dec. 10-17, 2021
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inCommunity
UMaine Extension offers webinar bundles for last-minute holiday gifts
ORONO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering bundles of prerecorded webinars about various gardening-related topics for last-minute gift shoppers. The “On Demand Webinars” series includes bundles of three to four prerecorded webinars about starting and maintaining a home orchard, gardening with native plants, composting and soil health, and seed selection and starting. […]
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CDC says ‘test-to-stay’ can safely replace quarantine for students
U.S. health officials are endorsing policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Amy Calder: This holiday season let’s allow our language, and actions, to bring joy
If we act, think and speak positively and with hope during a dark time in our world, we can help brighten our lives and those of others, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine reports its first cases of the fast-spreading omicron variant
The detection of the fast-spreading coronavirus variant came on the same day state health officials reported 1,150 cases of COVID-19 and 25 additional deaths.
Posted inNation & World, News
Russia sets out tough demands for security pact with NATO
Moscow wants Ukraine and other ex-Soviet countries be barred from joining the alliance.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Vassalboro criminal justice academy cancels graduation ‘out of an abundance of caution’ over COVID case
The 40th Basic Law Enforcement Training Program, which was to be held in-person on Friday, was canceled after a person associated with Maine Criminal Justice Academy tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘Open Form in American Poetry: Essays’
Collection by University of Maine professor Burton Hatlen a labor of his students’ love