Superintendent Patricia Hopkins said her goal is to keep students in school and hopes this two-week period is just a “blip in time.”
2021
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Cam Newton will start for Carolina against Washington
Newton played 12% of the team’s snaps against Arizona, three days after signing with the Panthers.
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Posted inMaine, News
Bowdoin College senior, Brunswick native drowns while kayaking in Washington state
Finnegan Woodruff, who was set to graduate this year, was the son of the school’s outing club director.
Posted inNation & World
Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted of all charges in Kenosha shootings
He was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering after killing two men and wounding a third in the shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
At Gov. Mills’ request, NECEC will suspend construction on power corridor project
NECEC Transmission LLC said it will cease work on the $1 billion project until its legal challenge to a pending statutory ban plays out in court.
Posted inNation & World
FBI looks at land near New Jersey landfill for Jimmy Hoffa’s remains
The former Teamsters boss was last seen on July 30, 1975, when he was to meet with a reputed Detroit mob enforcer and an alleged New Jersey mob figure at a restaurant in suburban Detroit.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Amy Calder: As winter tightens its grip, homeless pair turns again to a tent for shelter
Ana Zinkovitch, 19, and Kevyn Warren, 28, continue to look for a place to live, but Warren’s modest income isn’t enough to cover rental costs in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inNation & World, News
Rittenhouse prosecutors argue against mistrial as jury meets
Even as the jury weighed the evidence, two mistrial requests from the defense hung over the case, with the potential to upend the verdict.
Posted inMaine, News
Week In Photos Nov. 12-19, 2021
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inNation & World, News
Interior secretary seeks to remove derogatory U.S. place names
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Board of Geographic Names took action to eliminate the use of derogatory terms for Blacks and Japanese.