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Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Week 2

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports writers nominate high school athletes from the prior week’s games.
Readers vote for their top choice and the winner will be announced in the newspapers the following Saturday all season long!

Nation & World, News

Holiday travel upended as forecasters warn of ‘bomb cyclone’

by Katherine Lee December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

In much of the country, the Christmas weekend could be the coldest in decades.

Business, Nation & World, News

Applications for jobless claims up slightly last week

by MATT OTT December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to show strength.

Boston Celtics, Sports

Slumping Celtics can’t rally past Pacers after falling behind by 30

by Joe Grant December 22, 2022

Indiana opens up a big lead in the first half, then holds off Boston to hand the Celtics their third straight loss and fifth in six games.

Things to Do

Shemekia Copeland plans New Year’s Eve concet in Brownfield

December 22, 2022November 2, 2022

A Shemekia Copeland New Years’ Eve concert is set for 8 p.m. Satruday, Dec. 31, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road in Brownfield. Copeland is a powerhouse, musical and lyrical approach. With her new Alligator Records album, “America’s Child,” Copeland confidently announces an electrifying new chapter in her constantly evolving story. Produced by […]

J.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine

‘The Bishop’s Wife’ a forbidden love story

December 22, 2022December 19, 2022

“The Bishop’s Wife” (released Feb. 16, 1948), one of the prominent contenders for best Christmas movie of the century and certainly a film studded with three of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time, is clearly a a forbidden love story. Hold on to your string of pearls. Egad! You mean the story of how […]

Op-Eds, Opinion

Douglas Rooks: ‘Tax relief’ has a downside, too

by Douglas Rooks December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Rather than continually providing “relief” that’s never enough, wouldn’t it make more sense to assess income and sales taxes partly through counties and municipalities, as most states do, setting rates by local option?

Opinion

Today’s editorial cartoon

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

December 22, 2022

On this date

Dec. 22, 1992: Somerset County honors fallen deputy sheriff, an Oakland mobile home park will be auctioned, and students from Fairfield Primary School organize a human chair for a good cause

December 22, 2022December 21, 2022

Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.

Community, Kennebec Journal

Scouts take part in Wreaths Across America

December 22, 2022December 20, 2022

WEST GARDINER — Scouts from Troop 672 took part in the placement of wreaths at the graves of veterans Dec. 17, as part of a national Wreaths Across America event. The day began at the West Gardiner Fire Station followed by a ceremony at the cemetery, where taps was played and wreaths placed before the […]