The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the battle for control of Congress.
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Posted inSports
Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Winter Week 3
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!
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Bellows dismisses intense criticism, says rules and evidence drove decision to bar Trump from ballot
As states around the country arrive at different decisions about the former president’s eligibility to appear on primary ballots, Maine’s secretary of state said election laws here and the evidence presented both played into her decision.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Shenna Bellows’ road to the national spotlight
Before Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows kicked Trump off the ballot Thursday, her work pointed to a career of liberal advocacy.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Jared Golden opposes decision to bar Trump from Maine ballot
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is the only member of Maine’s congressional delegation who expressed support for the decision to keep Donald Trump off the the Republican primary ballot.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Police charge Temple man after surrounding Day Mountain Road home
Police didn’t find the suspect at the surrounded home when they entered about 4 a.m. They later arrested a man on Intervale Road.
Posted inNation & World, News
Palestinians stream into a southern Gaza town, fleeing Israeli bombardment in the center
Israel’s widening campaign, which has already flattened much of the north, is now focused on the urban refugee camps of Bureij, Nuseirat and Maghazi in central Gaza
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Attorney Walt McKee appointed to Hallowell City Council
The well-known criminal defense attorney was one of a number of Hallowell residents interested in filling the seat vacated by Peter Spiegel.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Fairfield man, 85, dies after car hits him on Main Street
Gerald Longstreet died after being struck by a Subaru Crosstrek while crossing Main Street in Fairfield, and police said no charges were expected against the driver.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Weathering a prolonged outage
Losing power the first day of Christmas vacation didn’t portend well for what would become a four-day-long outage in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.