Traditionally, the winter flu season ramps up in December or January. But it took off in October last year and is making a November entrance this year.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Farmington man indicted on robbery charge from Irving store
William F. Moholland, 55, was also indicted Thursday on charges of theft of $153 and is accused of throwing hot coffee at the store clerk on May 28.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Fall Week 11
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!
Posted inEvents
Watch the conversation with author Scot Lehigh
Maine Voices Live-Waterville: The author sat with Morning Sentinel reporter Sukanya Mitra to talk about his new book, “Just East of Nowhere” on Dec. 6.
Posted inMaine
Coast Guard searching for missing lobsterman near Kennebunkport
The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a 64-year-old man believed to have gone overboard sometime Thursday while hauling lobster traps from a 12-foot skiff.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
IBM and EU pull ads from X after Elon Musk’s antisemitic tweets
IBM said this week it stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Nazis. Ads from Apple, Oracle, NBCUniversal’s Bravo network and Comcast also were placed next to antisemitic material.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Versatile offense has Oceanside one win from first state title
The undefeated Mariners have been equally dangerous throwing and running the ball, averaging over 40 points per game.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
Week In Photos Nov. 10-17, 2023
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inAmy Calder, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: After years of self-destructive behavior, Waterville woman forges new path
Ashley Noel suffered from addiction, loss and post-traumatic stress but ultimately found hope and healing, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World, News
British writer A.S. Byatt, author of the novel ‘Possession,’ dies at 87
‘Possession,’ published in 1990, follows 2 modern-day academics investigating the lives of a pair of Victorian poets. It won the prestigious Booker Prize that year and was adapted as a 2002 film.