For those who doubt Joe Biden’s capacity to be president, Herb Klar has a suggestion: Swing by his neighborhood sometime. “They don’t come to Rossmoor and see all the octagenarians … and see how lively and bright and competent we all are,” said Klar, 76, a retired clinical social worker, who was sporting a Golden […]
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Commentary: Maine AG has poor record in police shootings
A Maine attorney general has never found an officer at fault in a shooting.
Opinion: Maine will not hit clean energy goals without transmission and delivery
We are failing to build new transmission lines at the pace and scale needed to meet our targets.
Jan. 2, 2001: Meet Todd Matthew McKay Jr. of South Gardiner, the first baby of the new millennium, United Way of Kennebec Valley to honor Sylvia Lund, and barbers are aging in Maine and working hard to keep up
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Obituary: Hazel Lillian (Bruns) Thomas
WEEKS MILLS – Hazel Lillian (Bruns) Thomas, 91, passed away on Dec. 25, 2023 at MaineGeneral Rehabilitation and Long Term Care …
Death Notice: Hazel Lillian (Bruns) Thomas
Thomas, Hazel Lillian (Bruns) 91, of Weeks Mills, Dec. 25, in Augusta. Private spring burial. Plummer Funeral Home, Windsor …
Ice fishing derby set for Feb. 18 in Waterville
Spectrum Generations’ 26th Annual Gene and Lucille Letourneau Ice Fishing Derby is set for Sunday, Feb. 18. Weigh-in will be held between 2-5 p.m. at the Muskie Community Center, 38 Gold St. in Waterville. Tickets to enter a fish are sold only until noon. Fish must be caught the day of the derby and entrant […]
AARP offers tax-aide program
Free federal and state income tax preparation is available to qualifying individuals.
Les McCann, innovative jazz musician best known for ‘Compared to What,’ dies at 88
A prolific and influential musician, he helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and other hip-hop performers.