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Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Fall Week 8

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

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!

Amy Calder, Election 2024, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Politics

Reporting Aside: How will central Mainers vote?

by Amy Calder October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

A quick polling of Waterville area residents about who they plan to vote for for president garnered an eclectic set of answers, Amy Calder writes.

Business, Kennebec Journal, Maine, News

Augusta board approves height rules change for major redevelopment of former Kmart site

by Keith Edwards October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

A $48 million redevelopment proposal could bring a hotel with a rooftop restaurant or bar, apartments or condominiums to the site off Western Avenue.

Nation & World

Menendez brothers inch closer to leaving prison, but freedom won’t come quickly

by STEFANIE DAZIO, JAIMIE DING and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

The Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended that Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted in the 1989 killings of their parents, be resentenced.

Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News

Week In Photos Oct. 18-25, 2024

by Joe Phelan, Andy Molloy and Anna Chadwick October 25, 2024June 17, 2025

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.

Maine

Breakdown: Turning anguish into action | Podcast Ep. 1: Did we really survive this?

by Susan Sharon Maine Public October 25, 2024January 30, 2025

We meet several people who are trying to recover from the Lewiston mass shooting and learn about the fallout for members of the shooter’s family, who must also contend with his painful legacy.

Books, Life & Culture, Maine Authors

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Space Between You and Me’ and ‘Oxbow Island Gang: Summer Bats’

by Bill Bushnell October 25, 2024October 24, 2024

A debut young-adult romance novel by Julie True Kingsley, and the last book in the ‘Oxbow Island Gang’ series.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Opinion: Approving trails bond will help Maine’s youth reconnect with nature

by Alicia Heyburn Special to the Press Herald October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

The need for more outdoor time grows every year as our young people spend more time online, and their physical and mental health declines.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Opinion: Harris’ Medicare at Home proposal is a true game-changer

by Rep. Colleen Madigan October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

The vice president’s plan would cover the cost of home care for seniors, lowering costs for them and their families, easing the stress and emotional burdens for their loved ones.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Community Compass: Vassalboro residents should vote ‘yes’ for bridge repair

by Christopher French October 25, 2024October 24, 2024

Supporting the Select Board recommendations will provide the town with the necessary financial support to move forward with bridge replacement without negatively impacting the property taxes, Select Board member Christopher French writes.