Dana Wilde mulls the rare sightings of Craspedacusta sowerbii, hoping to be surprised someday by a bloom of freshwater jellyfish.
Scott Monroe
Central Maine newspapers name new key editors
The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel have promoted Jessica Lowell, Stacy Blanchet and Ben Bragdon to new roles to guide newsroom coverage.
On the Edge: Happy Catholic Schools Week, sisters
J.P. Devine ponders his own Catholic school memories and the sisters who taught him along the way.
Thinking Things Through: A storied history with ‘card catalog vintage’
Liz Soares mulls the evolving ways in which we can find and organize what we read.
On the Edge: Dancing in the dark
Navigating the slippery slopes of winter has J.P. Devine pondering what a fall could mean.
Police: Clinton woman charged with setting fire to apartment over landlord dispute
Jamie Perry, 30, was arrested on a Class A charge of arson and taken to the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta. She was later released on $500 bail.
Wrong-way driver causes tractor-trailer carrying potatoes to roll over on I-95 in Waterville-Fairfield area, police say
Randolph Gerry, 71, of Winslow was summonsed on charges of driving to endanger and operating the wrong way on a divided highway in connection with the Thursday afternoon incident.
Backyard Naturalist: Jellyfish are strangers in a strange land
Dana Wilde ponders the philosophic implications of creatures from the sea.
Police: Woman says she robbed Waterville store to pay back drug dealer
Casey Glidden, 42, of Vassalboro, is charged with robbing a Big Apple store at knifepoint on Jan. 17.
Lewiston man who reportedly fired at Augusta police, threatened people is dead after shootout
Liban S. Mohamed, 22, died after the Sunday night incident at 132 Northern Ave. in Augusta. Four police officers have been placed on administrative leave with pay, as is standard procedure in such matters.