Baxter, a 5-month-old chocolate lab, will become the state’s first “comfort dog” and will be based at the Augusta Regional Communications Center. Baxter was trained by Hero Pups, a nonprofit based in New Hampshire, and his mission is to “provide health and mood-boosting benefits” to the emergency-service personnel and the community. Photos taken by Kennbec Journal photojournalist Joe Phelan.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On The Edge: Notes on Labor Day
As summer slides away, J.P. Devine muses on a birthday a long time ago.
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Posted inOpinion
Tell Us: Do you agree with the state’s plan to install solar panels at exits off Interstate 95 in Augusta?
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Police: Man subdued after aiming loaded gun at local boxer at West Forks store
Police responded to a disturbance early Wednesday to find Edward Baker, 28, had been restrained on the ground by three people, including Brandon Berry, a local pro boxer who has risen to fame in that sport.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Letting life take its course
Preparing mentally for a third surgery in a year, Liz Soares reflects on fear of the unknown and coming out on the other side of making the right choice for mind and body.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Sign of the cross … A Netflix special
Thinking back to those times when you make the sign of the cross and enter into Virgo country, J.P. Devine reflects on the end of summer and the start of something new.
Posted inOpinion
Tell Us: Have you ever been to a drive-in movie? If so, what was the last movie you saw?
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Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Wasps and spiders
Watching a small wasp drag an immobile spider across the deck on a summer afternoon, Dana Wilde thinks of the underground chamber that awaits for the coming creature lifecycle.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Police: Unity woman, 93, killed in single-vehicle crash in Albion
Officials believe Elva M. LaPointe suffered a medical issue while driving Monday morning, causing her car to veer off the road and flip onto its roof.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Then there was Sara
Running a lemonade stand in Waterville, Sara Johnson continues the deeply American tradition of earning a little money on the side, J.P. Devine writes.