Spring sports, No Kings protest, pétanque focus of week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from March 27-April 2, 2026.
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Meet the 2025-26 Central Maine All-Region boys ski team
Underclassmen dominate this list of top Alpine and Nordic skiers from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel area.
Meet the 2025-26 Central Maine All-Region girls indoor track team
Several area athletes claimed individual titles at the conference and state levels this winter.
Messalonskee boys lacrosse’s Taco Bell tradition, and other things we learned Tuesday
The Eagles, many in shorts, soar through their second practice session of the spring. Varsity Maine was there.
Meet the 2025-26 Central Maine All-Region girls hockey team
Three players from the Winslow co-op and an Oak Hill student who plays with Lewiston make up the list.
Meet the 2025-26 Varsity Maine All-State boys hockey team
The list of area’s best features multiple players from the two state champions.
Meet the 2025-26 Central Maine All-Region boys hockey team
Messalonskee and Cony co-op players make up the team.
Oakland officials place temporary ban on mobile home lot rent increases
Oakland is the latest Maine community to freeze lot rent increases before considering rent stabilization ordinances.
Students at Fairfield college master heavy equipment operator skills
Photographer Rich Abrahamson focuses on training at a construction pit.
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Not everyone loves Waterville’s Purnell-Wrigley Field. Could it move?
A number of changes are in the works as the city prepares to renew its agreement with the Alfond Youth and Community Center to operate the Mathews Avenue field after a decade.
A wet central Maine spring means potholes. Here’s why, and what to do.
As public works fills potholes in Waterville and other communities across the region, local mechanics get busy fixing the damage the rough pavement wreaks on cars.
Meet the 2025-26 Central Maine All-Region girls ski team
Maranacook and Mt. Blue skiers are well-represented on this list of the area’s top skiers.
Meet the 2025-26 Central Maine All-Region boys indoor track team
Sprinters, distance runners, jumpers and throwers are represented on this winter’s list of the area’s best.
Amazon distribution center plans draw questions, concerns from Waterville and Sidney residents
The proposed distribution center would bring 150 to 200 jobs to the area, according to Amazon, but some worry the project would imperil existing jobs in the region.
Theater events, concerts set for central Maine this week
A Pink Floyd tribute band plans Gardiner performance, ‘Menopause the Musical 2’ is set for Waterville, and ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ will be staged in Bath.
Sidney voters choose Select Board members, RSU 18 representative
Board chair John Whitcomb was reelected alongside first-time write-in candidate Daniel Morrissette.
3 takeaways on the proposed Kennebec County budget
Spending is up by about 8%, driven partly by a proposal to add 2 new deputies to the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.
How Maine’s elite private colleges sold Wabanaki land to bankroll early construction
Tribes were stripped of millions of acres. Some of that ended up in the hands of Bowdoin and Colby colleges.
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