Cause of Winthrop house fire revealed
The fire seriously damaged a home on Route 41 and took 4 hours to extinguish.
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At Lobster Bowl, X’s and O’s are a quick (but fun) learning curve
There’s only so much time between Lobster Bowl practices and Saturday’s game. That keeps coaches and players on their toes.
Meet the 2026 Central Maine All-Region boys tennis team
Several area players made noise in the state singles tournament.
Winthrop house fire displaces family and pets
The blaze took 4 hours to extinguish, and 2 firefighters were transported to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
Winthrop’s Joel Stoneton, John Bapst’s Dan O’Connell meet again in Lobster Bowl
The two head coaches first met in a hard-fought state championship game in 2008 and became good friends at the Lobster Bowl the following summer.
Meet the 2026 Central Maine All-Region boys lacrosse team
The area’s best includes four players from Messalonskee.
Five takeaways as Lobster Bowl week begins
Players react to being around some of the best high school talent they’ve seen in Maine, while the individual fundraising record has been broken.
Meet the 2026 Central Maine All-Region girls lacrosse team
Maranacook/Winthrop and Messalonskee lead the list of the area’s top players.
Meet the 2026 Varsity Maine All-State girls lacrosse team
The state’s top players played key roles and helped their teams make strong playoff runs.
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Meet the 2026 Central Maine All-Region girls tennis team
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Luxury lake homes for rent
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New Monmouth trail is only the start, officials say: ‘This is the first one’
The ‘all-persons’ trail, near Monmouth Academy and Monmouth Memorial School, is expected to be ready by October.
Meet the Varsity Maine Boys Team of the Year finalists
Overcoming adversity was the defining trait of these 2025-26 state champions.
Meet the Varsity Maine Boys Game of the Year finalists
Exciting finishes, big upsets and buzzer beaters made these 2025-26 contests stand out.
Picking season underway at Monmouth’s Chick’s Apple and Berry Farm
Staff photographer Anna Chadwick captures strawberry season in progress in Monmouth.
Can central Maine’s historic buildings survive for the next 250 years?
Many of the landmarks that give central Maine its character have stood for a century or more and were built to last.
Central Maine towns hit by power outages
A Central Maine Power outage was affecting 11,788 households Saturday.
Ellie the elm tree, Monmouth Fair, gold and summer fun are focus of week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from June 17-25, 2026.
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