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Augusta officials fail to temporarily ban new homeless shelters

by Keith Edwards December 7, 2025December 8, 2025

A tie vote at Thursday’s City Council meeting following passionate testimony on both sides of the issue means the Planning Board will consider an overnight homeless shelter proposal on Augusta’s east side this week.

Maine, News, Schools and Education

Augusta’s St. Michael School gets $2.9 million gift

by Emily Duggan December 7, 2025December 5, 2025

Martha Brenda Shaw attended St. Mary School as a child; it merged with St. Augustine in 2007 to become the St. Michael School.

Boys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine

Cony boys basketball tops Nokomis in season opener

by Mike Mandell December 5, 2025December 5, 2025

Freshman Carter Brathwaite shines in his debut as the Rams roll past the Warriors.

Health, Maine, News

Panel votes to end recommendation that all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine

by Joe Lawlor and Gillian Graham December 5, 2025December 22, 2025

Medical experts in Maine criticized the move, and the Maine CDC said it would continue to recommend the vaccine be given at birth.

Maine, News

Snow in Augusta, Waterville area, Christmas festivals and basketball in Bingham featured in Week in photos

by Rich Abrahamson and Joe Phelan December 5, 2025December 5, 2025

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 2025. View more Week in Photos galleries Purchase photos from the Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel Sign up for Maine Lens our monthly photo newsletter.

Maine, Maine Crime, News, Politics

Maine police union accuses Mills administration of bad-faith bargaining

by Morgan Womack December 5, 2025December 5, 2025

The filing from the Fraternal Order of Police comes after the largest union for state employees made similar claims in a labor complaint last month.

Maine, News, The Maine Forecast

Frigid cold breaks decades-old records in Portland, Augusta

by Morgan Womack December 5, 2025December 5, 2025

Temperatures dropped to near zero — with wind chills in the negatives — Thursday night into Friday morning as the chilly air set in behind an arctic cold front.