Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Posted inBaseball, Girls Lacrosse, Softball, Sports, Varsity Maine
High schools Thursday: Carrabec softball tops Forest Hills to stay unbeaten
Tigers top Cobras in baseball action.
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Gov. Mills receives Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
The award is designed to highlight ‘champions of social justice’ who take nonviolent approaches to defending human rights. Winners get a cash prize and legal support through the organization.
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Housing for families and seniors OK’d for former Augusta police station
Developers Collaborative plans to build two new buildings at the former police station site, providing apartments for senior citizens and families and a child-care facility.
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High schools Wednesday: Monmouth, Hall-Dale softball teams stay unbeaten
Madison baseball pulls past Maranacook; Cony tops Nokomis.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
EPA announces rollback of limits on forever chemicals in drinking water
The agency rolled back limits for three types of forever chemicals but will keep standards in place for the two most common PFAS, known as PFOA and PFOS.
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Wabanaki tribe reclaims seat in Maine House as relations improve
A new representative for the Houlton Band of Maliseets was sworn in Wednesday to take a seat left vacant for the past 7 years.
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High schools Tuesday: Cony baseball, softball teams beat Lincoln Academy
Maranacook/Winthrop girls lacrosse defeats Cony in overtime.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Maine lawmakers clash over proposal to declare Jan. 6 a ‘day to remember’
The proposal, which would create a day honoring democracy in light of the Jan. 6, 2021 riots, generated heated debate before passing 74-65 in a party-line vote.
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Limerick man pleads not guilty in fatal Augusta crash
Robin C. Carter allegedly drove his pickup truck into the back of an SUV stopped in a construction zone on Interstate 95 in 2024, killing a passenger and dog in the SUV.