Meet the 2025 Central Maine All-Region boys soccer team
Class C players form the bulk of this list of top players from Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel coverage areas.
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A New Years Eve celebration, 5 upcoming central Maine events you should get tickets for
Mike Miclon closes the year out hosting a New Year’s Eve celebration while five concerts are planned to offer a musical start to the new year: Reggie Watts plans a Gardiner show, The Mallett Brothers Band will take the stage in Camden, Lyle Lovett can be seen in Waterville, an Eilen Jewell concert is planned…
Meet the 2025 Central Maine All-Region boys cross country team
These area standouts put in good times at championship meets.
Meet the 2025 Central Maine All-Region volleyball team
These six players had strong seasons while guiding their teams to the playoffs.
Gardiner girls, boys basketball teams beat Cony in Capital City Hoop Classic
The Tiger girls smother the Rams, while the boys prevail in a barnburner.
How some Maine parents are fighting back against conservative education groups
Parents of Maine students are beginning to organize against the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric from the growing number of conservative parents’ organizations in Maine.
Meet the 2025 Central Maine All-Region football team
Cony, Gardiner, Winslow and Winthrop are well-represented after impressive seasons this fall.
Meet the 2025 Central Maine All-Region field hockey team
Seniors take up nine of the 11 spots on this list that includes six midfielders, four forwards and a back.
Waterville’s Quarry Road Trail to open tow rope, get your tickets to Gardiner area shows
Community Ski Free day is set for Sunday, folks can venture to Portland for a Griffin William Sherry show, and get your tickets for Bailey’s Mistake in Gardiner.
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‘Naked and Afraid’ contestant sues Kennebec County alleging privacy breach, stalking
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Augusta homeless shelter proposal stalls as city weighs new rules
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Farmingdale school students practice Taiko drumming for upcoming event
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Togus to accept veterans by ambulance for the first time
The Augusta Veterans Administration hospital is complying with a federal order to accept ambulances.
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