Looking ahead to a new tennis champ, and other things Varsity Maine is interested in this week
Also, several softball teams are on the rise, and a big track meet takes place Saturday.
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Bowdoinham receives $750K for Merrymeeting Trail
Officials are planning to work on sections of the 26-mile trail between Bowdoinham and Richmond after an injection of federal funding.
School districts ask judge to dismiss Title IX trans policies lawsuit
6 districts are asking to dismiss the case, arguing the Maine Human Rights Commission erred when it sued them over transgender athlete and bathroom policies. A 7th filed a separate motion, arguing its policies aren’t exclusionary.
Lloyd Ferriss, known for writing about Maine outdoors, dies at 84
Ferriss had a long career as a features writer and gardening columnist at the Portland Press Herald.
Manchester fire chief ousted after 15 months over direction of agency
Stephen Caswell also resigned his position as Richmond’s part-time fire chief Feb. 19.
Meet the 2025-26 Central Maine All-Region boys wrestling team
Multiple state champions hold down list of area’s best grapplers.
Morning Moose Coffee puts down roots in Topsham
The business, which started out of a coffee trailer in Richmond, expanded to its first brick-and-mortar location on Main Street in Topsham last month.
Portland Museum of Art’s Youth Art Month exhibit spotlights Maine’s young artists
Student artists from across the state are represented in an exhibit running through April 5 at the Portland Museum of Art.
Signs of winter ending, Chizzzle Wizzle, state house activity: week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from March 13-19, 2026.
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Tuesday could bring record-setting heat for parts of Maine
Temperatures are expected to fall back into the 50s and 60s by the second half of the week.
Mixed reaction to changes in Medicaid services for children with disabilities
After supporters raised an alarm, the Maine DHHS altered rules involving services for disabled children, fixing ‘what would have been some of the biggest threats to services,’ one advocate said.
6 Maine events this week include ‘The Laugh Track,’ Sandy River Music Festival
Plus, Boston Dance Theater brings ‘The Carol Kaye Project’ to Rockland on Saturday.
Lilac Festival, concerts, theater events among 8 things to do in central Maine
‘Parlor Games’ to be staged in Madison, The Fogcutters plan Gardiner concert, The Wallflowers are set to perform at Waterville Opera House, Augusta to host Lilac Festival, Sandy River Music Festival to be held in Farmington, and the Righteous Brothers prepare to perform in Waterville.
Mills vetoed a data center pause. Towns are looking to pass their own.
At least 4 municipalities have proposed their own moratoriums on new data center development while they refine local regulations.
These Augusta students won a national food contest with a theme they never even witnessed
4 students at Augusta’s Capital Area Technical Center are in Chicago this weekend to showcase their winning breakfast food truck idea: Y2Koffee.
Firefighter killed in Searsmont mill explosion remembered as ‘wicked happy guy’
Andrew Cross, 27, was a firefighter for Morrill, officials said Saturday.
Court papers describe chaotic scene before a man was killed in Augusta
A Skowhegan man is charged with murder during what police say was a drug-fueled birthday party at a Flagg Street apartment in February.
Sunday exception for tennis need not be a regular thing
The MPA’s rule allowing Sunday competition in rare circumstances is being used for the first time this weekend.
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