Maine Operation Game Thief is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the shooter’s arrest.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Central Maine arrest log: Nov. 23-29
Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for Nov. 23-29, 2024.
Former Topsham drama teacher will plead guilty to federal exploitation charges
Henry Eichman, 64, is already serving a 10-year sentence in state prison after pleading to sexual abuse charges in 2018.
The Week in Photos: Nov. 22-29, 2024
Some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photographs from the past week.
Town staff in Chelsea gathering Letters for Santa
From Dec. 1 through Dec. 14, children can send their letters to Santa at the Chelsea Town Office and expect a reply back.
Thanksgiving storm knocked out power to more than 70,000 Maine customers
The areas hardest hit included Somerset, Kennebec and Androscoggin counties. By Sunday, all but a small handful of customers were without power.
Near Jackman, land conservation group buys 44,000 acres for $44 million
The Conservation Fund recently acquired the forest land in northern Somerset and Franklin counties, near the Canadian border.
Remains, artifacts could soon be repatriated to Wabanaki tribes in Maine. It hasn’t always been that easy.
A 1990 federal law requires museums and cultural institutions to inventory remains or items thought to be funerary. But that process is often drawn out and doesn’t always run smoothly.
Gov. Mills doesn’t rule out challenging Susan Collins for U.S. Senate in 2026
But Maine’s Democratic governor said she is focusing on her final two years as governor, while applauding U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ ascent as chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, where she can direct more federal spending to Maine.
Reporting Aside: Front & Main chef leaves Waterville with a gift
The executive chef at a Waterville restaurant who is moving out of state wanted to leave a “parting gift” — one that was key to his own survival while growing up, Amy Calder writes.