From sports championships to a couple’s tender kiss or an Elvis impersonator about to take the stage, we look back at some or our best work from the year.
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Local, state and national news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inMaine, News
Our best photos of Maine’s severe storms last winter
The most memorable photos from storms and flooding last December and January.
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Posted inCommunity
UMaine Extension 4-H launching 2 virtual learning workshops
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Virtual Learning is set to kick off 2025 with two opportunities in January, a series on climate civic action and a series introducing farm care and basic animal science. This program leads virtual learning opportunities for youths on a variety of topics throughout the year. The Zoom sessions feature […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Children’s Discovery Museum of Central Maine awarded grant
Camden National Bank has announced the winners of the 2023 Leaders & Luminaries Awards, which provide $22,000 in grants for their respective nonprofit organizations. The 2023 honorees include the following board members: Heather Abello of Hearty Roots, Dottie Chalmers Cutter of the Institute for Family-Owned Business, Kathie Marquis-Girard of the Percival P. Baxter Foundation for […]
Posted inMaine
Deadly force panel weighs in on 2021 hostage situation in Livermore Falls
The state panel recommended that the Maine Criminal Justice Academy use its reports when developing scenario-based training for law enforcement officers.
Posted inMaine, News
Stephen King to sell Bangor rock station to local businessmen
The bestselling horror author accepted an offer from Jeff Solari and Greg Hawes to take over WKIT, which had been slated to go off the air on New Year’s Eve.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Public reprimand sought for Maine high court justice who didn’t recuse herself
The Committee on Judicial Conduct is also recommending a new group of judges be brought in to decide whether to sanction Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Catherine Connors, rather than a panel of her fellow justices.
Posted inNation & World, New England
4 in N.H. die on Christmas from suspected carbon monoxide
Police responded to a home in Wakefield after four adults did not show up as expected at a family gathering.
Posted inMaine, Times Record
Navy has “moral obligation” to remove foam, Brunswick airport authority says
The Brunswick airport authority on the hook for Maine’s worst firefighting foam spill in decades says the Navy needs to play a larger role in toxic foam removal.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
Christmas Day fire destroys Clinton home
The cause of the fire, which was reported by a neighbor, is under investigation by the Maine Office of State Fire Marshal.