Charros’ Theater Mexican Restaurant will open at 14 Silver St. where Cancun, another eatery, closed in 2021.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, News
Waterville youth who died too young to be honored 61 years later | Column
David Quirion, who drowned two months before what would have been his 1964 high school graduation, will be honored Monday at the Alfond Youth & Community Center.
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Sixth Maine school district added to lawsuit over transgender policies
The Maine Human Rights Commission is suing the schools over policies that align with President Donald Trump’s executive order regarding transgender students in sports.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Censure attempt derailed as tension in Gardiner-area school board meetings persists
Board member Michelle Tucker sought to publicly reprimand chairwoman Becky Fles over comments she made at a Maine School Management Association workshop.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Panel votes to end recommendation that all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine
Medical experts in Maine criticized the move, and the Maine CDC said it would continue to recommend the vaccine be given at birth.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Judge rejects effort by Maine, DOJ to alter settlement on disabled children’s services
U.S. District Judge Stacey Neumann denied the DOJ’s decision to change the agreement by removing the requirement for independent oversight.
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Birthright citizenship case involving Maine ACLU heads to Supreme Court
The case deals with an executive order by President Trump that would deny children born in the United States of citizenship if their parents are not American citizens.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Spruce Mountain schools in Jay area to keep transgender sports policy as it preps for lawsuit
The RSU 73 board voted 9-4 to keep its policy in place, choosing to defend its transgender sports access restrictions despite warnings about legal exposure and taxpayer cost.
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Snow in Augusta, Waterville area, Christmas festivals and basketball in Bingham featured in Week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 2025. View more Week in Photos galleries Purchase photos from the Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel Sign up for Maine Lens our monthly photo newsletter.
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Maine police union accuses Mills administration of bad-faith bargaining
The filing from the Fraternal Order of Police comes after the largest union for state employees made similar claims in a labor complaint last month.