The Maine Department of Transportation laid out detours for drivers who take Augusta’s trademark bridge over the Kennebec River.
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A Portland boy’s $11 gift to Maine Needs turns into $7,000
He donated his piggy bank savings to the nonprofit group that helps Mainers, and his act inspired more than 400 other people to give what they could, too.
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Posted inElections, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Maine Gov. Janet Mills will go to the White House after Trump reversal
It will be the first meeting between the two since their viral clash last year over transgender athletes.
Posted inCommunity, Local & State, News, Schools and Education
Mt. Blue staff raises $2,000 for heating fund
Mt. Blue Campus staff partnered with The Sargent Corp. to raise money for the Farmington Area Ecumenical Heating Fund through a winter spirit-week fundraising effort.
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Mainer Jessica Meir launches for second trip to space station
The SpaceX Crew-12 is expected to dock at the International Space Station on Saturday afternoon.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Bangor mom pleads guilty to manslaughter in 10-year-old son’s death
Braxtyn Smith died in 2024 after what authorities described as months of violent abuse at the hands of his parents and grandmother, all of whom were charged with depraved indifference murder.
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Police identify pedestrian killed in Winthrop crash
Eric O. Stinson, 44, of Pittston, was on U.S. Route 202 on Wednesday when he was struck and killed.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Another data center proposed, this time in southern Maine
Sen. Matt Harrington tells fellow lawmakers that a proposal is ‘well along’ in the planning process, but details are scant.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Businesses are rolling with penny phase-out challenges
Some Maine retailers and others who handle cash transactions are rounding change to the nearest nickel in the absence of pennies.
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High school basketball in Augusta, snowy weather featured in week in photo
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Feb. 6-13, 2026.