AUGUSTA — The October Nor’easter caused 113,524 Central Maine Power customers to lose power this morning.
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SNAPSHOT: A Gift for the Children
A GIFT FOR THE CHILDREN: Dan Connolly, left, and Glenn Murphy load up cases of backpacks and food from the Feed The Children that were given for home-schooled children’s use Friday afternoon at the E.J. Prescott office in Gardiner. Connolly, a Gardiner Area High School guidance counselor, said they were distributing 960 backpacks that were […]
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WESTERN B GIRLS SOCCER: Shipbuilders end Black Bears season
BATH — Christina Stuart scored two goals and Bess Howell added a goal and an assist as top-seeded Morse remained unbeaten with a 3-1 win over No. 4 Maranacook in the Western Class B girls soccer semifinals Saturday.
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CORRECTION
HALLOWELL — Spectrum Generations will offer a free lunch to veterans at three of its community centers on Nov. 10. Because of a source error, the date was incorrect in Friday’s Kennebec Journal.
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17 dead in attack on NATO convoy
KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus Saturday on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people, including a dozen Americans, in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began.
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Prescription Drug Take Back Day held in Portland
PORTLAND — Pauli Daniels has been prescribed drugs that she no longer uses or aren’t on the market anymore.
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Kids, adults enjoy early Halloween
AUGUSTA — Three-year-old Latricia Jones-Brown started out Saturday as a princess but changed into a ladybug before marching in the Halloween parade on Water Street.
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J.P. DEVINE: Fighting the beast that is cancer
She was a tall girl, a champion swimmer, beautiful in a subtle black Irish way. I remember her hands, soft and white like a pianist’s. She was a wife, a gifted painter, mother and a rock to her sisters and brothers.
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Homeless veterans receive some help
TOGUS — Zachary Parent got his flu vaccine and then marched into the doctor’s office for a check up. The 24-year-old homeless Army veteran from Rockland attended the 14th annual Maine Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Saturday at the Veterans’ medical center at Togus.
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‘Hobby farm’ couple do part, feed hungry
It’s not uncommon for someone to show up at the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen in Augusta with a bag full of fresh broccoli, tomatoes or other leftovers from their garden. In recent months, however, Glenn and Rachel Powers have taken that kind of community support to a whole new level.