About 800 people head down a hill on Townsend Road at the start of the 8th Annual Walk for Hope Saturday morning in Augusta. The event raised $95,000 that will go to support a new Women’s Imaging and Breast Care Center at MaineGeneral’s New Regional Hospital in Augusta, according to Buffy Higgins, from the hospital’s […]
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Aho tries to balance business, environment interests in state
AUGUSTA — As a little girl, Patricia Ann Waugh learned to swim in the cove at West Boothbay Harbor’s Juniper Point and could row a boat before she could ride a bicycle. She loved to be outdoors.
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Maine No. 1 in painkiller addiction? Maybe
Where Maine ranks nationally in its addiction to painkillers depends on how you measure it.
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MVC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: Strategy leads Mustangs to win
AUGUSTA — The Monmouth girls cross country team didn’t think about times during Saturday’s Mountain Valley Conference championship meet. Instead, the Mustangs thought about who they were supposed to be running with, who they needed to beat in order to win the conference title.
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Friends, Episcopal congregations to share place of worship
When we at Winthrop Center Friends Church first heard of the need for St. Andrew’s to move out of their Readfield church building, we had no idea we might become the place to which they would move.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Emery carries Bears
DIXFIELD — Luke Emery rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries to lead the Maran-acook Community High School football team past Dirigo 20-6 in a Western C Campbell Conference game Saturday afternoon.
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Political potatoes: Food for thought
My father liked sauerkraut on his. Uncle Pete preferred horseradish. My brother Jug ate the whole thing, skin and all, as I do.
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Paper wins 18 awards
The Kennebec Journal won 18 awards recognizing excellence in journalism — including six first-place citations — at the annual Maine Press Association conference Saturday.
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Collins, Snowe will soon get their chance to say yes
WASHINGTON — Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe say they aren’t automatic “no” votes on all aspects of President Barack Obama’s jobs package. Soon, Maine’s Republican senators should have a chance to show just what they are willing to vote yes on. Last week, Collins and Snowe joined a unified bloc of Republican senators in […]
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Rail trail looks to future
GARDINER — Waterfront Park here is not connected to the 6.5-mile Kennebec River Rail Trail, though railroad tracks run along one side of the parking lot.