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Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Augusta needs to do more to help homeless residents, task force says

by Keith Edwards March 31, 2025April 1, 2025

The group urges city officials to help create a year-round homeless shelter and hire a worker to coordinate housing services.

Business, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News

Waterville hospital staff reflect on imminent closure, seek new jobs

by Amy Calder March 31, 2025April 1, 2025

Employees at Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville say they are worried for their peers and concerned about patients who will lose their health care when the hospital closes.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education

Waterville elementary school evacuated after odor detected

by Amy Calder March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

The odor was found to have been caused by a furnace malfuction, fire chief said.

Kennebec Journal, Local & State, News

West Gardiner selectman candidates questioned on transparency

by Emily Duggan March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

Chris McLaughlin and Steve McGee fielded questions on how they would approach town problems if elected.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News

Commissioners get early view of housing expansion in Waterville

by Jessica Lowell March 30, 2025March 31, 2025

When allocating nearly $24 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, the Kennebec County commissioners included affordable housing in Kennebec County, including Manor Gardens.

Business, Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Waterville ‘Tesla Takedown’ protest targets Elon Musk, Trump

by Amy Calder March 29, 2025March 31, 2025

More than 60 people from around central Maine stood in the snow Saturday at a Tesla charging station off Main Street at Elm Plaza to protest Elon Musk’s gutting of the federal government and firing of thousands of workers.

Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education

Some Maine schools shorted because of yearslong DOE mistake

by Emily Duggan March 29, 2025March 31, 2025

The mistake in how money paid to independent schools for public school students is calculated was discovered earlier this year by Maine’s education department and dates back to 2016.