Impacts on the Somerset Mill, the Skowhegan River Park, flooding and licensing are becoming clearer a week after The Nature Conservancy announced the purchase from Brookfield Renewable Energy.
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Augusta school board gets letter warning about public comment policy
The letter, sent by free speech advocate Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, alleges the Augusta Board of Education is violating the First Amendment by putting limits on allowed comments.
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Skowhegan New Balance factory opens and high school sports featured in Week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Sept. 19-26, 2025.
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Hallowell group gets grant for traffic calming at intersection
The Strong Towns Hallowell group hopes to slow cars down near the intersection of Central and Hillcrest streets, where more than 70% of drivers exceed the posted speed limit.
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5 takeaways on the Kennebec River dam sale
While all the impacts of the sale of Brookfield Renewable Energy’s hydroelectric dams to The Nature Conservancy aren’t yet known, here’s what we know so far.
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Augusta man arrested in Pittston in connection with explosives investigation
The arrest and subsequent search drew a significant police presence and put the Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School into lockdown, authorities said.
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4 Kennebec River dams to be sold to Nature Conservancy
Brookfield Renewable Energy and The Nature Conservancy agreed to a deal that’s expected to eventually remove the dams.
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Augusta man may have solved ‘impossible’ math problem
Bill Rollins Jr., 97, wrote and self-published ‘Trisecting an Angle,’ to try to share his solution with the world.
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Fairfield tailgating event, Farmington Fair, Winslow demolition highlighted | Week in Photos
Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal photojournalists share their work for the week of Sept. 12-19.
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Waterville councilors table charter school zoning change request
The school, which is planning to buy 41 acres on Eight Rod Road for the project, would be nontaxable and draw resources away from Waterville Public Schools, councilors say.