From Litchfield to Oakland to Skowhegan and everywhere in between, central Maine residents found ways to celebrate the holiday with their community.
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Posted inCommunity News, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Annual Messalonskee Thanksgiving dinner in Oakland to return to sit-down meals
Last year the operation had switched to pickup, now they are having sit-down meals again with the understanding that ‘masking is appreciated.’
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Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
‘A little, weak Democrat could beat me up’: Congressional candidate Mike Perkins in hospital with COVID-19
Republican hopeful says he’s feeling ‘like I got hit by a tractor-trailer and then the truck backed up and hit me again.’
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
With 1 park completed, Oakland turns attention to more recreational space
Oakland Overlook Park, with views of the western Maine mountains, opened over the summer. Town officials are now focusing on adding another 27 acres of parkland.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Investigation into death of Oakland toddler leads to $700,000 drug seizure
The mother of the child, 21-year-old Ashley Malloy, called 911 Nov. 2 to say her boy was suffering from a medical emergency, authorities said.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Canteen 19, project to support first responders, gets dedicated truck
Using their personal car, Kristian Joliat and his mother Sarah have been supporting first responders at fire and accident scenes. But after community support poured in to help pay for a dedicated vehicle, their program has its own truck.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Oakland voters back 2 incumbents for Town Council, another for school board
Voters on Tuesday returned Dana Wrigley and Don Borman to the council while Laura Tracy earned another term on the RSU 18 school board.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Hunters take to central Maine woods with guns, family and … phones
Saturday was opening day of deer hunting season for Mainers hunting with firearms.
Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Oakland soup, sandwich program to reopen Nov. 6
OAKLAND — The Soup and Sandwich Program plans to reopen for Saturday takeout meals. Beginning Nov. 6, free takeout meals will be served from 11 a.m. until noon at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, 37 Church St. All are welcome. For more information, call Selina Brooks at 207-616-8849.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
People on brink of homelessness scramble to find housing after Augusta hotels stop working with KVCAP
The Kennebec Valley Community Action Program has paid for hotel rooms for those facing homelessness. But two Augusta hotels will no longer work with the group and more than 40 people must relocate.