Ayla was reported missing Dec. 17, 2011, from her Waterville home, launching one of the largest and most costly police investigations in state history.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine sued over new voter-approved campaign finance limits
Supporters of the new law expected the challenge and hope to set a new Supreme Court precedent supporting the limits.
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130 acres on Lake Wesserunsett in Madison eyed for conservation
Somerset Woods Trustees and the Lake Wesserunsett Association are partnering to raise money to complete the purchase of the parcel.
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Augusta’s Buffalo Wild Wings GO opens Monday
The 1,800-square-foot restaurant has 20 employees and will be open daily 11 a.m.-11p.m., the company said.
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Arsenic detected at Pittston’s RiverWalk poses low risk, officials say
A state report found several chemicals, but at concentrations that are not a concern, the town and state said.
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Week In Photos Dec. 6-13, 2024
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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President Biden pardons Augusta man for decades-old crime
Michael Gary Pelletier, 67, was convicted in 1997 of a non-violent crime and notified this week that he would receive a pardon.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine public housing tenants face high eviction rates. A new program to keep renters housed excludes them
A new eviction prevention program fails to protect some of Maine’s most vulnerable residents from homelessness.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Former Waterville mayor sells cookbooks to help soup kitchen
Reporting Aside: Tom Nale of Waterville created a cookbook featuring his mother’s Middle Eastern cuisine recipes and is giving all the proceeds to the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen.
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Jimmy Fallon gifts this southern Maine teen ugly sweater
Brady Knight, a 16-year-old from Lisbon Falls, collected an ugly sweater directly from Jimmy Fallon on the “The Tonight Show.”