JGT2 Redevelopment plans to restart the cogeneration plant and sell power while redeveloping the mill site.
Local & State
Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State
Contaminated farm in Unity to become PFAS research site
Songbird Farm is one of a growing number of farms found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals from sludge fertilizer spread on fields, once a common, state-sanctioned practice.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Edgecomb man charged with murder in toddler’s Christmas morning death
Tyler Witham-Jordan, 29, was charged Friday with killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter, Makinzlee Handrahan, more than nine months after authorities ruled her death a homicide.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Pittsfield Town Council approves using grant money to improve, maintain snowmobile trails
Officials: $47,000 in state grant funding to be used for about 40 miles of trails in Greater Pittsfield.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Week In Photos Sept. 29-Oct. 6, 2023
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Mystery erupts when columnist’s ill-placed pill draws the attention of itsy Bitsy
After receiving three vaccinations, Amy Calder writes that she was feeling lousy and had her Tylenol at the ready for pain relief, but did her longtime cat Bitsy get to it first?
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Lisbon Falls woman’s death ruled homicide; Pittston man in critical condition from gun shot
Police say there is no threat to the public.
Posted inElection 2023, Local & State, Politics
Questions 5 through 8: What you need to know about the proposed constitutional amendments
The 4 proposed amendments include Question 6, which would reverse a provision of the Maine Constitution that currently keeps a section on tribal obligations from being printed.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
West Gardiner voters back medical cannabis, self-storage and solar energy systems ordinances
After hours of debate in March, April and September, residents approved four proposals to regulate self-storage facilities, solar energy systems and medical cannabis retail stores and cultivation operations.
Posted inElection 2023, Local & State, Politics
Opponents of Pine Tree Power far outraise supporters of Question 3
Maine Affordable Energy, which opposes a publicly-owned power company in Maine, pulled in $3 million in the latest quarter, while Our Power raised $213,000 in the period that ended Oct. 5.