The collapse of the walkway led to a chaotic scene in which visitors fell tumbling to a mudflat several feet below.
Local & State
Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
New COVID-19 vaccines are on the way. When will they be available and who should get them?
Federal regulators approved the latest COVID-19 vaccine this week, and shots are expected to be available within days.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Abandoned memories up for auction in Augusta
The state treasurer’s office says it’s holding over $309 million worth of unclaimed cash and items left behind in abandoned safe deposit boxes. For the first time in some 20 years, it will auction them off.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
After being forced from longtime home, Waterville man finally finds new housing
Kevin Horton, 64, was forced to leave his Waterville apartment of 25 years and last week moved into the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, but with a lot of help he has found a place to live.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson postpones visit to Portland
Williamson’s campaign said her visit was put off because she is ill, and that she plans to reschedule a visit to Portland.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville-area aid groups gather to offer a hand up
About 60 community service organizations, including agencies that provide mental and physical health and substance abuse services, set up at Head of Falls in Waterville on Tuesday where many people sought help and received it.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Chelsea man who killed 3 pedestrians in 2021 Augusta crash loses appeal to state’s high court
Robert Santerre, the driver who struck and killed two women and a baby walking alongside Cony Road in 2021, had appealed his nine-year license suspension to the state Supreme Judicial Court.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
State workers rally for new contract outside ’employee appreciation’ event in Augusta
AUGUSTA — About 60 people chanted while carrying signs Tuesday during a Department of Administrative and Financial Services “employee appreciation” event, the latest public display of unrest over an expired contract for nearly 13,000 state employees. The members of the Maine Service Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union, held the lunchtime […]
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Anonymous Zoom callers harass Hallowell officials, unleash hateful rants during council meeting
The city plans to change how it handles remote participation in response to the ‘absolutely disgusting’ incident, said City Manager Gary Lamb.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Augusta man arrested for murder of 34-year-old found on side of road
Andrew Redmond, 34, was arrested in Mississippi following a police chase on Monday.