Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: The ‘merry month of June’
When we are young, June was the beginning of what seemed an endless summer, but as we grow older, we learn that the season passes in the blink of an eye, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Update: Athens man identified in single-vehicle fatal crash in Hartland
Matthew J. Sites, 56, of Athens, who was killed in the crash, was a longtime newspaper carrier for the Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Bust at illegal marijuana grow site near St. Albans day care turns up hundreds of plants, police say
The property marks the 18th illegal marijuana grow busted in Somerset County this year, police said.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
‘A space that’s welcoming for everyone’: A Coffeehouse opens in Waterville
A Coffeehouse is now open in the former Record Connection building at 252 Main St. in Waterville, where patrons are invited to drop in, sip coffee or tea, enjoy a meal, play a tune, read a book or talk politics.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Inside a Vassalboro woman’s crusade for public access
Through most of the pandemic, Vassalboro did not record or livestream its public meetings, leaving many residents in the dark about municipal business, so Laura Jones decided to change that.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Waterville man pleads guilty to federal firearms charges
Damiean Marcial-Alexander, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to a 2022 burglary at J.R.’s Trading & Pawn in Waterville, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Mother of Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide files lawsuit over ‘reckless and conscious disregard’
The mother of a Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide in the Madison jail two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the county, sheriff and jail officials failed to provide adequate mental and physical health care to inmate Virgil White, of Athens, who was suffering from mental illness.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Dresden holds public hearing on proposed mining moratorium; residents to vote in June election
A vote to put a temporary stop to the quarries in town and to update the town ordinance is set for June 11.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Voters in Gardiner-area school district send $32.4 million budget to June 11 referendum
While one voter from West Gardiner tried to add $2 million to the spending plan, voters passed the proposed $32.4 million budget without change.