Julia Gagnon, who won the Hallowell-based singing competition last summer, will appear on the next episode of the national TV show, which airs Sunday at 8 p.m.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Resident urges Augusta councilors to help unhoused people, reject proposal to ban ‘unreasonable solicitation’
Augusta city councilors are scheduled to hold a second reading and potential vote on the proposal on Thursday, April 4.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Week In Photos March 15-22, 2024
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Skowhegan area ‘can man’ scours roadside for extra cash
Josh Schleier, 34, of East Madison, started collecting returnable cans and bottles from the side of the road when he was 5 and has continued the hobby to this day.
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Winter weather returns to central Maine on Saturday in early days of spring
More snow is expected Friday night into Saturday, with forecast totals ranging from 5 inches across southern Kennebec County to 10 inches or more in Somerset County.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
‘Rushed, messy and inaccurate’: Augusta school board delays vote over $38 million budget
Board members express confusion this week over what is included in the budget proposal and have rescheduled vote for Wednesday, March 27.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council gives initial OK to funding housing, nonprofit initiatives
Councilors debated for hours Tuesday night about how to distribute American Rescue Plan Act funding, and must take second votes on funding for housing initiatives and outside agencies that requested money.
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Driver dies after logging truck veers into pond in The Forks
The driver’s identity was confirmed as Pierre Alexander Drolet, 35, of Saint-Zacharie, Quebec.
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Fire displaces family, farm animals in Troy
The blaze at 378 Barker Road is believed to have begun in a workshop, before spreading into a barn and house, according to officials.
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Waterville council hears complaints about homeless people, gives nod to soup kitchen funding
Businesses around the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen complained to city officials that their employees are afraid of some homeless people loitering in the area and confronting and scaring them.