Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Embrace the blessings that birthdays bring
Besides generating presents, sweets and good company, birthdays mark the passage into another year of life, the best gift of all, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Proposed Inland Fisheries & Wildlife complex in Augusta could clean up polluted site
Gov. Janet Mills requested $39.5 million for the project, which would rejuvenate the former Statler Tissue Co. mill along the Kennebec River.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
$18 million art center, a cornerstone of downtown Waterville’s rebirth, takes shape
The Paul J. Schupf Art Center at 93 Main St. is expected to open in early December, with art galleries, cinema and teaching space and a cafe.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Five arrested in Litchfield after discovery of stolen car, drugs, police say
Police attempted to stop the vehicle on Perkins Road in Monmouth, but the driver did not stop until reaching Buker Road in Litchfield.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson to speak at Colby College commencement
The college’s commencement is scheduled for May 22 and other featured speakers that weekend include artist Jamie Wyeth and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Scuba divers join search of Sebasticook River for missing man
Rescuers in Clinton have used boats, aircraft and dogs this week in the search for Justin Howard, 36, but high water and swift currents prevented divers from entering the river until Wednesday.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Local Government, News
Jefferson voters approve town budget, including $105,000 jump in ambulance costs
Residents approved every spending proposal in the $969,000 town budget at Tuesday’s annual Town Meeting.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Readfield-area high school to go remote due to staff shortages from uptick in COVID-19 cases
School officials can’t figure out what caused the spike, and so far only Maranacook Community High School has been impacted.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Downtown Waterville sidewalk construction set to start
Crooker Construction Inc. of Topsham is expected on Thursday to begin preparing Front Street for new concrete sidewalks from the Lockwood Hotel south to Bridge Street.