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href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/sheriff-madison-man-arrested-after-stabbing-landlord/">Sheriff: Madison man arrested after stabbing landlord</a> </div> <div class="summary">Daniel Nordin, 59, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/waterville-considers-4-day-work-week-for-city-hall-employees/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/38753062_09cityhall_5d268d.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/38753062_09cityhall_5d268d.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/waterville-considers-4-day-work-week-for-city-hall-employees/">Waterville considers 4-day work week for City Hall employees</a> </div> <div class="summary">City Manager Bryan Kaenrath said many other municipalities use a 4-day work week and doing so helps to recruit and retain good employees.</div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="basic-category-list"> <ul> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/fall-shabbaton-event-brings-hundreds-to-waterville-for-weekend-of-jewish-music-community/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/Fall_Shabbaton_CFSTJL-14.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/Fall_Shabbaton_CFSTJL-14.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/fall-shabbaton-event-brings-hundreds-to-waterville-for-weekend-of-jewish-music-community/">Fall Shabbaton brings hundreds to Waterville for weekend of Jewish music, community</a> </div> <div class="summary">The event was held Nov. 8-9 at Colby College and hosted by the Center for Small Town Jewish Life.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/waterville-schools-seek-public-input-for-strategic-plan/">Waterville schools seek public input for strategic plan</a> </div> <div class="summary">The public is invited to a strategic planning session Monday hosted by Waterville Public Schools to give input on the state of city schools and what they envision for the future.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/were-still-standing-skowhegan-hospice-hit-by-embezzlement-to-raise-funds-with-wreath-business/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Skowhegans-Hope-Gardens.2023-1684340772.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/were-still-standing-skowhegan-hospice-hit-by-embezzlement-to-raise-funds-with-wreath-business/">Skowhegan hospice hit by embezzlement to raise funds with wreath business</a> </div> <div class="summary">Central Maine Wreath is donating 25% of its sales on Saturday to Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, which has had financial struggles after its former director embezzled thousands of dollars.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/week-in-photos-nov-15-22-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241116_BringingInFlags._8614-1732286681.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/week-in-photos-nov-15-22-2024/">Week In Photos Nov. 15-22, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/reporting-aside-fruitful-thanksgivings-of-the-past/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/meal-1732210105.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/22/reporting-aside-fruitful-thanksgivings-of-the-past/">Reporting Aside: Fruitful Thanksgivings of the past</a> </div> <div class="summary">In the 1960s, we enjoyed family Thanksgivings that nourished body, mind and soul, Amy Calder writes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/21/norridgewock-home-where-46-shih-tzus-were-seized-had-prior-complaints-affidavit-shows/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/shih-tzus-2-e1732214434874-1732220265.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/21/norridgewock-home-where-46-shih-tzus-were-seized-had-prior-complaints-affidavit-shows/">Norridgewock home where 46 shih tzus were seized had prior complaints, affidavit shows</a> </div> <div class="summary">An Oct. 24 search of the property revealed 48 dogs, including 46 that were white or tan shih tzus, and five cats, all of which were seized by the state, according to Maine's animal seizure identification log.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/21/skowhegan-area-schools-placed-on-lock-out-after-social-media-threat/">Skowhegan-area schools placed on lock-out after threat on social media</a> </div> <div class="summary">A 16-year-old boy who was believed to have made the threat was located in Albion about an hour after police began their investigation, according to Skowhegan police.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/20/solon-mill-fined-for-april-accident-that-injured-employee/">Solon mill fined for April incident in which employee was injured</a> </div> <div class="summary">Inspection records show Kennebec Lumber Co. was issued two violations from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and fined $5,600.50, but has not had many other major incidents in recent years.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/20/woman-sentenced-to-nine-months-in-prison-for-embezzling-800000-from-waterville-lawyer/">Woman sentenced to 9 months in prison for embezzling $800,000 from Waterville lawyer</a> </div> <div class="summary">Sarah Nale, 39, of Winslow stole more than $800,000 over 20 years from the Waterville lawyer for whom she worked, officials said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/20/waterville-council-rejects-request-to-rezone-church-property/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/37586254_20231109_churchcontroversy_0y1A-1699645759.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/20/waterville-council-rejects-request-to-rezone-church-property/">Waterville City Council rejects request to rezone church property</a> </div> <div class="summary">Councilors recommended officials with the First Church Of Waterville meet with the city solicitor to map out a restructured contract zone that would meet the needs of both the church and its neighbors.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/20/harmony-man-to-serve-18-months-pay-more-than-12k-for-thefts-in-ripley-harmony-athens/">Harmony man to serve at least 18 months in prison, pay more than $12,000 for thefts in Ripley, Harmony, Athens</a> </div> <div class="summary">Following a plea agreement, Jason J. Cunningham, 50, was sentenced Tuesday during a lengthy hearing regarding restitution that at one point left the presiding justice ‘perplexed.’</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/19/anson-administrator-remembered-for-dedication-to-community/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.tammymurray.1120_1200x750-1732122990.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/19/anson-administrator-remembered-for-dedication-to-community/">Anson administrator remembered for dedication to community</a> </div> <div class="summary">Tammy Murray, who held several municipal positions, died unexpectedly last week according to those who worked with her in Anson. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/19/rift-in-private-fairfield-facebook-group-leaves-some-residents-feeling-left-out/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/33441269_01townoffice-1702588420.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/19/rift-in-private-fairfield-facebook-group-leaves-some-residents-feeling-left-out/">Rift in private Fairfield Facebook group leaves some residents feeling left out</a> </div> <div class="summary">The private 6,600-member group "Fairfield Maine Our Community Group," overseen by Fairfield resident Casey Begin, has become a source of community information sharing but has banned some community members.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/18/one-killed-in-crash-on-trafton-road-in-waterville/">Driver killed in crash on Trafton Road in Waterville</a> </div> <div class="summary">Police have yet to identify the victim in the crash, which they said occurred at about 4:30 a.m. Monday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/18/20-year-old-clinton-man-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-in-benton/">Clinton man, 20, dies in single-vehicle crash on I-95 in Benton</a> </div> <div class="summary">Isaiah Mathieu was killed Sunday afternoon when his vehicle ran off Interstate 95 and hit a guardrail, officials said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/17/kid-entrepreneurs-sell-their-artwork-crafts-and-more-in-clinton/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/IMG_2760.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/IMG_2760.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/17/kid-entrepreneurs-sell-their-artwork-crafts-and-more-in-clinton/">Kid entrepreneurs sell their artwork, crafts and more in Clinton</a> </div> <div class="summary">Children ages 5 to 17 made jewelry, created artwork, painted rocks and baked sweets to sell Sunday as part of The Clever Kids Craft Expo held at Clinton Elementary School and hosted by the Clinton Parks and Recreation Association.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/17/organizers-set-plans-for-waterville-parade-opening-of-kringleville/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/2467990_20221126-Parade-of-Lights-004.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/2467990_20221126-Parade-of-Lights-004.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/17/organizers-set-plans-for-waterville-parade-opening-of-kringleville/">Organizers set plans for Waterville parade, opening of Kringleville</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Parade of Lights and opening of Kringleville in Waterville are expected to draw thousands of people to the downtown Nov. 30.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/16/madison-fire-damages-2-story-home/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/Madisonfire1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/Madisonfire1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/16/madison-fire-damages-2-story-home/">Madison fire damages 2-story home</a> </div> <div class="summary">The fire started Saturday as an outside brush fire.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/15/pittsfield-town-manager-to-leave-post-for-a-position-in-bucksport/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/ms.pittsfieldtownmanager.1116_1200x750-1731938843.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/15/pittsfield-town-manager-to-leave-post-for-a-position-in-bucksport/">Pittsfield town manager to leave post for a position in Bucksport</a> </div> <div class="summary">Jacob Gran's last day as Pittsfield town manager will be Dec. 31.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/15/week-in-photos-nov-8-15-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241110_Christianson_Combine_Harvest_1375404-1731680871.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/15/week-in-photos-nov-8-15-2024/">Week In Photos Nov. 8-15, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/15/rising-from-the-ashes-new-building-being-constructed-after-fire-destroys-waterville-eatery/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/IMG_2701.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/IMG_2701.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/15/rising-from-the-ashes-new-building-being-constructed-after-fire-destroys-waterville-eatery/">New building being constructed after fire destroys Waterville eatery</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Last Unicorn Restaurant at 6 and 8 Silver St. in downtown Waterville was destroyed by fire last year, and the property owner has hired an architect and contractor to construct another building.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/14/bridge-connecting-waterville-winslow-to-close-jan-6-for-replacement-project/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/14/bridge-connecting-waterville-winslow-to-close-jan-6-for-replacement-project/">Ticonic Bridge connecting Waterville, Winslow to close Jan. 6 as part of replacement project</a> </div> <div class="summary">Pedestrian and vehicle traffic will be detoured around the bridge for six months while replacement work is underway.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/14/reporting-aside-a-passion-for-preserving-family-history/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/IMG_2708_46bf28.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/IMG_2708_46bf28.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/14/reporting-aside-a-passion-for-preserving-family-history/">Reporting Aside: A passion for preserving family history in Winslow</a> </div> <div class="summary">Volunteers helped move 348 boxes of books and other items Wednesday from the Taconnet Falls Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Lithgow Street in Winslow to a temporary donated space at the former St. John Catholic School about a mile away.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/13/skowhegan-baseball-field-work-underway-as-officials-eye-next-steps-for-athletic-complex/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38605480_20240524_skowheganfunding_0y11-1716761201.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/13/skowhegan-baseball-field-work-underway-as-officials-eye-next-steps-for-athletic-complex/">Skowhegan baseball field work underway as officials eye next steps for athletic complex</a> </div> <div class="summary">Construction of a baseball field at the long-planned community center athletic complex began Oct. 1, and town officials are working on plans for the next phases of construction at the site.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/13/1000-panel-solar-farm-inches-toward-construction-in-vassalboro/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20210527_070643-1731551524.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/13/1000-panel-solar-farm-inches-toward-construction-in-vassalboro/">1,000-panel solar farm inches toward construction in Vassalboro</a> </div> <div class="summary">Officials: The 3-acre solar array is to be located near the Kennebec Water District Treatment Plant at 462 Main St., and would send all of its power to nearby KWD facilities.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/12/central-maine-eats-comfort-food-community-style-2/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/pizza-1731444160.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/12/central-maine-eats-comfort-food-community-style-2/">Central Maine Eats: Comfort food, community style from former Waterville mayor</a> </div> <div class="summary">Complete coverage of what's new with restaurants, food trucks and food events in central Maine.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/12/moscow-man-accused-of-2022-bingham-home-invasion-indicted-on-additional-tampering-charges/">Moscow man accused of 2022 Bingham home invasion indicted on additional tampering charges</a> </div> <div class="summary">Tyler Couture, 32, has been indicted on charges of burglary, aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, and tampering with a witness or informant.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/12/residents-call-for-winslow-councilors-to-step-down/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/WinslowNov11-2-1731436365.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/12/residents-call-for-winslow-councilors-to-step-down/">Residents call for Winslow councilors to step down in wake of manager’s resignation</a> </div> <div class="summary">Councilor-elect Doris Labranche and Councilors Fran Hudson and Mike Joseph are facing calls to step down after Bowman, among the only openly transgender town managers in the nation, resigned due to "hateful" rhetoric from councilors and residents.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/12/connecticut-man-who-tried-to-set-dog-on-fire-in-skowhegan-caused-high-speed-chase-sentenced-to-time-served/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/2473910_20201007_Manhujnt_Litchfield_1082771-copy.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/2473910_20201007_Manhujnt_Litchfield_1082771-copy.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/12/connecticut-man-who-tried-to-set-dog-on-fire-in-skowhegan-caused-high-speed-chase-sentenced-to-time-served/">Connecticut man who tried to set dog on fire in Skowhegan, caused high-speed chase sentenced to time served</a> </div> <div class="summary">Christopher T. Farrow, 36, was sentenced to 204 days in prison that he has already served in Maine and was ordered to be transferred back to Connecticut to finish serving a separate sentence there. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/11/waterville-commemorates-veterans-day-with-parade-ceremony/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/Wtvl-Vet-Day-parade1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/Wtvl-Vet-Day-parade1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/11/waterville-commemorates-veterans-day-with-parade-ceremony/">Waterville marks Veterans Day with parade, ceremony</a> </div> <div class="summary">Guest speaker Donald H. Marden, a U.S. Army veteran, retired major general in the Maine Army National Guard, former Superior Court justice and Waterville mayor and the current first vice commander of Bourque-Lanigan American Legion Post No. 5, addressed the crowd outside City Hall.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/11/revolutionary-war-veteran-asa-redington-one-of-washingtons-guards-receives-rare-honor-in-waterville/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/Asa-Redington1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/Asa-Redington1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/11/revolutionary-war-veteran-asa-redington-one-of-washingtons-guards-receives-rare-honor-in-waterville/">Revolutionary War veteran Asa Redington, one of Gen. George Washington’s guards, honored in Waterville</a> </div> <div class="summary">Redington, a member of Gen. George Washington's elite Commander-in-Chief's Guard during the first years of independence, was commemorated Monday by local and national historical groups.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/09/fabulous-finds-at-augusta-indoor-flea-market/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/40299309_20241109_AugustaFleaMarket_0y02.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/40299309_20241109_AugustaFleaMarket_0y02.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/09/fabulous-finds-at-augusta-indoor-flea-market/">Hundreds turn out at Augusta Indoor Flea Market</a> </div> <div class="summary">Organizers say over 150 vendors and around 750 attendees turned out for the first day of the flea market at the Augusta Civic Center, which continued through Sunday afternoon.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/09/winslow-councilor-elect-threatens-resident-with-legal-action-over-social-media-post/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Winslow-TownOffice-Nov9-1731184538.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/09/winslow-councilor-elect-threatens-resident-with-legal-action-over-social-media-post/">Winslow councilor-elect threatens resident with legal action over social media post</a> </div> <div class="summary">Doris Labranche, who won election to Winslow's Town Council in the past week, said screenshots of her posting anti-transgender rhetoric were 'taken out of context' and threatened a resident with a cease and desist order for posting them online.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/four-arrested-drugs-seized-in-second-drug-bust-at-solon-residence/">Four arrested, drugs seized in second drug bust at Solon residence</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Friday at 1111 South Solon Road, finding fentanyl, crack cocaine, crystal meth, a loaded pistol and other drug-related items inside the home, officials said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/week-in-photos-nov-1-nov-8-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/37546502_20241102_Raking_4488-1731095800.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/week-in-photos-nov-1-nov-8-2024/">Week In Photos: Nov. 1-Nov. 8. 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/freedom-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-victims-identified/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/freedom-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-victims-identified/">Freedom carbon monoxide poisoning victims identified</a> </div> <div class="summary">Cansheng Zhao, 31, and Bolin Zhao, 31, both of Brooklyn, New York, died Oct. 22 at 555 Belfast Road as the result of a carbon monoxide leak, authorities say, at a property that had been busted for growing unregulated cannabis.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/ruptured-pipe-sends-150000-gallons-of-winslows-untreated-sewage-into-kennebec-river/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38372379_02chaffee-1712782795.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/ruptured-pipe-sends-150000-gallons-of-winslows-untreated-sewage-into-kennebec-river/">Ruptured pipe sends 150,000 gallons of Winslow’s untreated sewage into Kennebec River</a> </div> <div class="summary">State officials say no action will be taken to remediate the spill, which occurred when a barge struck and punctured the pipe carrying all of Winslow's untreated sewage beneath the Kennebec River.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/reporting-aside-helping-people-stay-warm-in-their-homes/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/IMG_2630-e1731004119399.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/IMG_2630-e1731004119399.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/08/reporting-aside-helping-people-stay-warm-in-their-homes/">Reporting Aside: Helping people stay warm in their homes</a> </div> <div class="summary">WindowDressers, a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization that builds insulating window inserts for homes in New England, was working in full force this week in Waterville.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/07/winslow-town-manager-ella-bowman-announces-sudden-resignation/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954__02bowman_20241029-1731002904.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/07/winslow-town-manager-ella-bowman-announces-sudden-resignation/">Winslow Town Manager Ella Bowman resigns, citing ‘hateful’ rhetoric from residents, councilors</a> </div> <div class="summary">Bowman, who says she is among the only openly transgender town managers in the nation, said heightened vitriol among constituents and town councilors prompted her sudden departure.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/06/fairfield-revises-vote-totals-following-discovery-of-uncounted-absentee-votes/><img width="250" height="161" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/eleclogo24_2inch_horiz-1728063656.jpg?w=250&h=161&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="161" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/eleclogo24_2inch_horiz-1728063656.jpg?w=250&h=161&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/06/fairfield-revises-vote-totals-following-discovery-of-uncounted-absentee-votes/">Fairfield revises vote totals following discovery of uncounted absentee votes</a> </div> <div class="summary">At a public meeting Wednesday, the overlooked votes were tallied, and the results of voting for the municipal elections were unchanged. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/06/wrigley-roderick-win-oakland-council-seats-tracy-reelected-to-school-board/">Wrigley, Roderick win Oakland council seats; Tracy reelected to school board</a> </div> <div class="summary">Incumbent Councilor Dana Wrigley Sr. and resident Kelly Roderick won seats on the Oakland Town Council. Laura Tracy was reelected to the Regional School Unit 18 board of directors.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/06/newcomer-defeats-incumbent-in-waterville-city-council-ward-7-seat/><img width="250" height="161" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/eleclogo24_2inch_horiz-1728063656.jpg?w=250&h=161&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="161" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/eleclogo24_2inch_horiz-1728063656.jpg?w=250&h=161&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/06/newcomer-defeats-incumbent-in-waterville-city-council-ward-7-seat/">Newcomer defeats incumbent in Waterville City Council Ward 7 seat</a> </div> <div class="summary">Catherine Tamara Herard defeated incumbent Thomas A. McCormick Sr. in Tuesday's race for the Ward 7 City Council seat, defeating McCormick by 55 votes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/06/incumbent-councilor-first-time-candidate-win-winslow-council-elections/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Winslow-town-office1-1691697622.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/06/incumbent-councilor-first-time-candidate-win-winslow-council-elections/">Incumbent councilor, first-time candidate win Winslow council elections</a> </div> <div class="summary">Dale Macklin and Doris Labranche won election to two open seats on the Town Council amid a tumultuous year in Winslow's politics. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/05/tractor-trailer-crash-on-i-95-in-newport-injures-construction-worker/">Tractor-trailer crash on I-95 in Newport injures construction worker</a> </div> <div class="summary">The crash in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 remains under investigation by the Maine State Police.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/05/our-democracy-in-action-high-turnout-reported-as-voters-across-central-maine-flock-to-polls/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/40252924_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_4977.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/40252924_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_4977.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/05/our-democracy-in-action-high-turnout-reported-as-voters-across-central-maine-flock-to-polls/">‘Our democracy in action’: High turnout reported as voters across central Maine flock to polls</a> </div> <div class="summary">Poll workers across the region dealt with lines of voters Tuesday, even after heavy absentee voting. 'We want people to know their vote is safe, and it counts,' said one official.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/05/hartland-man-arrested-on-child-sexual-abuse-charges/">Hartland man arrested on child sexual abuse charges</a> </div> <div class="summary">Christopher Todd, 35, was arrested Friday on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/04/waterville-offers-applications-for-grants-loans-for-affordable-housing/">Waterville offers applications for grants, loans for affordable housing</a> </div> <div class="summary">The city on Wednesday launched an effort to help nonprofit groups improve housing stock in Waterville, support home ownership and strengthen neighborhoods by offering grants and loans totaling $475,000.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/04/why-are-so-few-mainers-running-for-local-office/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/39413954_20241029_XCNorth_MunicipalShortage_2411-1730738432.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/04/why-are-so-few-mainers-running-for-local-office/">Why are so few Mainers running for local office?</a> </div> <div class="summary">Voters Nov. 5 will find that many communities are having trouble filling municipal positions. Age, apathy and growing vitriol from the public are leaving their mark, officials say.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/02/on-opening-day-of-deer-season-central-maine-hunters-largely-unfazed-by-pfas-advisory/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/40196789_20241102_pfashunters_0y04-1730572855.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/02/on-opening-day-of-deer-season-central-maine-hunters-largely-unfazed-by-pfas-advisory/">On opening day of deer season, central Maine hunters largely unfazed by PFAS advisory</a> </div> <div class="summary">Hunters who got off to a quick, successful start to the season Saturday morning in areas around two new “Do Not Eat” advisory areas said they avoided the affected areas and were not concerned about contamination in nearby places.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/skowhegan-man-80-dies-from-injuries-sustained-in-house-fire/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Firefighters battle a house fire on Waterville Road in Skowhegan Thursday around 4:30 p.m. The home was destroyed and its owner was injured, fire Chief Ronnie Rodriguez said." decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Firefighters battle a house fire on Waterville Road in Skowhegan Thursday around 4:30 p.m. The home was destroyed and its owner was injured, fire Chief Ronnie Rodriguez said." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/skowhegan-man-80-dies-from-injuries-sustained-in-house-fire/">Skowhegan man, 80, dies from injuries sustained in house fire</a> </div> <div class="summary">Janusz Jankiewicz, 80, died Friday morning from severe burns he received in the Waterville Road fire, his son said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/fire-destroys-sidney-business/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/SidneyFire1cropped-1730489371.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/fire-destroys-sidney-business/">Fire destroys Sidney business Thursday evening</a> </div> <div class="summary">The workshop that housed Colorgraphics' screen printing and graphic design business was deemed a total loss, along with everything inside of it.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/norridgewock-woman-searches-for-guardian-angel-who-pulled-her-husband-from-wreck/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/NorridgewockCrash1-10-31-24.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/NorridgewockCrash1-10-31-24.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/norridgewock-woman-searches-for-guardian-angel-who-pulled-her-husband-from-wreck/">Norridgewock woman searches for ‘guardian angel’ who pulled her husband from wreck</a> </div> <div class="summary">Jessy Forney veered off the road and hit a tree that crushed half of his SUV. He suffered serious injuries in the crash but is expected to make a full recovery after being pulled from the wreck by an anonymous good Samaritan.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/winslow-considers-demolishing-former-junior-high-but-450000-environmental-cleanup-must-come-first/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/winslow-considers-demolishing-former-junior-high-but-450000-environmental-cleanup-must-come-first/">Winslow considers demolishing former junior high, but $450,000 environmental cleanup must come first</a> </div> <div class="summary">The town will soon begin accepting bids to demolish the nearly 100-year-old schoolhouse, but hundreds of thousands of dollars must first be spent to remove oil and asbestos from the building.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/week-in-photos-oct-25-nov-1-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/25445-20241027_Ye_Photographer_1374661-1730476246.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/week-in-photos-oct-25-nov-1-2024/">Week In Photos Oct. 25-Nov. 1, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/one-injured-after-tree-falls-on-suv-that-veered-off-road-in-norridgewock/">Driver injured after tree he struck falls on SUV in Norridgewock</a> </div> <div class="summary">The driver was able to escape the SUV following the crash off U.S. Route 2, officials said. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/where-to-vote-polling-times-locations-by-town/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Election 2024 Georgia" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Election 2024 Georgia" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Election_2024_Georgia_63924_4c1349-1730746848.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/where-to-vote-polling-times-locations-by-town/">Where to vote in central Maine: polling times, locations by town</a> </div> <div class="summary">Catch all of our election 2024 updates at centralmaine.com/election. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/toxic-cannabis-is-being-shopped-to-maine-dispensaries-with-little-to-stop-it-from-reaching-consumers/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_02taintedweed-1730390450.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/01/toxic-cannabis-is-being-shopped-to-maine-dispensaries-with-little-to-stop-it-from-reaching-consumers/">Toxic cannabis is being shopped to Maine dispensaries, with little to stop it from reaching consumers</a> </div> <div class="summary">Toxic pesticides were found in cannabis grown at licensed grow houses and offered to medical dispensaries. Under current regulations, no one can stop it from hitting the shelves but the budtender behind the counter.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/fire-destroys-skowhegan-home-injures-1/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Firefighters battle a house fire on Waterville Road in Skowhegan Thursday around 4:30 p.m. The home was destroyed and its owner was injured, fire Chief Ronnie Rodriguez said." decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Firefighters battle a house fire on Waterville Road in Skowhegan Thursday around 4:30 p.m. The home was destroyed and its owner was injured, fire Chief Ronnie Rodriguez said." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1031_Skowhegan-fire-2-1-1730411674.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/fire-destroys-skowhegan-home-injures-1/">Fire destroys Skowhegan home, injures 1</a> </div> <div class="summary">Firefighters responded at about 3 p.m. to the fire on Waterville Road, also known as U.S. Route 201, which remained closed Thursday evening.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/tractor-trailer-driver-arrested-for-oui-by-capitol-police-in-augusta/">Tractor-trailer driver from Buxton arrested for OUI by Capitol Police in Augusta</a> </div> <div class="summary">Gerald King, 64, of Buxton, was arrested Wednesday after failing a sobriety test while driving a tractor-trailer through Augusta, state police said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/electrical-box-shorts-out-at-alfond-center-in-waterville/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AYCC-exterior-May-2024-1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AYCC-exterior-May-2024-1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/electrical-box-shorts-out-at-alfond-center-in-waterville/">Firefighters respond after electrical box shorts out at Alfond Youth & Community Center in Waterville</a> </div> <div class="summary">Fire chief: The electrical box shorted out Wednesday evening when workers were moving large curtains that divide the gymnasium.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/trail-projects-in-skowhegan-underway-as-part-of-master-plan/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/30248168_04ann.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/30248168_04ann.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/trail-projects-in-skowhegan-underway-as-part-of-master-plan/">Trail projects in Skowhegan underway as part of master plan</a> </div> <div class="summary">Somerset Woods Trustees, a nonprofit land trust, is working on projects at two local preserves, while other groups are planning more projects to develop a local trail network.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/reporting-aside-for-the-love-of-christmas-trees/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40182930__02mattquinn_20241029_-1730394182.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/reporting-aside-for-the-love-of-christmas-trees/">Reporting Aside: For the love of Christmas trees</a> </div> <div class="summary">Cornville tree grower Matthew Quinn won third place overall in the People's Choice Awards category for his balsam-Fraser hybrid at the Fryeburg Fair's Christmas tree competition, and it will be displayed with two other winning trees at the Blaine House this holiday season.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/waterville-woman-pleads-guilty-to-federal-gun-charge/">Waterville woman pleads guilty to federal gun charge</a> </div> <div class="summary">Nikeshia Knight, 25, provided money and fentanyl to another person to buy a gun from a Fairfield firearms dealer because she could not pass a background check, prosecutors said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/gray-market-weed-illegal-grow-house-operators-and-their-tainted-product-take-refuge-in-maines-legal-market/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027920__20241016_04taintedweed-1730318814.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/gray-market-weed-illegal-grow-house-operators-and-their-tainted-product-take-refuge-in-maines-legal-market/">‘Gray market weed’: Illegal grow house operators and their tainted product take refuge in Maine’s legal market</a> </div> <div class="summary">With a little paperwork and scant oversight, investigators say illegal grow houses tied to Chinese organized crime are increasingly shifting to the medical market, avoiding oversight in the process.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/two-charged-after-skowhegan-burglary-prompts-police/">Woman, boy charged after Skowhegan burglary leads to high-speed chase</a> </div> <div class="summary">Matisse Fry, 42, of Augusta and a 16-year-old boy from New York face multiple charges after fleeing police Tuesday night in Fry's SUV, officials said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/madison-elementary-school-marks-opening-of-new-outdoor-learning-facility/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1029_Madison-classroom-4-1730237520.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/madison-elementary-school-marks-opening-of-new-outdoor-learning-facility/">Madison Elementary School marks opening of new outdoor learning facility</a> </div> <div class="summary">A new accessible trail and dock-like structure, funded by a $100,000 state grant, are meant to support outdoor education at the school.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/911-transcript-details-call-reporting-freedom-carbon-monoxide-deaths/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/911-transcript-details-call-reporting-freedom-carbon-monoxide-deaths/">911 transcript details call reporting Freedom carbon monoxide deaths</a> </div> <div class="summary">A week after the incident, sheriff’s officials are keeping investigation details close to the vest.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/trial-delayed-for-madison-man-charged-with-murdering-former-roommate/">Trial delayed for Madison man charged with murdering former roommate</a> </div> <div class="summary">The trial for Roland Flood, 62, accused of the July 2023 murder of an Anson man, was originally expected to start this week in Skowhegan.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/maine-fire-departments-urge-caution-amid-higher-fire-risk/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Turner-fire-1730221426.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/maine-fire-departments-urge-caution-amid-higher-fire-risk/">Maine fire departments warn of higher fire risk amid dry conditions</a> </div> <div class="summary">Moderate drought conditions across much of the state have prompted fire officials to shut off burn permits and urge caution.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/trunk-or-treat-halloween-events-set-for-central-maine/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Trunk-or-Treat-1728407422.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/29/trunk-or-treat-halloween-events-set-for-central-maine/">Trunk or Treat, Halloween events set for central Maine</a> </div> <div class="summary"></div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/28/photos-first-skowhegan-ghost-tour-held/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241024_07ghostwalk-1730148451.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/28/photos-first-skowhegan-ghost-tour-held/">Photos: Skowhegan Ghost Tour brings spooky chill to downtown area</a> </div> <div class="summary">All photos by Rich Abrarhamson/Morning Sentinel</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/28/winslow-mobile-home-destroyed-after-housefire-spreads-to-woods/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/20241028_01fire-1730143968.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/28/winslow-mobile-home-destroyed-after-housefire-spreads-to-woods/">Fire marshal, Forest Service investigating Winslow blaze that destroyed mobile home, spread to woods</a> </div> <div class="summary">The cause of a fire that destroyed two structures and displaced a family Monday afternoon is now under investigation, officials say.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/28/skowhegan-development-group-gets-200000-to-help-maine-grains-others/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/31345559_20220713_maine.grains_6-1730153798.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/28/skowhegan-development-group-gets-200000-to-help-maine-grains-others/">Skowhegan development group receives $200,000 grant to help Maine Grains, others</a> </div> <div class="summary">The grant from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation is expected to help fund equipment to allow Maine Grains in Skowhegan to turn local milling, cheesemaking, seaweed, blueberry and soy byproducts into high-fiber, high-protein packaged goods for sale to schools.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/27/trial-to-begin-for-madison-man-charged-with-murdering-former-roommate/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/37542333_20240627_SomersetCountyCourthouse_0y11-1721234890.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/27/trial-to-begin-for-madison-man-charged-with-murdering-former-roommate/">Trial to begin for Madison man charged with murdering former roommate</a> </div> <div class="summary">Roland Flood, 62, is charged with the murder of Mark Trabue, 57, of Anson, who was found with multiple stab wounds in July 2023 at a Madison cemetery.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/26/barn-quilts-stitch-together-generations-tradition-in-canaan/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1026_Canaan-quilts-1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1026_Canaan-quilts-1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/26/barn-quilts-stitch-together-generations-tradition-in-canaan/">Barn quilts stitch together generations, tradition in Canaan</a> </div> <div class="summary">A group of volunteers with the Canaan Farmers Hall worked with local elementary school students this fall to paint 28 barn quilts, which were on display Saturday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/fairfield-town-council-race-heats-up-with-seven-candidates-for-three-seats/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/30785597_20220603-Fairfield-1654283661.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/fairfield-town-council-race-heats-up-with-seven-candidates-for-three-seats/">Fairfield Town Council race heats up with 7 candidates for 3 seats</a> </div> <div class="summary">Two candidates are vying to fill the remainder of a resigning councilor's term, while five others campaign for two open seats.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/five-candidates-vie-for-three-seats-on-china-select-board-2/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/6310488_20190611-China-Vote-002.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/6310488_20190611-China-Vote-002.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/five-candidates-vie-for-three-seats-on-china-select-board-2/">Five candidates vie for 3 seats on China Select Board</a> </div> <div class="summary">Residents Edwin Bailey, Tod Detre and Thomas Rumpf are seeking their first terms on the town's five-person Select Board. Two candidates, Brent Chesley and Blane Casey, are incumbent councilors seeking reelection.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/us-marshals-several-people-including-juveniles-arrested-on-gun-charges-in-skowhegan/">Update: Several people, including juveniles, arrested by U.S. Marshals on gun charges in Skowhegan</a> </div> <div class="summary">Two juveniles and one 18-year-old were arrested in connection to violent weapons offenses out of Massachusetts, officials said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/reporting-aside-how-will-central-mainers-vote/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40079658_20241023_PoliticalSigns_379-1729871907.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/reporting-aside-how-will-central-mainers-vote/">Reporting Aside: How will central Mainers vote?</a> </div> <div class="summary">A quick polling of Waterville area residents about who they plan to vote for for president garnered an eclectic set of answers, Amy Calder writes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/week-in-photos-oct-18-25-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/40106815_20241023_GabeRobinson_603.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/40106815_20241023_GabeRobinson_603.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/25/week-in-photos-oct-18-25-2024/">Week In Photos Oct. 18-25, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/24/man-critically-injured-in-palmyra-stabbing-has-died/">Man dies after being critically injured in Palmyra stabbing</a> </div> <div class="summary">Todd Parsons, 48, has died of injuries suffered in a stabbing Oct. 11 in Palmyra, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/24/pfas-contamination-prompts-do-not-eat-advisory-near-unity-albion-freedom/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_20190501-life-is-good-1729791054.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/24/pfas-contamination-prompts-do-not-eat-advisory-near-unity-albion-freedom/">PFAS contamination prompts ‘do not eat’ advisory in parts of Albion, Freedom, Unity</a> </div> <div class="summary">Authorities are warning residents not to eat wild deer or turkey after testing found dangerous levels of "forever chemicals" in the area's wildlife.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/24/recent-dumpster-fires-in-skowhegan-under-investigation/">Recent dumpster fires in Skowhegan under investigation</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Office of State Fire Marshal says it is investigating a recent string of dumpster fires at Skowhegan businesses. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/mills-tells-colby-audience-a-good-leader-seeks-staff-input-listens-to-mainers/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/IMG_2576-e1729738727995-1729738806.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/mills-tells-colby-audience-a-good-leader-seeks-staff-input-listens-to-mainers/">Mills tells Colby College audience a good leader seeks staff input, listens to Mainers</a> </div> <div class="summary">Gov. Janet Mills answered questions Wednesday night as part of “In the News,” an event organized by the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs at the Waterville college.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/lewiston-man-killed-tuesday-after-his-vehicle-veered-off-interstate-95-in-palmyra/">Lewiston man killed Tuesday after his vehicle veered off Interstate 95 in Palmyra</a> </div> <div class="summary">Police say Isaac Lemieux, 21, of Lewiston, died Tuesday after his vehicle veered into the median on Interstate 95.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/skowhegan-selectman-vacancy-to-be-filled-in-february-election/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37542333_20240627_skowheganmunicipalbuilding_0y9-1729712489.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/skowhegan-selectman-vacancy-to-be-filled-in-february-election/">Vacancy on Skowhegan Board of Selectmen to be filled in February</a> </div> <div class="summary">The board voted Tuesday night to hold a special election Feb. 11, 2025.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/madison-voters-ok-drug-treatment-marijuana-shop-ordinances/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/madison-voters-ok-drug-treatment-marijuana-shop-ordinances/">Madison voters OK drug treatment, marijuana shop ordinances</a> </div> <div class="summary">The ordinances, approved Tuesday at a special town meeting, were posed to voters after months of discussions among town officials.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/investigation-continues-into-carbon-monoxide-deaths-in-freedom/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/investigation-continues-into-carbon-monoxide-deaths-in-freedom/">Fire chief: Disconnected vent likely cause of carbon monoxide deaths in Freedom</a> </div> <div class="summary">Law enforcement continues to investigate the carbon monoxide poisonings in Freedom that killed two people and sent two others to the hospital Tuesday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/waterville-churchs-contentious-rezoning-request-heading-back-to-city-council/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Park-St-buildings-1701727665.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/23/waterville-churchs-contentious-rezoning-request-heading-back-to-city-council/">Waterville church’s rezoning request headed back to City Council</a> </div> <div class="summary">The First Church of Waterville again asked the Planning Board to recommend to the City Council that it rezone its property at 3, 5 and 7 Park St., but the board rejected the request to seek a restructuring of the existing zone to reflect the needs of an abutting property owner.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/22/two-dead-in-freedom-from-reported-carbon-monoxide-leak/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/555-Belfast-Road-1729627499.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/22/two-dead-in-freedom-from-reported-carbon-monoxide-leak/">Two dead in Freedom from reported carbon monoxide leak</a> </div> <div class="summary">The carbon monoxide leak occurred at a house in the Waldo County town of Freedom that had been raided by law enforcement agencies earlier this year because it was the site of an illegal marijuana growing operation, officials said. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/21/waterville-winslow-bridge-closure-expected-late-this-year-or-early-next/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40090807__20241021_01bridge_79b8d9-1729559373.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/21/waterville-winslow-bridge-closure-expected-late-this-year-or-early-next/">Waterville, Winslow bridge closure expected late this year or early next</a> </div> <div class="summary">The $56.8 million project to replace the bridge spanning the Kennebec River, connecting the two communities, is expected to be completed in May 2027.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/20/clinton-officials-tout-need-for-new-fire-station/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/40070823__20241020_02firestation.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/40070823__20241020_02firestation.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/20/clinton-officials-tout-need-for-new-fire-station/">Clinton officials tout need for new fire station</a> </div> <div class="summary">Clinton residents are scheduled to vote Nov. 5 on six referendums, including one asking if they want to borrow up to $1.9 million to help fund a new fire station.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/20/clinton-man-arrested-following-shooting-of-woman/">Clinton man arrested after 74-year-old woman is shot in neck</a> </div> <div class="summary">Andrew Fertig, 69, is charged with domestic violence elevated aggravated assault, a Class A offense.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/20/northern-light-food-service-housekeeping-jobs-to-transfer-to-another-company/">Northern Light food service, housekeeping jobs to transfer to another company</a> </div> <div class="summary">About 500 positions in food service and housekeeping at Northern Light acute care facilities, including Inland Hospital and Lakewood Continuing Care in Waterville, will be taken over by Compass One starting in January, according to a Northern Light official.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/18/skowhegan-area-schools-new-balance-locked-down-monday-during-search/">Skowhegan-area schools, New Balance locked down Friday during search</a> </div> <div class="summary">No direct threat was made against the schools in RSU/MSAD 54, but the Somerset County Sheriff's Office notified district leadership out of caution while they were searching for Stevens this morning.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/18/feds-successful-in-taking-cornville-home-investigated-for-illegal-marijuana-grow/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/38574571_20240519_house_00001.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/38574571_20240519_house_00001.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/18/feds-successful-in-taking-cornville-home-investigated-for-illegal-marijuana-grow/">Feds successful in taking Cornville home investigated for illegal marijuana grow</a> </div> <div class="summary">A home in Corinna that housed another suspected illegal growing operation was also ordered by a judge to be taken by federal authorities earlier this month.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/18/week-in-photos-oct-11-18-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn001_8006-1729266116.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/18/week-in-photos-oct-11-18-2024/">Week In Photos Oct. 11-18, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/18/reporting-aside-the-season-of-change/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241017_FrostyDawn002_8041-1729251605.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/18/reporting-aside-the-season-of-change/">Reporting Aside: The season of change</a> </div> <div class="summary">The onset of autumn brings opportunity to enjoy the sounds and scents of seasonal change, and to exercise our right to vote in what may be the most consequential presidential election of our lifetimes, Amy Calder writes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/17/high-speed-fiber-internet-reaches-bingham-the-forks-area/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_20240603_work_00003_4fd280-1729198025.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/17/high-speed-fiber-internet-reaches-bingham-the-forks-area/">High-speed fiber internet service reaches Bingham, The Forks area</a> </div> <div class="summary">Fidium Fiber is now available to about 1,600 homes and businesses in the rural area, as a result of state funding and collaboration among other agencies.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/17/president-of-northern-light-inland-hospital-in-waterville-steps-down/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Tricia-Costigan-Inland-president-e1677007873378.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/Tricia-Costigan-Inland-president-e1677007873378.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/17/president-of-northern-light-inland-hospital-in-waterville-steps-down/">President of Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville resigns</a> </div> <div class="summary">Tricia Costigan, president of Northern Light Inland Hospital and Northern Light Continuing Care — Lakewood in Waterville, has resigned from her position, effective immediately.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/16/waterville-council-accepts-712500-matching-grant-for-quarry-road-improvements/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269__20240829_02quarry-1729186151.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/16/waterville-council-accepts-712500-matching-grant-for-quarry-road-improvements/">Waterville council accepts $712,500 matching grant for Quarry Road improvements</a> </div> <div class="summary">Work planned at recreation area includes paving part of the dirt road leading to the welcome center, improving parking and making changes to the wet meadow area so it may be used year-round.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/16/clinton-man-arrested-after-police-trace-911-call-search-main-street-residence/">Clinton man arrested after police trace 911 call, search Main Street residence</a> </div> <div class="summary">Iver Cardwell, 43, has a history of domestic violence arrests and has been arrested in Clinton multiple times with violation of condition of release in recent months, police said. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/16/this-will-help-a-little-bit-couple-provides-sidney-farmland-for-solar-array-to-fight-climate-change/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/SidneySolarFarm2-1729105328.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/16/this-will-help-a-little-bit-couple-provides-sidney-farmland-for-solar-array-to-fight-climate-change/">‘This will help a little bit’: Couple provide Sidney farmland for solar array to fight climate change</a> </div> <div class="summary">Carl and Janet Quirion allowed their land to be used for a new solar array in Sidney that is expected to produce enough electricity to power about 500 homes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/16/from-parking-to-trash-skowhegan-officials-consider-future-development/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38329995_02apts-1712251914.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/16/from-parking-to-trash-skowhegan-officials-consider-future-development/">From parking to trash, Skowhegan officials consider future development</a> </div> <div class="summary">The town’s Board of Selectmen and Planning Board met for their annual joint meeting Tuesday, discussing more than a dozen goals and priorities for the next year. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/16/scholars-strategy-network-our-health-is-on-the-line-this-election/">Scholars Strategy Network: Our health is on the line this election</a> </div> <div class="summary">Americans have the ability to pick representatives who will make a huge slew of decisions affecting our futures and also our ability to empower ourselves, writes Amy Fried.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/15/reported-shooting-in-waterville-sends-schools-into-lockout/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40027053__20241015_02shooting-1729008268.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/15/reported-shooting-in-waterville-sends-schools-into-lockout/">Clinton man charged with murder in Waterville shooting</a> </div> <div class="summary">Authorities investigated a shooting on Highwood Street that prompted school officials in Waterville, Oakland and Fairfield to take lockout precautions Tuesday morning. On a video from a nearby porch camera, below, what appears to be gunshots can be heard.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/14/china-residents-to-vote-on-making-elected-positions-appointed-banning-high-voltage-power-lines/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/LS-Power-sign.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/LS-Power-sign.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/14/china-residents-to-vote-on-making-elected-positions-appointed-banning-high-voltage-power-lines/">China residents to vote on making elected positions appointed, banning high-voltage power lines</a> </div> <div class="summary">Residents are set to vote Nov. 5 on five ordinances, ranging from a temporary moratorium on new electric transmission lines to changes to the town's development district and land codes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/14/waterville-synagogue-arts-group-organize-events-for-sukkot-holiday/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SukkotArt3.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SukkotArt3.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/14/waterville-synagogue-arts-group-organize-events-for-sukkot-holiday/">Waterville, synagogue, arts group organize events for Sukkot holiday</a> </div> <div class="summary">The city plans to build a sukkah, or hut, at Castonguay Square on Tuesday that the public is invited to visit and use.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/14/photos-local-vocalists-musicians-bring-opera-to-life-in-waterville/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39962360_58opera-1728921493.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/14/photos-local-vocalists-musicians-bring-opera-to-life-in-waterville/">Photos: ‘The Black Azaleas Song Cycle’ from ‘Post Pardon: The Opera’</a> </div> <div class="summary">Students and faculty from Colby College were part of the performance Oct. 5 at the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts in Waterville. Photographer Rich Abrahamson captured their rehearsals and live performance.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/14/photos-local-vocalists-musicians-bring-opera-to-life-in-waterville-2/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/39962360_69opera.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/39962360_69opera.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/14/photos-local-vocalists-musicians-bring-opera-to-life-in-waterville-2/">Photos: Local vocalists, musicians bring opera to life in Waterville</a> </div> <div class="summary">Students and faculty members from Colby College were also part of the recent performance of "The Black Azaleas Song Cycle" from "Post Pardon: The Opera" at the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Colby. Photographer Rich Abrahamson captured their rehearsals and live performance.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/chief-two-injured-families-displaced-after-fire-destroys-home-in-pittsfield/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/PittsfieldFireOct13-1728861477.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/chief-two-injured-families-displaced-after-fire-destroys-home-in-pittsfield/">Chief: Two injured, families displaced after fire destroys home in Pittsfield</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Office of State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the blaze, which consumed a house and damaged a nearby trailer, burning two residents and displacing two families.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/fairfield-nonprofit-opens-new-trailer-to-deliver-clothes-to-homeless-veterans/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39978364__20241013_04wings-1728853869.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/fairfield-nonprofit-opens-new-trailer-to-deliver-clothes-to-homeless-veterans/">Fairfield-based nonprofit group unveils trailer to help homeless, veterans</a> </div> <div class="summary">The new trailer is to provide winter coats, sleeping bags, snow boots, toothpaste, deodorant and other necessities each month to about 100 homeless veterans and others in need.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/one-injured-airlifted-to-hospital-after-west-forks-atv-crash/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/WestForksCrashOct12-2-1728847202.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/one-injured-airlifted-to-hospital-after-west-forks-atv-crash/">One injured, airlifted to hospital after West Forks ATV crash</a> </div> <div class="summary">The driver suffered head injuries Saturday afternoon after hitting a pothole on the Bald Mountain Trail, a popular spot for off-roading and ATV riding.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/12/over-20000-central-maine-homes-without-power-as-wind-gusts-reach-over-55-mph/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/40002069_20241012_WindAndOutages_0y27-1728753602.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/12/over-20000-central-maine-homes-without-power-as-wind-gusts-reach-over-55-mph/">Over 20,000 central Maine homes lose power as wind gusts reach over 55 mph</a> </div> <div class="summary">Restoration efforts are underway after a wind storm blew through the area Saturday but are being hampered by sustained wind speeds and uprooted trees with leaves still on the branches, officials say.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/11/waterville-to-host-first-nightmare-on-main-street/">Waterville to host ‘Nightmare on Main Street’</a> </div> <div class="summary">Halloween activities during the Oct. 26 event in downtown Waterville are to include pumpkin carving, a movie, live bands, a dance performance, a whodunit mystery show, many treats, an adult costume contest and a Taylor Swift sing-along.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/11/week-in-photos-oct-4-11-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20241010_TogusAurora_7169-2-1728657699.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/11/week-in-photos-oct-4-11-2024/">Week In Photos Oct. 4-11, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/11/waterville-board-requires-food-truck-court-fence-to-be-removed-replaced/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39967835__20241010_01popo-1728657631.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/11/waterville-board-requires-food-truck-court-fence-to-be-removed-replaced/">Waterville board requires food truck court fence to be removed, replaced</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Waterville Planning Board told PoPo's Food Truck Court developer PoPo Lu that she must replace the fence she installed around the property at 121 Kennedy Memorial Drive with a stockade fence and extend it to block headlights from shining in neighbors' windows.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/11/palmyra-road-closed-as-maine-state-police-investigate-unspecified-incident/">Man in critical condition after stabbing in Palmyra, police say</a> </div> <div class="summary">The stabbing was reported shortly before 3 a.m. at 482 Madawaska Road in Palmyra, according to Maine State Police. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/11/reporting-aside-waterville-elevator-operator-a-rare-breed/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/39955403__20241009_12elevator.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/39955403__20241009_12elevator.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/11/reporting-aside-waterville-elevator-operator-a-rare-breed/">Reporting Aside: Waterville elevator operator a rare breed</a> </div> <div class="summary">Jason Begin is one of only a few elevator operators in the country, working out of the Cyr Block Professional Building on Main Street in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/10/mid-maine-chamber-president-on-vacation-weathers-florida-hurricane/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Lindlof-hurricane-pic-1728647910.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/10/mid-maine-chamber-president-on-vacation-weathers-florida-hurricane/">Mid-Maine Chamber president on vacation weathers Florida hurricane</a> </div> <div class="summary">Kimberly Lindlof, president and CEO of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce in Waterville, described riding out Hurricane Milton at her condo in Venice, Florida, where she is vacationing.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/10/fire-destroys-barn-in-athens-dog-alerts-homeowner/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Mercier-1728594179.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/10/fire-destroys-barn-in-athens-dog-alerts-homeowner/">Fire destroys barn in Athens, dog alerts homeowner</a> </div> <div class="summary">David Mercier, who is Athens' animal control officer, was sleeping when his puppy woke him, alerting him to the fire.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/10/republican-house-candidate-from-augusta-claims-government-created-recent-hurricanes/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="APTOPIX Hurricane Milton Weather" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="APTOPIX Hurricane Milton Weather" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/APTOPIX_Hurricane_Milton_Weather_34406_789e00-1728597409.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/10/republican-house-candidate-from-augusta-claims-government-created-recent-hurricanes/">Republican House candidate from Augusta claims government created recent hurricanes</a> </div> <div class="summary">In a series of posts on Facebook, Wendy Lee MacDowell, who is running against incumbent Rep. Bill Bridgeo in House District 60, falsely claimed the government is manufacturing "weaponized weather" to target conservative states with storms and seize land for lithium mining.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/10/trio-arrested-on-drug-charges-after-search-of-hartland-home/">Sheriff: Three arrested on drug charges after search of Hartland home</a> </div> <div class="summary">Wednesday's search of the Crosby Street residence took place after a monthlong investigation into illegal drug activity at the dwelling, officials said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/09/former-umf-professor-joins-margaret-chase-smith-library-in-skowhegan-as-new-director/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/33441269_07chasesmith_20240826_-1728502394.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/09/former-umf-professor-joins-margaret-chase-smith-library-in-skowhegan-as-new-director/">Former University of Maine at Farmington professor joins Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan as new director</a> </div> <div class="summary">Chris O’Brien, a Cold War historian who was previously a professor of history at UMF, took over as the library’s director in September.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/09/theres-a-chance-to-see-the-northern-lights-in-maine-this-week/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Aurora-Forecast-1010-1728495468.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/09/theres-a-chance-to-see-the-northern-lights-in-maine-this-week/">There’s a chance to see the northern lights in Maine this week</a> </div> <div class="summary">The forecast suggests Thursday night might be a great opportunity to see the northern lights in parts of Maine.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/09/local-polling-times-and-locations-by-town/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/38709156_20240611_Voting_311.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/38709156_20240611_Voting_311.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/09/local-polling-times-and-locations-by-town/">Here are local polling times and locations by town in the central Maine area</a> </div> <div class="summary">All Maine polling locations will remain open until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/09/waterville-board-votes-to-approve-plans-for-solar-farm-on-county-road/">Waterville board votes to approve plans for solar farm off County Road</a> </div> <div class="summary"></div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/08/largest-union-at-sappis-somerset-mill-in-skowhegan-holds-rally-amid-negotiations/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/39939809_20241008_sappirally_0y39.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/39939809_20241008_sappirally_0y39.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/08/largest-union-at-sappis-somerset-mill-in-skowhegan-holds-rally-amid-negotiations/">Largest union at Sappi’s Skowhegan paper mill holds rally amid contentious contract negotiations</a> </div> <div class="summary">Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-9 recently voted to authorize a strike if needed amid ongoing contract negotiations, with forced overtime, health benefits and proposed changes to earned paid leave policies among their chief issues. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/08/man-indicted-for-alleged-kennebec-river-rail-trail-rape-attempt/">Man indicted for alleged Kennebec River Rail Trail rape attempt</a> </div> <div class="summary">James W. Oliver, 57, allegedly pushed a woman into the bushes and assaulted her in Augusta.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/08/madison-residents-to-vote-on-drug-treatment-marijuana-shop-ordinances-at-special-town-meeting/">Madison residents to vote on drug treatment, marijuana shop ordinances at special town meeting</a> </div> <div class="summary">At town meeting in June, residents voted to have town officials create ordinances that would restrict the location of outpatient substance use disorder treatment programs and allow for retail sales of medical marijuana.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/madison-will-not-buy-former-drug-store-on-old-point-avenue/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/38435266_02methadone-1715717910.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/madison-will-not-buy-former-drug-store-on-old-point-avenue/">Madison officials step away from plan to buy former drugstore building on Old Point Avenue</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Select Board decided Monday against putting the purchase of the property on a special town meeting warrant, after plans fell through for a methadone clinic there. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/three-vie-for-seat-on-oakland-based-rsu-18-board-of-directors/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/RSU-18-candidates-1-1728327431.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/three-vie-for-seat-on-oakland-based-rsu-18-board-of-directors/">Three vie for seat on Oakland-based RSU 18 board of directors</a> </div> <div class="summary">The race pits an incumbent against two political newcomers.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/vassalboro-residents-to-vote-on-environmental-cleanup-funding-sanitary-district-charter/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/37570976_20231107_vassalborovote_0y2.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/37570976_20231107_vassalborovote_0y2.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/vassalboro-residents-to-vote-on-environmental-cleanup-funding-sanitary-district-charter/">Vassalboro residents to vote on environmental cleanup funding, sanitary district charter</a> </div> <div class="summary">Voters are to decide on three referendums seeking to allocate tax revenue for environmental projects, to repair the bridge on Mill Hill Road and to change the Vassalboro Sanitary District's charter.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/watervilles-ward-7-councilor-faces-challenger-in-november-election/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Waterville-ward-7-council-candidates-collage-1728314530.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/watervilles-ward-7-councilor-faces-challenger-in-november-election/">Ward 7 city councilor in Waterville faces challenger in November election</a> </div> <div class="summary">Thomas A. McCormick Sr., who is unenrolled, is running for reelection to his Ward 7 City Council seat in the November election, and faces opposition from political newcomer Catherine Tamara Herard, a Democrat.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/winslow-schools-hire-new-special-education-director-from-augusta-district/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ChristineSchmidt-1728068768.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/winslow-schools-hire-new-special-education-director-from-augusta-district/">Winslow schools hire new special education director from Augusta district</a> </div> <div class="summary">Christine Schmidt, formerly the assistant director of special education in Augusta, says her role is particularly important as teachers report increasing emotional and behavioral dysregulation among students.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/somerset-county-voters-asked-again-to-change-register-of-deeds-to-appointed-post-in-referendum/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Registry-of-Deeds-2.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Registry-of-Deeds-2.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/somerset-county-voters-asked-again-to-change-register-of-deeds-to-appointed-post-in-referendum/">Somerset County voters asked again to change register of deeds to appointed post in referendum</a> </div> <div class="summary">County officials say it has been difficult recently to find a qualified candidate to run the Registry of Deeds, so they are posing the referendum again to voters.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/union-at-sappis-somerset-mill-in-skowhegan-authorizes-strike-plans-rally/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/29116778_02rally-1645741205.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/union-at-sappis-somerset-mill-in-skowhegan-authorizes-strike-plans-rally/">Update: Union at Sappi’s Somerset Mill in Skowhegan authorizes strike, plans rally</a> </div> <div class="summary">Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-9 voted Sept. 20 to authorize a strike and are a planning a rally for Tuesday, a news release said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/chairman-of-somerset-county-commissioners-faces-challenger-in-fairfield-norridgewock-district/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg 3000w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=750,750 750w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg 3000w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=750,750 750w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/MixCollage-04-Oct-2024-12-55-PM-8153-1728060994.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/chairman-of-somerset-county-commissioners-faces-challenger-in-fairfield-norridgewock-district/">Chairman of Somerset County Commissioners faces challenger in Fairfield-Norridgewock district</a> </div> <div class="summary"></div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/rsu-18-support-staff-administration-agree-to-labor-contract-after-months-of-tense-negotiation/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/RSU18-Union.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/RSU18-Union.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/rsu-18-support-staff-administration-agree-to-labor-contract-after-months-of-tense-negotiation/">Oakland-area school district support staff, administration agree to labor contract after months of tense negotiation</a> </div> <div class="summary">Seven months of talks that both union and school officials say were some of the most strained in the school district's history wrapped up this week with a new contract for the district's education technicians, custodians and food workers.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/fire-chief-no-obvious-cause-of-fire-at-vacant-benton-house/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Benton-fire1-1727996123.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/fire-chief-no-obvious-cause-of-fire-at-vacant-benton-house/">Fire chief: No cause yet for suspicious fire at vacant Benton house</a> </div> <div class="summary">Investigators are still looking for the cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant house at 864 Unity Road in Benton Thursday. Firefighters returned to the scene around midnight when it reignited.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/week-in-photos-sept-27-oct-4-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/37546502_20240927_ApplePicking_1008_3c8f3c-1728055821.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/week-in-photos-sept-27-oct-4-2024/">Week In Photos Sept. 27-Oct. 4, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/reporting-aside-preparing-for-the-inevitable/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/1023293364-helene2_1003-1727980989.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/04/reporting-aside-preparing-for-the-inevitable/">Reporting Aside: Preparing for the inevitable</a> </div> <div class="summary">No place is immune from severe weather events that can destroy communities, and we must heed the advice of climate experts and prepare, Amy Calder writes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/03/state-fire-investigators-probe-blaze-at-vacant-benton-house/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Benton-fire2-e1727989309410.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Benton-fire2-e1727989309410.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/03/state-fire-investigators-probe-blaze-at-vacant-benton-house/">State fire investigators look for cause of blaze at vacant house in Benton</a> </div> <div class="summary">Firefighters from several communities battled the fire Thursday afternoon at 864 Unity Road.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/03/trio-of-candidates-vie-for-two-open-seats-on-oakland-town-council/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/Oakland-council-collage-1727981797.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/03/trio-of-candidates-vie-for-two-open-seats-on-oakland-town-council/">Trio of candidates vie for two open seats on Oakland Town Council</a> </div> <div class="summary">Incumbent Dana W. Wrigley Sr. faces opposition from Shawn Michael Nava and Kelly Roderick for the pair of three-year seats on the Oakland Town Council.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/03/political-newcomer-challenges-incumbent-in-district-2-winslow-town-council-race/><img width="225" height="169" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/District-2-Winslow-Town-Council-race-1727974862.jpg?w=225&h=169&crop=1"><noscript><img width="225" height="169" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/District-2-Winslow-Town-Council-race-1727974862.jpg?w=225&h=169&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/03/political-newcomer-challenges-incumbent-in-district-2-winslow-town-council-race/">Political newcomer challenges incumbent for District 2 seat on Winslow Town Council</a> </div> <div class="summary">Incumbent Councilor Dale Macklin to face Stephen Soucy, who is seeking his first term in elected office.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/02/madison-officials-eye-buying-building-originally-planned-for-treatment-center/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/38435266_01methadone-1713839957.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/02/madison-officials-eye-buying-building-originally-planned-for-treatment-center/">Madison officials eye buying building originally planned for treatment center</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Board of Selectmen may soon ask voters to authorize the purchase of 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store in the center of Madison. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/02/fairfield-man-sentenced-to-5-years-for-assault-on-officers-at-somerset-county-jail/">Fairfield man sentenced to 5 years for assaulting officers at Somerset County Jail</a> </div> <div class="summary">William J. Douglass Jr., 39, pleaded guilty to several charges for the assaults, and to charges that he damaged a communication device from a Somerset County Sheriff’s Office vehicle.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/02/oakland-in-bloom-thanks-to-flower-volunteers/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/37542333_20241001_oaklandflowers_0y01.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/37542333_20241001_oaklandflowers_0y01.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/02/oakland-in-bloom-thanks-to-flower-volunteers/">Oakland in bloom, thanks to Flower Volunteers</a> </div> <div class="summary">Twice a year, Oakland's gardening brigade takes to the streets to bring some floral joy to those who walk or drive through town. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/02/madison-man-to-serve-year-in-prison-for-possessing-child-pornography/">Madison man to serve year in prison for possessing child pornography</a> </div> <div class="summary">John Wayne Peters, 63, pleaded guilty Tuesday to nine counts of possession of sexually explicit material of a minor younger than 12, and one count of failure to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/02/oakland-buys-property-next-to-police-fire-station-for-site-of-future-town-office/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39875049__20241902_01house-1727989756.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/02/oakland-buys-property-next-to-police-fire-station-for-site-of-future-town-office/">Oakland to demolish old house for site of future Town Office</a> </div> <div class="summary">The town plans to raze the building at 1113 Kennedy Memorial Drive this year and eventually construct a new Town Office there if voters approve plans.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/01/sagadahoc-deputy-criticized-after-lewiston-mass-shooting-advocates-for-expanding-state-mental-health-care/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/39870937_20241001_ProgressiveTreatment_2710-1727817288.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/01/sagadahoc-deputy-criticized-after-lewiston-mass-shooting-advocates-for-expanding-state-mental-health-care/">Sagadahoc deputy advocates for mental health care, bashes report from mass shooting commission</a> </div> <div class="summary">Sgt. Aaron Skolfield was joined by mental health advocates and a former legislator at a press conference Monday to publicize Maine's Progressive Treatment Program, which they say could have prevented last year's Lewiston shooting.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/01/wage-increases-more-vacation-time-at-heart-of-huhtamaki-steelworkers-contract/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/2467990_3353-01huhtamaki-1727815496.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/01/wage-increases-more-vacation-time-at-heart-of-huhtamaki-steelworkers-contract/">Wage increases, more vacation time at heart of Huhtamaki steelworkers contract</a> </div> <div class="summary">Members of United Steelworkers Local 449 at the Huhtamaki food service and packaging products mill in Waterville voted overwhelmingly to ratify a three-year contract that includes wage increases and more vacation time.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/30/pianist-aims-to-unify-through-travels-to-skowhegan-other-rural-maine-towns/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Miki-Sawada-2-1727729520.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/30/pianist-aims-to-unify-through-travels-to-skowhegan-other-rural-maine-towns/">Watch: Pianist aims to unify through travels to Skowhegan, other rural Maine towns</a> </div> <div class="summary">As part of her “Gather Hear Tour,” Boston-based pianist Miki Sawada has been playing the piano across Maine, the seventh state she has toured since the project began.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/30/maines-garlic-fest-at-lake-george-regional-park-to-return-with-new-farm-as-lead-sponsor-more-music/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/32525573_20221001-Garlic-Fest-0012-1727715300.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/30/maines-garlic-fest-at-lake-george-regional-park-to-return-with-new-farm-as-lead-sponsor-more-music/">Maine’s Garlic Fest at Lake George Regional Park to return with new farm as lead sponsor, more music</a> </div> <div class="summary">The festival on the Skowhegan-Canaan line features vendors, live music and other activities, and is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/skowhegan-area-voters-asked-to-approve-change-of-bus-garage-location/">Skowhegan-area voters asked to approve location change for planned bus garage</a> </div> <div class="summary">The proposed acquisition of the Maine DOT lot on U.S. Route 2, where the district now parks its buses, would come at no cost to local taxpayers since it is part of MSAD 54’s new elementary school construction project, according to district officials.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/central-maine-riders-officials-worry-about-transportation-contract-change/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39639377__20240925_003kvcap.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39639377__20240925_003kvcap.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/central-maine-riders-officials-worry-about-transportation-contract-change/">Central Maine riders, officials worry about transportation contract change</a> </div> <div class="summary">Maine awarded its nonemergency medical transport contract for eligible MaineCare recipients to Modivcare, but Penquis Community Action Program has appealed that decision, with KVCAP officials saying moving to Modivcare could devastate KVCAP's transportation system.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/maines-non-emergency-transport-contract-remains-under-review/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39639377__20240925_0002kvcap-1727452117.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/maines-non-emergency-transport-contract-remains-under-review/">Maine’s nonemergency transport contract remains under review</a> </div> <div class="summary">While an appeal process is ongoing, the state extended the contract with Penquis to the end of this year.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/update-fairfield-mother-and-3-year-old-son-found-safe/">Fairfield mother and 3-year-old son found safe</a> </div> <div class="summary">Star Cunningham and her son had been missing from their family's Fairfield home since Monday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/a-woke-flag-culture-war-unfurls-around-maines-new-old-design/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39685604__20240926_06flag.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39685604__20240926_06flag.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/a-woke-flag-culture-war-unfurls-around-maines-new-old-design/">A ‘woke’ flag? Culture war unfurls around Maine’s new (old) design</a> </div> <div class="summary">Some say the proposal for a new flag on the Nov. 5 ballot is an attempt to erase history, while others argue it's related to Christian nationalism. To most, though, the meanings of our state flag and its potential replacement are more personal.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/week-in-photos-sept-20-27-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/33441269__20240922_01boat-1727447033.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/week-in-photos-sept-20-27-2024/">Week In Photos Sept. 20-27, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/reporting-aside-memories-of-skowhegans-dairy-treat/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/islanddairy05271985-e1727366796790.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/islanddairy05271985-e1727366796790.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/27/reporting-aside-memories-of-skowhegans-dairy-treat/">Reporting Aside: Memories of Skowhegan’s ‘dairy treat’</a> </div> <div class="summary">While much changed around the Island Dairy Treat in Skowhegan during the 72 seasons it was in business, the ice cream stand soldiered on as a tradition that brought much joy to longtime residents and customers, Amy Calder writes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/26/two-candidates-now-in-winslow-district-4-race-after-resident-launches-write-in-campaign/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg 3000w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=750,750 750w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg 3000w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=750,750 750w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/MixCollage-26-Sep-2024-02-14-PM-9513-1727380708.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/26/two-candidates-now-in-winslow-district-4-race-after-resident-launches-write-in-campaign/">Two candidates now in District 4 race for Winslow Town Council after resident launches write-in campaign</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Nov. 5 election will decide who replaces Ray Caron, who stepped down abruptly from the council earlier this month and ended his reelection bid.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/25/former-island-dairy-treat-in-skowhegan-to-continue-as-ice-cream-stand-new-property-owner-says/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/25/former-island-dairy-treat-in-skowhegan-to-continue-as-ice-cream-stand-new-property-owner-says/">Former Island Dairy Treat in Skowhegan to continue as ice cream stand, new property owner says</a> </div> <div class="summary">The former owners of the decades-old ice cream stand said that they could not come to an agreement with the new property owner about how to keep the business in operation as it was. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/25/skowhegan-selectman-charles-robbins-resigns/><img width="150" height="225" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Chrles-Robbins-III-1727276995.jpg?w=150&h=225&crop=1"><noscript><img width="150" height="225" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Chrles-Robbins-III-1727276995.jpg?w=150&h=225&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/25/skowhegan-selectman-charles-robbins-resigns/">Skowhegan selectman to leave board due to busy schedule</a> </div> <div class="summary">Charles Robbins, elected to his second term in 2023, said he could no longer balance his duties as a selectman with family responsibilities and a busy professional life.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/25/skowhegan-selectmen-approve-final-payment-to-public-safety-building-contractor/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/21265-08142024_01safetybuilding_-1723668398.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/25/skowhegan-selectmen-approve-final-payment-to-public-safety-building-contractor/">Skowhegan selectmen approve final payment to public safety building contractor</a> </div> <div class="summary">The board had voted in August to continue withholding a final payment of $20,000 to Benchmark Construction of Westbrook. Selectmen decided Tuesday to move forward with the payment.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/24/protestors-hold-pro-lebanon-protest-in-waterville-as-part-of-national-day-of-action/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/LebanonProtest1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/LebanonProtest1.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/24/protestors-hold-pro-lebanon-protest-in-waterville-as-part-of-national-day-of-action/">Demonstrators hold pro-Lebanon protest in Waterville as part of ‘National day of action’</a> </div> <div class="summary">The 'All out for Lebanon' protest was held concurrently with hundreds of others in cities across the country in response to a barrage of Israeli attacks that have killed nearly 600 people in the last week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/24/back-in-court-after-escape-attempt-fairfield-man-gets-10-year-prison-sentence-for-child-assault/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39776123__20240924_01sentencing.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39776123__20240924_01sentencing.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/24/back-in-court-after-escape-attempt-fairfield-man-gets-10-year-prison-sentence-for-child-assault/">Back in court after escape attempt, Fairfield man gets 10-year prison sentence for assault of child</a> </div> <div class="summary">Nicholas Carter, 31, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with all but 10 years suspended in lieu of probation, after he was convicted earlier this month of aggravated assault. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/24/winslow-councilors-change-course-on-town-managers-contract/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/07ella-1727204197.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/24/winslow-councilors-change-course-on-town-managers-contract/">Winslow councilors change course on town manager’s contract</a> </div> <div class="summary">Amid months of turmoil in the town office, councilors were set to discuss giving the town manager a higher payout if she was fired by the town. Instead, councilors voted to revoke their ability to fire her without cause altogether.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/23/island-dairy-treat-in-skowhegan-closes-after-72-years/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Island-Dairy-Treat-1727124060.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/23/island-dairy-treat-in-skowhegan-closes-after-72-years/">Island Dairy Treat in Skowhegan closes after 72 seasons</a> </div> <div class="summary">Those who owned the ice cream stand at 23 Island Ave. said the property’s new owner has other plans for the location.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/23/state-police-nothing-suspicious-about-death-of-somerset-jail-inmate/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/2467990_3353-01jail-1697749129.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/23/state-police-nothing-suspicious-about-death-of-somerset-jail-inmate/">Update: ‘Nothing suspicious’ about death of Somerset County Jail inmate, state police say</a> </div> <div class="summary">A Somerset County Sheriff's Office official has identified the inmate found dead inside her cell late Friday as Amber Marie Mills, 29.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/22/police-investigate-hit-and-run-that-damaged-waterville-restaurant/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/ms.MEZZA_.0923_1200x750.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/ms.MEZZA_.0923_1200x750.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/22/police-investigate-hit-and-run-that-damaged-waterville-restaurant/">Police investigating hit-and-run that damaged Waterville restaurant, owner says</a> </div> <div class="summary">A car hit Mezza at 34 Temple St. on Friday morning, causing substantial damage. The vehicle then left the scene, according to Tom Nale Sr., the restaurant's owner.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/21/author-talks-climate-futures-at-common-ground-country-fair/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Common-ground-092124-IMG_2413.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Common-ground-092124-IMG_2413.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/21/author-talks-climate-futures-at-common-ground-country-fair/">Author talks climate future at Common Ground Country Fair</a> </div> <div class="summary">Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, author of "What if We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures," speaks Saturday at the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/21/police-investigate-death-of-somerset-jail-inmate/">Police investigate death of Somerset jail inmate</a> </div> <div class="summary">State police are investigating the death of a woman who was incarcerated at Somerset County Jail in Madison.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/21/53-year-old-albion-man-dies-in-single-vehicle-accident/">53-year-old Albion man dies in single-vehicle accident</a> </div> <div class="summary">The fatal crash Friday night is under investigation, Maine State Police said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/oakland-woman-charged-with-manslaughter-in-connection-with-2023-death-of-infant/">Oakland woman charged with manslaughter in connection with 2023 death of infant</a> </div> <div class="summary">Following a yearlong investigation into the death of a 4-month-old child, Lisa Barney, 54, of Oakland was arrested Friday on a charge of manslaughter. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/man-charged-with-murder-in-waterville-shooting-death/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/ms.watervilleshooting.0220.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/ms.watervilleshooting.0220.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/man-charged-with-murder-in-waterville-shooting-death/">Man charged with murder in Waterville shooting death</a> </div> <div class="summary">Tyler Quirion, 20, of Waterville, was arrested Friday and charged with murder, manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person in the Feb. 19 killing of Justin Iraola on South Grove Street.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/kvcap-plans-to-begin-construction-on-37-unit-waterville-apartment-complex-this-winter/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/27132738_05housing.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/27132738_05housing.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/kvcap-plans-to-begin-construction-on-37-unit-waterville-apartment-complex-this-winter/">KVCAP plans to begin construction on 37-unit Waterville apartment complex this winter</a> </div> <div class="summary">The three-story development will be located beside KVCAP's Waterville location on the corners of King and Gold streets, the organization said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/construction-to-begin-on-maines-first-halal-slaughterhouse-in-unity/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39696960__20240917_01hilal.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39696960__20240917_01hilal.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/construction-to-begin-on-maines-first-halal-slaughterhouse-in-unity/">Construction to begin in Unity on Maine’s first halal slaughterhouse</a> </div> <div class="summary">Hussam Al Rawi and his wife, Kathryn Piper, opened Five Pillars Butchery, a halal meat processing business in 2017, after moving to Maine the previous year. The couple were awarded nearly $3 million in federal grants earlier this year to add a slaughterhouse to the butchery at 119 Bangor Road.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/week-in-photos-sept-13-20-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240912_flowerbee_0y10-1726841878.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/week-in-photos-sept-13-20-2024/">Week In Photos Sept. 13-20, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/reporting-aside-a-slice-of-police-life/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Amycol-1726770454.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/20/reporting-aside-a-slice-of-police-life/">Reporting Aside: A slice of police life</a> </div> <div class="summary">Local police officers and dispatchers help save lives nearly every day, though that work often runs largely under the radar, Amy Calder writes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/19/somerset-county-commissioners-ok-contract-for-body-cameras-ai-technology/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Draft-One-promo-image-e1726771729506.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Draft-One-promo-image-e1726771729506.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/19/somerset-county-commissioners-ok-contract-for-body-cameras-ai-technology/">Somerset County Commissioners OK contract for AI technology that helps write police reports</a> </div> <div class="summary">The AI technology takes audio from body camera recordings and generates a draft template of a police report to be reviewed and edited, which proponents say can free up law enforcement officers to do other police work.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/bingham-man-claims-conspiracy-by-officials-to-punish-him-for-taking-a-sign-from-demolition-site/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Antlers-Inn-sign.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Antlers-Inn-sign.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/bingham-man-claims-conspiracy-by-officials-to-punish-him-for-taking-a-sign-from-demolition-site/">Bingham man claims conspiracy by officials to punish him for taking a sign from demolition site</a> </div> <div class="summary">In his federal lawsuit, Daigan C. Small is seeking unspecified damages from the town of Bingham, the town’s first selectman and a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy for violating his rights following a dispute over a sign worth less than $25.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/florida-reporter-to-receive-colby-college-journalism-award-for-reporting-on-haiti-2/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/JacquelineCharles3.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/JacquelineCharles3.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/florida-reporter-to-receive-colby-college-journalism-award-for-reporting-on-haiti-2/">Florida reporter to receive Colby College journalism award Friday for reporting on Haiti</a> </div> <div class="summary">Miami Herald correspondent Jacqueline Charles will receive the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for her decades of reporting on earthquakes, assassinations and more in Haiti and the Caribbean.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/florida-reporter-to-receive-colby-college-journalism-award-for-reporting-on-haiti/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/JacquelineCharles3.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/JacquelineCharles3.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/florida-reporter-to-receive-colby-college-journalism-award-for-reporting-on-haiti/">Florida reporter to receive Colby College journalism award Friday for reporting on Haiti</a> </div> <div class="summary">Miami Herald correspondent Jacqueline Charles will receive the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for her decades of reporting on earthquakes, assassinations and more in Haiti and the Caribbean.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/3-injured-in-utv-crash-sunday-in-solon/">3 injured in UTV crash Sunday in Solon</a> </div> <div class="summary">The driver of the vehicle was taken to a Portland hospital for treatment of his injuries, the Maine Warden Service said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/waterville-council-rejects-renewing-marijuana-retail-license/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39583245__20240905_01buds-1725564822.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/18/waterville-council-rejects-renewing-marijuana-retail-license/">Waterville council rejects renewing marijuana retail license. Business owner says they didn’t ‘break any laws or ordinances’.</a> </div> <div class="summary">The City Council heard from one woman who said the noise from Bobby Buds on College Avenue is so loud her ears throb when she is in her nearby apartment.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/17/jason-frost-named-new-waterville-fire-chief/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39715027_20240918_WTVLCHIEF_0y03-1726679630.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/17/jason-frost-named-new-waterville-fire-chief/">Jason Frost named new Waterville fire chief to ‘keep a good thing going’</a> </div> <div class="summary">Frost, 45, has been Waterville's deputy fire chief just under three years and will succeed fire Chief Shawn Esler, who is leaving Oct. 3 to become the state fire marshal.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/17/sheriff-2-arrested-for-drug-trafficking-after-palmyra-home-searched-a-second-time/">Sheriff: 2 arrested for drug trafficking after Palmyra home searched a second time</a> </div> <div class="summary">A search warrant was obtained as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected drug trafficking at the Madawaska Road property.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/17/if-a-tree-falls-in-a-vassalboro-cemetery-whose-job-is-it-to-clean-it-up/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39710580_20240917_VassalboroCemetery_6464.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39710580_20240917_VassalboroCemetery_6464.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/17/if-a-tree-falls-in-a-vassalboro-cemetery-whose-job-is-it-to-clean-it-up/">If a tree falls in a Vassalboro cemetery, whose job is it to clean it up?</a> </div> <div class="summary">An unannounced tree-cutting this spring ignited a debate over whether aging trees in Vassalboro's 27 cemeteries are worth the trouble of saving.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/17/with-legal-battle-looming-canaan-select-board-may-ask-new-lake-george-board-appointees-to-resign/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/37542333_20240802_lakegeorge_0y3-1726600020.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/17/with-legal-battle-looming-canaan-select-board-may-ask-new-lake-george-board-appointees-to-resign/">With legal battle looming, Canaan Select Board may ask new Lake George board appointees to resign</a> </div> <div class="summary">Attorneys representing the town of Canaan and Lake George Regional Park have not been able to reach an agreement about the terms of the five appointments made in March and whether they were made correctly.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/16/sheriff-four-arrested-in-solon-drug-bust/">Sheriff: Four arrested in Solon drug bust</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Friday at 1111 South Solon Road, finding crack cocaine, fentanyl, cash and other drug-related items inside the home, officials said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/16/common-ground-country-fair-kicks-off-friday-for-a-3-day-run/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/CommonGroundFair-1695672578.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/16/common-ground-country-fair-kicks-off-friday-for-a-3-day-run/">Common Ground Country Fair kicks off 3-day run Friday in Unity</a> </div> <div class="summary">The fair is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/16/kennebec-water-district-to-hold-public-hearing-on-proposed-customer-rate-increases/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/36864482_20230711-KWD-001.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/36864482_20230711-KWD-001.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/16/kennebec-water-district-to-hold-public-hearing-on-proposed-customer-rate-increases/">Kennebec Water District to hold public hearing on proposed customer rate increases</a> </div> <div class="summary">Members of the public will have opportunity to ask questions and comment on proposed rate increases at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the KWD complex at 131 Drummond Ave. in Waterville.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/15/update-woman-killed-on-i-95-crash-in-augusta-identified-as-brewer-woman-68/">Passenger killed in I-95 crash in Augusta identified as Brewer woman, 68</a> </div> <div class="summary">Police said Sari Ohmart was killed Friday afternoon in a five-vehicle crash after the SUV in which she was riding was hit from behind by a pickup truck near Exit 113.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/14/hundreds-of-maine-firefighters-gather-in-waterville-for-60th-state-convention/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39667871_20240914_firefighters_0y11.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/39667871_20240914_firefighters_0y11.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/14/hundreds-of-maine-firefighters-gather-in-waterville-for-60th-state-convention/">Hundreds of Maine firefighters gather in Waterville for 60th state convention</a> </div> <div class="summary">Events on Saturday during the Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention featured a parade representing the fire service from Maine’s 16 counties and a firemen’s muster featuring antique “hand tub” firefighting apparatuses.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/13/drugs-firearms-cash-dogs-and-a-stolen-motorcycle-seized-in-clinton-search/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Clinton-drug-bust-e1726249853884.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Clinton-drug-bust-e1726249853884.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/13/drugs-firearms-cash-dogs-and-a-stolen-motorcycle-seized-in-clinton-search/">Drugs, firearms, cash, dogs and a stolen motorcycle seized in Clinton search</a> </div> <div class="summary">Israel Carpenter, 47, of Main Street, Clinton, faces multiple drug charges. He is being held at Kennebec County jail in Augusta, according to police.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/13/two-men-arrested-in-the-act-of-stealing-copper-from-abandoned-winslow-junior-high/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39628603__20240912_02school-1726239727.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/13/two-men-arrested-in-the-act-of-stealing-copper-from-abandoned-winslow-junior-high/">Two men arrested ‘in the act’ of stealing copper from former Winslow Junior High</a> </div> <div class="summary">Codie Rice, 29, and Brian LeClair, 46, were arrested while cutting copper out of the abandoned building's classrooms, bathrooms and hallways, police say.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/13/week-in-photos-sept-6-13-2024/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/39598106__20240908_02bees-1726238099.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/13/week-in-photos-sept-6-13-2024/">Week In Photos Sept. 6-13, 2024</a> </div> <div class="summary">Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/13/reporting-aside-the-solace-of-a-back-porch/">Reporting Aside: The solace of a back porch</a> </div> <div class="summary">We all need a place to rest, contemplate and block out the worries of the world, Amy Calder writes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/12/video-man-convicted-of-assaulting-child-flees-skowhegan-courthouse-gets-nabbed-by-2-jurors-outside/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screen-Shot-2024-09-12-at-4.28.10-PM-e1726173593880-1726174332.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screen-Shot-2024-09-12-at-4.28.10-PM-e1726173593880-1726174332.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screen-Shot-2024-09-12-at-4.28.10-PM-e1726173593880-1726174332.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screen-Shot-2024-09-12-at-4.28.10-PM-e1726173593880-1726174332.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screen-Shot-2024-09-12-at-4.28.10-PM-e1726173593880-1726174332.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screen-Shot-2024-09-12-at-4.28.10-PM-e1726173593880-1726174332.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screen-Shot-2024-09-12-at-4.28.10-PM-e1726173593880-1726174332.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.centralmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screen-Shot-2024-09-12-at-4.28.10-PM-e1726173593880-1726174332.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" 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