Aryan Rai

Kennebec Journal

Aryan Rai is a reporter covering Hallowell, Winthrop, and other beats in central Maine for the Kennebec Journal. He graduated from Boston University in 2023 where he completed his master's degree in journalism, served as an editor for the Boston University News Service, interned as a statehouse correspondent for the Daily Hampshire Gazette and worked general assignments for the Boston Guardian. A native of India, Aryan now lives in Augusta.

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Published
August 18, 2023

Hallowell hires former Topsham officer as its new police chief

Chris Lewis will succeed Scott MacMaster, who left to become a patrol officer in Gardiner earlier this year.
Published
August 18, 2023

Local food banks join effort to ‘end’ hunger in Maine by 2030

The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future has convened a committee of 40 permanent members who will work together to implement Maine’s ‘Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030.’
Published
August 17, 2023

Jefferson man dies after car strikes pole in Chelsea

Kevin Martin, 28, died Wednesday after losing control of his vehicle on Togus Road, police said.
Published
August 16, 2023

Hallowell council passes $7.7 million budget after initially voting it down

The council is expecting the tax increase to be within 4% — less than half of the initial 9.2% projection last month.
Published
August 15, 2023

More Eurasian milfoil found near island on Cobbossee Lake

The recent discovery comes months after Maine legislators passed a law requiring the cleaning, draining and drying of boats to curb the spread of invasive plants.
Published
August 13, 2023

Longtime Manchester residents donate 68 acres of land to local trust

The Wagner Woods Conservation Area shares borders with 1,368 acres of ecological conservation landscape.
Published
August 11, 2023

Hallowell councilors to vote on $7.7 million budget that adds public works position, equipment

The spending plan would require the largest property tax increase in at least a decade, officials said.
Published
August 8, 2023

Augusta elementary school ups security after people found living on school grounds

Two people were issued trespassing notices recently after police found them living at the Lillian P. Hussey School.
Published
July 31, 2023

Large areas of milfoil found in Cobbossee Lake deal latest blow in enduring battle against invasive plant

A survey team has found large infestations of Eurasian water milfoil near the Outlet Bridge in Manchester. Divers are to gauge the extent of the spread this week.
Published
July 29, 2023

When snails invade, locals take matters into their own hands

A small group of locals gathered Saturday with paddle boards, buckets and boats to collect and dispose of invasive snails threatening the ecological balance on Washington Pond.