Thorndike Day features a parade, food, crafts and live music

The daylong event organized by the Thorndike Parks & Recreation Committee, is being held until 5 p.m. in Thorndike Village, just off Gordon Hill Road.

New StoryWalk trail in Readfield on Maine’s ‘lobster lady’ highlights growth in state of the reading educational experience

A new StoryWalk was recently unveiled at Readfield Elementary School, about 15 years after the concept started to spread.

Man who killed father in Gardiner granted some unsupervised time in Augusta community

Leroy Smith III was found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity for the 2014 killing of his father at their Gardiner apartment and officials say medications have been effective in controlling his mental illness.

Fairfield takes steps to deny taxi license to those convicted of certain offenses

The Town Council took the action Wednesday in an effort to better protect people who may use a taxi service in town.

Winthrop Street fire fills apartment with smoke, sends person to hospital

Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a Thursday fire in Augusta that briefly sent one person to the hospital.

Reporting Aside: We don’t need to harp on it, but Waterville company finds the art in its work

Peter Carey and Jason Brann own PRO Moving Service in Waterville, and they do much more than move bulky things, Amy Calder writes.

Week In Photos Sept. 9-16, 2022

Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.

On this date in 2019: Farmington rocked by explosion

Boston man arrested on drug charges from Waldo, Knox counties

Bernard Holmes-Fox, 29, has been charged with three counts of drug trafficking.

Police arrest 6 people after apparent home invasion in China

An Oakland man and five others from New York were involved in the incident Wednesday on Alder Park Road, the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office said.