Skowhegan hosts Memorial Day parade, honors war dead at services

Morning sentinel

Published
May 30, 2022

Skowhegan hosts Memorial Day parade, honors war dead at services

Hundreds of people of all ages line Madison Avenue and Water Street under sunny skies Monday to watch the Memorial Day parade, ending with services at Veterans Memorial Park.
Published
May 27, 2022

Local athletes head under the lights for KVAC Large-School championships

Two central Maine athletes claim event wins; Mt. Ararat boys, Edward Little girls win team titles.
Published
May 27, 2022

Local roundup: Winthrop softball holds on in 7th inning to beat Lisbon

Maddie Perkins throws runner out at plate to give Winthrop the victory.
Published
May 27, 2022

Cony sweeps KVAC Medium School track and field titles

MCI holds off Leavitt for Small School girls crown; Leavitt runs away with Small School boys title.
Published
May 27, 2022

State investigation finds Waterville officer justified in fatal shooting of Hartland man

Police responded to a Waterville hotel in February 2021 following reports of a disturbance and found 32-year-old Eric Porter armed with a knife, according to a report by the state Attorney General's Office.

Published
May 27, 2022

Amy Calder: Two veterans had much in common, including the consequences of war

Billy Demo and Harold Haskins, longtime Skowhegan neighbors and Vietnam veterans, died within two weeks of each other, with more experiences in common than their families knew, Amy Calder writes.
Published
May 27, 2022

Former Levine’s store, family to be commemorated in Waterville

At a celebration in July, the triangular strip of land to the south of the Lockwood Hotel in downtown Waterville will be named Levine's Park and a plaque will be erected honoring store owners Ludy and Pacy Levine and their nephew, Howard Miller, who managed the store.
Published
May 26, 2022

Soldier’s letter home inspires Bossov Ballet performance at Colby College

The Bossov Ballet Theatre, which is based at Maine Central Institute, will perform an original ballet, 'I'm Still Here,' which was inspired by the book 'War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars.'
Published
May 26, 2022

Local roundup: Weather forces change to KVAC track and field championship meets

The KVAC Large School meet is now Friday at Messalonskee, while Cony will host the KVAC Small and Medium School meets.
Published
May 26, 2022

Reward offered for information on theft of guns from downtown Waterville pawnshop

Federal authorities and a trade association for the gun industry have announced a $5,000 reward for information related to the burglary at J.R.'s Trading & Pawn at 100 Elm St., where 14 handguns were stolen April 10.