Vacationland Cup 2025 was held Saturday night at a jam-packed Colisee. Staff photos by Russ Dillingham
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Photo album: Lisbon High School sends off 69 graduates
Lisbon High School’s class of 2024 closed out their high school careers Sunday with a ceremony at the school.
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In photos: How Rangeley saw the moment of totality
Thousands of people watching Monday’s total eclipse of the sun from Rangeley knew just what to say as a midday darkness descended: ‘Oooooh’ or perhaps ‘aaaaaah.’
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
In photos: Cooper Flagg’s rise as a basketball star from Maine
Here’s a look back Flagg’s start as a freshman at Nokomis High School in Newport and beyond as the basketball powerhouse emerges as a top young player in the country. Flagg, now playing for Montverde Academy and soon to be playing for Duke University, is returning for a pair of sold-out games Friday and Saturday night at the Cross Insurance Arena and at the Portland Expo.
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Photos: Mainer killed at Pearl Harbor laid to rest nearly 82 years later at Augusta cemetery
The remains of Ensign Stanley Willis Allen, who was born in Bethel and lived in Brunswick, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was buried with full military honors on Tuesday at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Photos are by Kennebec Journal photographer Ashley Allen.
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Photos: It’s tourney time! Crew works to make sure Augusta prepared
The high school basketball tournament begins Friday and the Augusta Civic Center is one of three sites in Maine hosting games. The court at the civic center was assembled Tuesday for one of the most popular tournaments the center hosts each year. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.
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Photos: Homeless people in central Maine brave the elements
The Sun Journal and Kennebec Journal captured views of homeless people as winter sets in across the region.
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Photos: State’s first ‘comfort dog’ starts paw patrol duty at dispatch center
Baxter, a 5-month-old chocolate lab, will become the state’s first “comfort dog” and will be based at the Augusta Regional Communications Center. Baxter was trained by Hero Pups, a nonprofit based in New Hampshire, and his mission is to “provide health and mood-boosting benefits” to the emergency-service personnel and the community. Photos taken by Kennbec Journal photojournalist Joe Phelan.