5:39 PM

Understaffed, undersized and under siege: Riverview hospital struggles with safety Several photos included in this story

Data the Kennebec Journal received through a records request show the total number of injuries reported at Riverview is the highest it's been in three years, though lower than in years before that.

Killers' cases illustrate difficulties in granting freedoms to forensic patients

1:00 AM

MLB: Red Sox score in 10th, beat Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Will Middlebrooks gave Boston a comeback victory the night before with a big swing. This time, he dropped down a bunt to advance the go-ahead run.

May 16

BOOKS: Fears drive the satirical ‘Odds Against Tomorrow’

Mitchell Zukor is a disaster waiting to happen — and waiting for disasters to happen to himself and the rest of us.

6:06 PM

SNAPSHOT: 20th annual Mutt Strut

Dogs and their walkers head east at the start of the the 20th annual Mutt Strut on Saturday, along Capitol Street in Augusta.

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6:57 PM

Banker to KVCC grads: 'Being above average is simple, but it isn't easy'

Several photos included in this story The men and women graduating Saturday from Kennebec Valley Community College were urged to make the most of their opportunities through hard work, integrity and discipline.

6:53 PM

Kennebec Journal area police log, May 18, 2013

Augusta, Friday, At 8:55 a.m., there was an accident at the railroad trestle on Water Street.

6:48 PM

Waterville car-chase suspect arrested in Connecticut

Ernest Almeida, 31, of Fairfield, wanted by police after leading officers on a high-speed chase, is in custody in Connecticut.

6:35 PM

Multi-car accident, several injuries reported in Skowhegan

Police and firefighters were responding to a report of a two-vehicle rollover on North Avenue, south of Molunkus Road, in Skowhegan early Saturday evening.

6:22 PM

Charge to UMF graduates Saturday: Live united

Several photos included in this story On Saturday, 456 graduates of the University of Maine at Farmington were urged to let go of imaginary lines that needlessly divide people and keep them from joining together to support each other.
University of Maine at Farmington Class of 2013

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    6:11 PM

    Skowhegan police issue scores of parking tickets at 10-Mile Lawn Sale

    Skowhegan police Saturday handed out more than 70 tickets for improper parking during the 30th annual 10-Mile Lawn Sale.

    5:44 PM

    RSU 4 budget proposal strikes 9 teaching jobs, means higher costs to towns

    Nine teaching jobs will be cut if the proposed $17.7 million budget is adopted in Regional School Unit 4 — Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales — and each town will be billed more to support that budget.

    LePage: MaineCare broke in three weeks without new budget

    Gov. Paul LePage blasted legislative Democrats for inaction in a Friday letter, saying the Maine Department of Health and Human Services will run out of money to pay Medicaid providers in three weeks without action on a new state budget.

    Market Square makeover has Augusta merchants, officials hopeful

    Several photos included in this story A major makeover to Augusta's Market Square is set now that the city has secured a $200,000 grant, and officials and merchants hope the project will help bring more people into the heart of downtown to meet and mingle.

     6:48 AM

    Catholic Church selling many Maine properties

    Several photos included in this story The shuttering of churches may make financial sense, but it also takes its toll on parishioners, who celebrated baptisms, communions and weddings in these buildings.
    St. Francis de Sales' steeple stands as Waterville church's demolition nears end

    4:08 PM

    Bath police search for naked man who approached girl

    The man approached the 10-year-old as she played near Oak Grove Cemetery.

    Kennebec Journal Sports

    MLB: Red Sox score in 10th, beat Twins

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Will Middlebrooks gave Boston a comeback victory the night before with a big swing. This time, he dropped down a bunt to advance the go-ahead run.

    What's Happening

    BOOKS: Fears drive the satirical ‘Odds Against Tomorrow’

    Mitchell Zukor is a disaster waiting to happen — and waiting for disasters to happen to himself and the rest of us.

    News from the Morning Sentinel

    Morning Sentinel area police log, May 18, 2013

    IN BRIGHTON PLANTATION, Saturday at 1:21 a.m., a vehicle accident was reported on Mayfield Road.

    News from the Press Herald

    Flames, smoke seen at house in Saco standoff Several photos included in this story

    Police say they have had 'intermittent' contact with the man by cellphone, but the last contact was about 3:15 p.m.

    Nation & World

    Coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest

    Caleb ‘Kai’ McGillvary was sought in the killing of a N.J. lawyer.

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