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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner |
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| Editor | Jessica Lowell |
| Launched | January 1825 |
| Headquarters | 36 Anthony Avenue, Augusta, Maine 04330, United States |
| Circulation | 10,792 daily (as of 2012)[1] |
| ISSN | 0745-2039 |
| Website | centralmaine |
The Kennebec Journal (KJ) is a six-day morning daily newspaper published in Augusta, Maine. KJ covers Augusta and the surrounding capital area, as well as southern Kennebec County. It is also known as the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Morning Sentinel, covering news in Waterville, Maine.[2]
In 2023, the newspaper was acquired by the Maine Trust for Local News,[3] a non-profit newspaper group that also publishes the state's largest newspaper, the Portland Press Herald.
The Kennebec Journal began publishing as a weekly newspaper in 1825, five years after Maine had become a state.[4]
James G. Blaine bought half of the newspaper in 1854 and became its editor.[5] Blaine later served as United States Senator from Maine from 1876 to 1881, United States Secretary of State in 1881 and from 1889 to 1892. He was also the Republican Party's nominee for president during the 1884 election.
In November 1922, Charles F. Flint, general manager of The Kennebec Journal, and his three sons, Roy, Charles, and Leigh, purchased stock control of the newspaper.[6]
For much of the 20th century, the Journal (along with its sister papers the Press Herald and Morning Sentinel) was part of Guy Gannett Communications, a family-owned media company based in Maine.
In 1998, Guy Gannett's newspapers were sold to Blethen Maine Newspapers, a subsidiary of The Seattle Times Company. The group was sold to MaineToday Media in 2009.[7] MaineToday Media sold the newspapers to Masthead Maine in 2015,[8] which in turn sold them in 2023 to the National Trust for Local News, a non-profit organization who operates the papers under its subsidiary, the Maine Trust for Local News.[9]
Starting in April 2025, the paper will be printed five days a week instead of six and will be delivered by mail via U.S. Postal Service instead of newspaper carriers.[10]
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The Kennebec Journal (KJ) is a six-day morning daily newspaper published in Augusta, Maine. KJ covers Augusta and the surrounding capital area, as well as southern Kennebec County. It is also known as the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Morning Sentinel, covering news in Waterville, Maine. In 2023, the newspaper was acquired by the Maine Trust for Local News, a non-profit newspaper group that also publishes the state's largest newspaper, the Portland Press Herald.
The Journal Building (also known as the Gannett Building and Handley Hall) is a historic commercial building at 325-331 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1899 to a design by Arthur G. Wing, it is a fine local example of commercial Renaissance Revival architecture. It was for main years home to Augusta's leading newspaper, the Kennebec Journal. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is now occupied by facilities of the University of Maine at Augusta.
Kennebec Arsenal is a historic arsenal on Arsenal Street in Augusta, Maine. Largely developed between 1828 and 1838 in part because of border disputes with neighboring New Brunswick, it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2000 as a good example of a nearly intact early 19th-century munitions storage facility. The arsenal property was garrisoned until 1901, after which it was turned over to the State of Maine as an expansion of the adjacent Maine State Hospital. The state for many years housed mental health patients there.
Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator for Maine since 1997. A member of the Republican Party, she is Maine's longest-serving member of Congress and the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate. Collins has chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee since 2025. Born in Caribou, Maine, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Beginning her career as a staff assistant for Senator William Cohen in 1975, she became staff director of the Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs in 1981. Governor John R. McKernan Jr. then appointed her commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation in 1987. In 1992 President George H. W. Bush appointed her director of the Small Business Administration's regional office in Boston. Collins became a deputy state treasurer in the office of the treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts in 1993. After moving back to Maine in 1994, she became the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in the 1994 general election. She was the first female major-party nominee for the post, finishing third in a four-way race with 23% of the vote. After her bid, she became the founding director of the Center for Family Business at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. Collins was first elected to the Senate in 1996 and has been reelected every six years since. She chaired the Senate Special Committee on Aging from 2015 to 2021 and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs from 2003 to 2007. Collins is the dean of Maine's congressional delegation and was the only New England Republican in the 116th through 119th Congresses. She is one of only two Republicans representing a Northeastern state in the Senate, and since 2019, the only Republican holding statewide office in Maine. In 2021, Collins became the longest-serving Republican female senator in history, surpassing Margaret Chase Smith, who held the same Senate seat. Generally seen as a moderate Republican, Collins is often a pivotal vote in the Senate. She was one of three Republicans to vote against a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act. She was the sole Republican to vote against confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and one of three to vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson. Meanwhile, as a pro-choice Republican, Collins drew scrutiny for her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, who joined the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade. In procedural issues, she has maintained her support for the 60-vote Senate threshold, arguing for bipartisan compromise and preserving the filibuster. During the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton, Collins was one of the few Republican senators who voted to acquit him on both charges. During the first impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Collins joined most other Senate Republicans in voting to acquit on both charges. In his second impeachment trial, she was one of seven Republicans to vote to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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