Until this year, when river levels were low, the shad were so plentiful a person with little skill could catch 30 shad in that area in three or four hours, according to Grenier, who said this year the average was about 15. The polluted history of the river is so ingrained in generations of people that many may not be aware of the recreational opportunities the Kennebec now provides in Waterville and Winslow, they say. It is now a destination spot for fishing, boating, canoeing and kayaking in places below the Lockwood Dam and downriver, Maine guides and others say. The scene along the river is far different from the 1970s when people were warned away from the Kennebec. “There’s bottleneck sturgeon that have come all the way from the ocean up to Waterville.” “If you sit on a park bench in Ticonic Bay in June or early July and look out on the river, you’re going to see sturgeon jumping out of the water and you’re talking 6-foot sturgeon,” Grenier said. Bald eagles can be seen flying overhead, sturgeon jump into the air and shad, or river herring, are plentiful in spring and early summer. Grenier has fished many years in Ticonic Bay on the Kennebec - the area between the Lockwood Dam in downtown Waterville and the rapids by Halifax Park in Winslow - taking hundreds of people to fish and enjoy the wildlife.
“We’ve come a long way since then, but we have a long ways to go,” said Grenier, now 74, of Waterville. That was before the Clean Water Act of 1972 was enacted when rivers including the Kennebec River were open sewers, he said. In advertising awards, Dawn Tantum won first place for an advertising campaign or series, "Safety Series," and Alicia Tuttle won first place for best supplement cover, "Fall Home and Garden."Īs a whole, the staff of Central Maine Sunday finished third in the General Excellence weekend category.WATERVILLE - Willie Grenier remembers casting a line in the Androscoggin River in the Lewiston-Auburn area when he was 12 and hearing a toilet flush nearby, its contents flowing right through a pipe into the water. Pinette won first place for a news headline, "Anxiety on the ride," accompanying a front page story exploring students' mental health in schools during the pandemic. Levinsky also won first place for a political story, "Which Nadeau is running for office," as well as first place for a food story/feature, "'Donut Day' at the Amish Community Market in Unity brings people together." Seamans also won first place for a spot news photo showing firefighters responding to a fully-involved apartment building fire on Carey Lane in the South End of Waterville during the early morning hours.Ībrahamson won first place for a scenic photo showing a deer dashing across a road in Mercer, as well as first place for a feature photo showing a dog watching as Patrick Higgins raises a 20-inch pickerel while ice fishing in Fairfield.Ībbott and Levinsky won first place for a continuing story based on their coverage of Unity College laying off 15% of its staff and announcing plans to transform its educational model. The papers also had first-place entries for former news reporter Greg Levinsky and a posthumous first place for opinion columnist George Smith. Seamans and Rich Abrahamson news reporter Taylor Abbott sports reporter Drew Bonifant and copydesk editor Ben Pinette. The Maine Press Association held its annual awards ceremony virtually Saturday night, opting for the second year in a row for an online presentation instead of an in-person gathering because of the coronavirus pandemic.Īmong staff at the central Maine newspapers, first-place winners in individual categories among the state's daily newspapers were photographers Michael G. In all, the Central Maine newspapers had more than 30 awards across a variety of categories for Maine's newspapers as part of the 2020 Better Newspaper Contest for reporters, photographers, editors, designers, production, advertising and circulation. 14-The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel staff received a number of top honors Saturday as part of the annual Maine Press Association ceremony held virtually.
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