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CentralMaine.com’s most-read stories of 2021
Trash at Walmart, the marriage of an Oxford Hills grad and a historic Waterville drug bust sparked the interest of readers this year. Here are our 25 most-read stories:
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Tony Bennett said he's asked managers for three years to clean up garbage to keep it out of the Androscoggin River. -
Rochelle Hager, 31, died Monday when a large pine tree branch fell onto her car during strong winds, as she drove on Knowlton Corner Road in Farmington. -
Inspired by recent news about Sen. Cruz and the family dog, J.P. Devine recalls a warm story during the ice storm of 1998 involving his two dogs, Polo, an aging sheepdog, and Louie Louie, a miniature schnauzer. -
Dan Jewett, a chemistry teacher in Seattle and a member of the Oxford Hills Class of 1994, marries MacKenzie Scott, a philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. -
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Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, Rosalyn Jean and baby girl died when hit by car driven by Chelsea man. -
Fentanyl and cocaine with an estimated street value of $780,000 was seized from an apartment on College Avenue in the largest discovery of illegal narcotics in the Waterville’s history.
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High winds brought down a branch onto the roof of a car and killed its driver, police said. -
Kim Crouse discovered last Wednesday that her primary account at KeyBank had been frozen over unspecified claims of unemployment fraud, a mix-up that took more than a week to be addressed. -
A shooting occurred Saturday on Western Avenue in Waterville, but state and local police are not commenting on the incident. -
Cancun Mexican Restaurant must immediately address violations found by a state health inspector, according to a report dated Dec. 8. -
With the virus raging across interior parts of the state, hospitals are already under stress as holidays, winter and the omicron variant lie ahead. -
David Lidstone, who grew up in Maine, has resisted efforts to leave the cabin he has lived in for 27 years since a judge issued an order for him to vacate in 2017. -
Pete Bolduc worked as a teacher at Winslow High School for 15 years, joined the football coaching staff in 2010 and was later named co-head coach. -
The crash reportedly involved one car that also hit a utility pole. The driver's identity and condition were not known Thursday night. -
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife issued the advisory Tuesday after finding high levels of 'forever chemicals,' or PFAS, in deer in the area. -
Ayla's mother, Trista Reynolds, is making progress in her civil lawsuit that seeks to hold the child's father, Justin DiPietro, accountable in the case that's nearing its 10th anniversary. -
UPDATE: A loud boom has been heard at the scene of a Livermore Falls standoff and smoke has been reported. -
The property, which encompasses 130-138 Water St., is currently listed via LUX Realty with a sale pending for roughly $3 million. -
Maine is on pace to lose more than 600 residents to overdose this year, which would shatter the record set just last year.
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Real-time statewide results from the 2021 election. Use the navigation below to view map to view town-by-town results for Question 1, or search for towns in the field below. Polls close at 8 p.m. -
An armed man was in a standoff with police Thursday morning after being pursued by authorities across Kennebec and Somerset counties. -
Officials say the trail, known as the Madison Branch, will particularly appeal to snowmobilers and ATV riders as it extends from Oakland north into Norridgewock, Madison, Embden and other towns. -
CSX Corp., the freight rail system whose tracks cross nearly every state east of the Mississippi River, is buying Pan Am Railways, extending its network into northern New England. -
Maine State Police say their investigation revealed the boy's sibling found a gun in a closet Saturday morning, loaded it and fired one round.