Craig Crosby

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Published
November 27, 2015

New principal takes over at Monmouth Middle School

After three years without a principal of its own, the school is now under the leadership of Scott Barksdale.
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November 25, 2015

Fires break out in Augusta and Gardiner

A single-family home in Gardiner was destroyed Wednesday afternoon, and a fire in a clothes dryer damaged an apartment in Augusta.
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November 24, 2015

Longtime Pittston firefighter dies after being hit by car

Lewis “Duddy” Brown, 83, who apparently was crossing the road to his mailbox, died around 5 p.m. Monday, authorities said.
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November 22, 2015

Upper Purgatory Dam in Litchfield gets facelift

Upper Purgatory Dam off Whippoorwill Road recently underwent $28,000 in improvements that lake association officials say will set the dam up for a lengthy, safe future.
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November 20, 2015

Former Cony student lauded for restoring plaques honoring soldiers

Kelsey Rohman, a 2015 Cony High School graduate, was honored Friday for her yearlong project to restore three plaques dedicated to Cony veterans of World Wars I and II.
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November 19, 2015

Augusta council imposes demolition ban

City councilors on Thursday approved a moratorium that will prohibit for the next 180 days the destruction of any building deemed historically significant within the proposed historic district.
Published
November 18, 2015

Greene fire damages duplex

Roughly a half dozen people, including children, were forced from their homes Tuesday by a fire inside a Greene duplex.
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November 17, 2015

Readfield man charged with dozens of burglaries

Scott Struck is suspected of committing 20 burglaries in Kennebec, Androscoggin and Franklin counties.
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November 16, 2015

Sidney man killed in Augusta crash

Jacob Dufresne was killed Monday morning when he crashed his motorcycle on North Belfast Avenue.
Published
November 8, 2015

Litchfield to be home of a new grocery store

Rick and Bobbi Gowell, owners of Gowell’s Store on Richmond Road, will begin construction this week on a new $3 million grocery store affiliated with Hannaford Supermarkets.