Craig Crosby

Staff Writer

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January 18, 2014

Local addiction recovery program gets new home in Augusta

Maine Alliance for Addiction Recovery coordinator Darren Ripley said the new location will allow the program to have a greater reach into the community.
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January 17, 2014

Winthrop to reconsider school budget vote

Council calls emergency meeting to reconsider the budget a week after slashing $100,000, and the school department’s response that it would mean layoffs.
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January 16, 2014

South Gardiner father faces child porn charge

Justin Nichols, 39, was arrested at his home Monday and charged with one count of possessing sexually explicit material.
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January 15, 2014

Winthrop teachers may face layoff after council cuts $100,000

Budget goes to voters Feb. 11, but teachers need 90 days’ notice for a layoff, so notices would go out Monday.
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January 13, 2014

Winthrop takes over ambulance service in Monmouth

Town’s contract with Monmouth Rescue Association expired Monday after 34 years of service.
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January 12, 2014

Readfield archer hits the mark

Maranacook High School junior Charlie Weinstein is ranked as one of the top archers in the nation.
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January 11, 2014

Litchfield murderer returned to Warren

Michael Boucher, convicted of killing Debra Dill in 1973, was returned to Maine State Prison from a minimum security facility Down East.
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January 8, 2014

Windsor man pleads guilty in death of Augusta woman

Joshua Erskine says he was high on marijuana and prescription drugs when his Jeep plowed into Ruth Epperson nearly two years ago.
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January 6, 2014

Fire destroys homes in Readfield, Monmouth

No one was hurt in either blaze, in which firefighters were challenged by rain and icy conditions.
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January 4, 2014

Augusta police continue to uncover department’s history

Ongoing search for department history yields links to the Civil War, other interesting facts.