Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

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Published
July 2, 2013

Soggy summer dampens Fourth festivities, festers flower beds

A rainier than average early summer continues to take its toll on central Maine as the Fourth of July approaches, canceling or postponing pre-holiday festivities, rotting garden flowers and causing a minor collapse near a roadway that is threatened by erosion.
Published
July 1, 2013

Timeline: Smoking regulations in central Maine

Here is a timeline of smoking regulations affecting central Maine since 1999.
Published
July 1, 2013

Oakland considering smoking ban at parks, town beach

The Oakland Town Council will consider upgrading a public smoking policy that people not smoke in public areas to a ban that police can enforce.
Published
June 30, 2013

Better excise tax collections to cover Oakland’s revenue sharing losses

Oakland Town Councilors expect increased excise tax collections to make up for a loss of state revenue sharing, avoiding the scenarios of service cuts or tax hikes that are playing out in other towns throughout the state.
Published
June 28, 2013

New Fairfield police chief served decades in Livermore Falls

Thomas Gould, 47, a 25-year veteran of the Livermore Falls police department, will become Fairfield’s new police chief on July 15.
Published
June 28, 2013

Hermit film to preview in Maine

A shortened version of a documentary about Christopher Knight, better known as the North Pond Hermit, will be aired during the Maine International Film Festival, which begins July 12 in Waterville.
Published
June 27, 2013

Police name 6 arrested in Fairfield track protest

The protesters tried to block a Pan Am train expected to pass through town Thursday evening by erecting a makeshift wooden scaffold on the tracks.
Published
June 27, 2013

MaineGeneral’s Seton campus sold to Waterville developer for $500K

The Seton campus of MaineGeneral Health has been sold for $500,000 to a company affiliated with developer Kevin Mattson, who previously purchased the Augusta hospital, according to Chuck Hays, MaineGeneral’s chief executive officer.
Published
June 26, 2013

Oakland reminds residents of fireworks ordinance pre-Fourth of July

Oakland town officials are spreading the word about the fireworks ordinance before the Independence Day holiday.
Published
June 25, 2013

MaineGeneral to relocate 180 employees to Waterville’s Hathaway center

It won’t add jobs, but the Hathaway developer expects it to spur further development.