Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Staff Writer

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Published
February 27, 2013

Uninvited school visits earn Oakland man criminal trespass warning and littering charge

OAKLAND — A man who turned up uninvited at two elementary schools was given a criminal trespass warning, then charged with littering after he threw the warning on the ground.
Published
February 26, 2013

FirstPark hires former military man as executive director

OAKLAND — A former military man with an economic development background has been hired as the new executive director of FirstPark, a business park that is supported by 24 area communities.
Published
February 25, 2013

February snows consuming municipal budgets

A recent barrage of snowstorms is rapidly depleting municipalities of the salt, sand, fuel and overtime they have budgeted to keep the roads safe.
Published
February 24, 2013

Ice storm of ’98 spurs loggers to turn to sustainable, mechanized methods

WATERVILLE — Scott Kinney, 43, who has been logging the Maine woods since he was a teenager, remembers a particularly rough day after the ice storm of ’98.
Published
February 24, 2013

Local officials plan on LePage’s cuts not passing

Towns and cities craft budgets as though they will still receive state revenue sharing funds.
Published
February 23, 2013

Towns bemoan, then dismiss, proposed state revenue sharing suspension

At the same time they express vocal opposition to Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed elimination of state revenue sharing, many municipalities are preparing budgets that assume the dramatic cuts won’t happen.
Published
February 22, 2013

Waterville bank robber’s cash bag included dye pack

WATERVILLE — The bag of money that was stolen from KeyBank on Thursday afternoon during a robbery contained a dye pack that exploded shortly after the robber left the bank, which could mean that the robber, his clothes and the money are stained pink, police said today.
Published
February 21, 2013

Railroad liability bill blasted by opponents

AUGUSTA — A bill that would limit railroad liability for accidents at private crossings will not be approved as written, state legislators said Thursday after hearing from people opposed to the bill.
Published
February 21, 2013

Fairfield passes formal resolution to oppose tax cuts

FAIRFIELD — Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed elimination of municipal revenue sharing is so drastic that the town Council has taken the unusual measure of passing a formal resolution urging state lawmakers to oppose it.
Published
February 20, 2013

‘3 million miles of quality service’

WATERVILLE — Delta Ambulance administrators have long regarded the company as invisible to the public in central Maine.