Michael Shepherd

Staff Writer

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Published
January 30, 2015

All quiet as Friday storm dumps more snow on Augusta, Waterville

Few accidents were reported Friday as plowing contractors stayed busy and schools and businesses from Richmond to Kingfield called off classes for a third day this week.
Published
January 28, 2015

Central Mainers dig out after the storm, prepare for more

Many schools remained closed, but state offices and businesses reopened after Tuesday’s massive storm dumped more than a foot of snow across the region.
Published
January 26, 2015

Augusta police seek help identifying convenience store armed robber

A young man wearing a plaid jacket and bomber hat reportedly showed a gun and took cash from Augusta Quik Mart on Sunday night.
Published
January 25, 2015

Augusta Quick Mart robbed

Police told robber had a gun and got away with cash.
Published
January 25, 2015

Maine’s 2015 smelt catch ‘Hit or miss,’ but ‘better than last year’

Fishing on the Kennebec River has rebounded this year, keeping shacks occupied, but concern remains for the fishery and trouble may loom for it next year.
Published
January 25, 2015

Arsenic in well water targeted by Saviello, Gattine

Proposals by Wilton, Westbrook lawmakers would fund well testing and remediation for low-income homeowners on the heels of a study that linked arsenic to lower IQs schoolchildren.
Published
January 21, 2015

LePage: Chances ‘little to none’ that Bucksport mill restarts

The Republican governor said Verso Paper, which hopes to sell the shuttered mill to a scrap metal recycler, is run by “bottom feeders” who should leave Maine.
Published
January 18, 2015

Kennebec County jail overcrowding symptom of bigger state problem

The jail in Augusta is one of two chronically overcrowded county jails in Maine, and with a lack of funding, there is no easy solution.
Published
January 18, 2015

Police: Augusta woman charged during Sunday morning crash

Betsy Robertson, 35, of Augusta, was charged with operating under the influence after a crash that sent a Dresden man to the hospital with minor injuries.
Published
January 18, 2015

Icy roads paralyze motorists in central Maine

Dozens of vehicles reportedly slid off roads in much of central Maine on Sunday afternoon, with crashes reported from Hallowell to Somerset County.