Michael Shepherd

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Published
August 10, 2014

Augusta senior housing development moves forward

Pending government approvals, developers plan to open 47 units for low-income senior in the former Hodgkins Middle School building by 2016.
Published
August 7, 2014

City council names O’Brien Augusta’s interim mayor

Voters will pick his long-term replacement in November and also will decide whether to repeal the city’s superintendent residency requirement.
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August 6, 2014

Police optimistic they’ll nab Manchester pharmacy robber

Kennebec County Sheriff Randall Liberty said his office has received many tips about a possible suspect’s name.
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August 5, 2014

Two Augusta councilors to vie for three-month mayoral stint

Mark O’Brien is likely to fill William Stokes’ shoes until November, while Michael Byron said he doesn’t have the votes to win.
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August 4, 2014

Monmouth Fair winds down on a day for the horses

A veteran puller says the competition would be ‘a dying art’ without competitors like 10-year-old Logan Robinson of Litchfield.
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August 3, 2014

Manchester Rite Aid pharmacy robbed Sunday afternoon

Lone man wearing Yankees hat makes off with oxycodone in first pharmacy robbery of the year in the Augusta area.
Published
August 2, 2014

Eight decades after Earhart’s visit to Maine, female pilots scarce

A group of female fliers that honored the legendary aviator’s 1934 visit to Augusta on Saturday, wants to add more women to it ranks.
Published
August 2, 2014

Winthrop girl with ‘everything going for her’ dies early Saturday

Kelsey Stoneton, 17, ‘meant everything to us,’ said her father, the athletic director at the town’s schools.
Published
July 31, 2014

In Maine’s 2nd District, a debate over debates

Democrat Emily Cain and independent Blaine Richardson, at a joint press conference, oppose Republican Bruce Poliquin’s insistence that Richardson not be included.
Published
July 31, 2014

Hallowell’s self-proclaimed ‘richest old woman’ dies at 93

Writer Katy Perry was ‘a community connector,’ says the director of a local art gallery.