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Published
June 29, 2022

Waterville Board of Education finalizes $28.4 million budget

The Waterville Board of Education held a special meeting Wednesday and took a second, final vote to approve a budget that gives salary increases to teachers and educational technicians.
Published
June 29, 2022

Acquisition of Hampden recycling and waste-to-energy plant expected within two weeks

The Municipal Review Committee, which represents the solid waste interests of 115 Maine municipalities, plans to buy the plant and updated the public Wednesday on the progress of the purchase.
Published
June 29, 2022

Clinton toddler dies after falling into water-filled storage bin, police say

The bin was outside the home on Elwood Drive and had filled with rainwater when the boy came upon it Tuesday and somehow toppled in, according to Clinton police Chief Stanley 'Rusty' Bell.
Published
June 29, 2022

UMaine System trustees confirm two-week extension to chancellor’s contract

Two weeks after the short-term extension was announced to state lawmakers, the University of Maine System board of trustees votes to extend Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy's contract to July 11.
Published
June 28, 2022

Waterville City Council approves $51.6 million city and school budget

Spending increases boost city's property tax rate by 35 cents per $1,000 worth of assessed valuation, instead of the planned 50 cents.

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Published
June 28, 2022

Madison man charged in sexual assault case involving child

The arrest Monday of Matthew Jacob, 33, is the second case in recent weeks of a Madison man being charged with unlawful sexual contact involving a child, according to the Somerset County Sheriff's Office.
Published
June 28, 2022

Gardiner store robber to serve 30 months in prison on felony charge

Joshua L. Brown was identified as the robber, including by his own mother, after police circulate security video image of him at the Big Apple store.
Published
June 28, 2022

Augusta man charged with kidnapping, domestic violence charges in Lincoln County

Law enforcement officers say Guy Ricketts held a woman and a man at gunpoint at a Whitefield home Sunday night before forcing the man to leave the residence with him at gunpoint.
Published
June 28, 2022

Authorities seek suspects after vandals damage beehives at Albion farm

The Kennebec County Sheriff's Office is investigating after it appears at least one vehicle, perhaps an ATV, struck several beehives over the weekend at Swan's Honey on Bessey Ridge Road in Albion.
Published
June 28, 2022

Grant program gives lifeline to central Maine farms struggling to cover rising costs

The initiative run by the Maine Farmland Trust has provided financial support to farms in Albion, Somerville, West Gardiner and elsewhere that complete a 2-year program meant to fine-tune their business plans.