Oakland area superintendent says nearly all schools have students and staff in quarantine

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Published
December 2, 2020

Oakland area superintendent says nearly all schools have students and staff in quarantine

"We have students and staff in most buildings that are quarantining," Regional School Unit 18 Superintendent Carl Gartley said.
Published
December 2, 2020

Waterville council takes first vote to loosen chicken requirements

The City Council on Tuesday voted 5-2 to decrease the required minimum lot size for keeping chickens from 10,000 to 8,000 square feet and are scheduled to take a final vote Dec. 15.
Published
December 2, 2020

Staff member of Fairfield area school district tests positive for COVID-19, superintendent says

A positive case of COVID-19 in a staff member at Benton Elementary School has brought the number of cases in SAD 49 to a total of five.
Published
December 1, 2020

Waterville council gives initial OK to TIF District, awards contract for 2-way traffic project

City Manager Michael Roy emphasized that while the three properties are owned by Colby College, the TIF district doesn't have anything to do with Colby and Colby will realize no benefit from the city's actions.
Published
December 1, 2020

Fate of Kennebec County’s Melville Fuller statue debated

A public hearing Tuesday draws a wide range of comments and suggestions about the statue honoring the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who presided over the court when the "separate but equal" doctrine was enshrined into U.S. law, paving the way for decades of racial segregation.

Published
December 1, 2020

Manchester woman injured after high winds down trees on Hammonds Grove home

Herta Freeman sustained large lacerations on her head, but was largely unharmed, after being pinned under debris after a tree fell on her son's home Monday night.
Published
December 1, 2020

Augusta police searching for man who gave wrong name after Thanksgiving arrest

Police have a warrant out for the arrest of Jason Hewett, 35, of Fayette, who gave the name of a relative when he was arrested Thursday.
Published
December 1, 2020

Augusta courthouse remains closed as another two employees test positive for COVID-19

The Capital Judicial Center is expected to remain closed to the public all week due to a lack of staff. It is slated to reopen to the public Monday, Dec. 7.
Published
December 1, 2020

Storm causes thousands of power outages across central Maine

As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, Central Maine Power Co. reported 9,783 power outages across Kennebec County, or slightly more than 13% of CMP's customers in the county.
Published
November 30, 2020

Winslow School Board unanimously approves winter sports season

The board voted to adopt the Maine Principal's Associations plan for winter sports.