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PublishedNovember 9, 2023
Police: Skowhegan man faces several charges after leading officers on chase through downtown area
Raymond Ellis Jr., 34, was being held Thursday at the Somerset County Jail in Madison after the pickup truck he was driving hit several vehicles, including three belonging to law enforcement agencies, officials said.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Somerset County voters appear to reject making register of deeds an appointed position
Preliminary results show county voters want the register of deeds to remain an elected role. Voters in Fayette, Richmond and elsewhere weighed in on their own referendum questions.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2023
A poet offers an intimate, meandering picture of rural life in Maine
Baron Wormser's memoir, 'The Road Washes Out in Spring,' was reissued in March. Its sharply observed, compassionate vignettes of his own off-the-grid life and the lives of those around him endure.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2023
Etna man, 18, who threatened ‘Lewiston part two’ posed credible risk of violence, complaint says
Michael Bowden was arrested Sunday after he appeared to threaten to commit a shooting at the Walmart Supercenter in Palmyra, where he worked previously, and an internal investigation by the company deemed him a credible threat, according to a criminal complaint.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2023
Somerset County Jail paid 140 correctional officers $133,000 in overtime case
The jail violated their labor rights from 2017-19, when administrators paid correctional officers less overtime wages than they were entitled to per federal labor laws.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2023
Somerset County commissioners seek voter OK to appoint important county post
The register of deeds works to process thousands of documents each year but the county is finding it difficult to find someone to fill the position, which is why they want to make it an appointed position rather than an elected one.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2023
Thirteen inmates at Somerset County Jail test positive for COVID-19
Two employees of the jail in Madison also tested positive for the virus, and administrators have taken steps to prevent further spread.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2023
Embden man seriously injured when his car veers off road, strikes utility pole and trees
Brendan Manning, 34, was driving north on Dunbar Hill Road in Embden on Thursday when his car left the road, according to the Somerset County Sheriff's Office.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2023
Pittsfield woman convicted on one count and acquitted of another in sex assault case
A jury in Skowhegan on Wednesday found Davina Petchonka, 39, guilty of incest, which is a misdemeanor, and a judge sentenced her to time already served.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2023
Jury begins deliberating whether Pittsfield woman sexually assaulted teenage minor
A Skowhegan jury could decide as early as Wednesday whether Davina Petchonka, 39, of Pittsfield, committed the sexual assault offenses last year.
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