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Yibin Zhao, 55, was arrested at a residence where authorities confiscated more than 200 cannabis plants as authorities continue investigating clandestine growing facilities throughout central Maine.
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Barbara and Mike Fraumeni argue the Planning Board should not have approved a quarry in the town's rural living district.
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Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for May 10-17, 2024.
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Opponents who favor nearby Mack Point as the location for the terminal criticized the state, saying it is focusing the grant application on Sears Island before completing a study of both sites.
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The $86.7 million budget passed by a 4-3 vote, with councilors in opposition objecting to rising taxes, failure to address problems downtown.
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Other area schools tried to form unified bocce teams, but could not get transportation or students in order so Gardiner Area High School teachers formed intramural teams.
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The Office of State Fire Marshal has launched an investigation into the blaze, which tore through a Marden's-owned warehouse earlier this week.
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Police say Robert J. Locke managed to work his handcuffed hands to his front while sitting in the back of a police cruiser and smash out a window Thursday after they responded to his home on neighbors' complaints that he was shooting a gun, honking his car horn and yelling at them.
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The preliminary rate for last month is 3.1%, down slightly from March, the Maine Department of Labor reports.
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Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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The Light Club, whose members fence with fake swords, meets every Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
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That's the message the Maine Climate Council hears during the first of 3 scientific briefings geared toward updating the state's climate action plan by the end of the year.
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The need to power EVs and heat pumps is expected to increase significantly in Maine in the coming decade, according to New England's grid operator.
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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the 6-year sentence given to Lee Ann Daigle, who left her infant daughter in a gravel pit after giving birth in 1985.
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Members of Robert Card's family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state's deadliest mass shooting.
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The new rules could pave the way for a small-scale lithium-ore mining operation in the western Maine town of Newry.
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The Malone Family Tower is scheduled to open next month, completing an 8-year $588 million expansion.
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County commissioners and the Budget Committee agreed to a $23.3 million spending plan after making cuts to a proposal that drew ire from municipal officials.
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Jessica Trefethen was sentenced to 47 years in prison for the death of her son, Maddox Williams, in 2022.
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The Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games drew 180 track and field athletes Thursday to Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale to compete and have fun. The annual regional track and field meet has been hosted by students in the Jobs For Maine’s Graduates program for more than 20 years, according Jarod Richmond, the school’s JMG specialist. This year, 90 volunteers from the school’s Jobs for Maine’s Graduates Program and the Key Club worked at the meet, which included 180 athletes ranging from grade school students to adults. All photos by staff photographer Joe Phelan.
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A Cornville firefighter was taken to a Skowhegan hospital Wednesday evening with an airway injury he suffered while fighting a fire at Maine Woods Pellet Co. in Athens.
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Prosecutors announced the arrests Thursday and said they believe the shooting involved 2 rival gangs who were distributing drugs in the Saco-Biddeford area.
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Dannel Malloy signed a bill repealing the death penalty while serving as governor of Connecticut in 2012.
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The University of Maine is home to the nation's largest team of engineers dedicated to floating offshore wind.
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Founded with a $10 million gift from Richard M. McVey, a member of Colby's board of trustees, the center is expected to speed scientific discovery, provide a leading edge educational program and support use of computational tools and methods across the school's curriculum, according to the college.
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‘A $400,000 hot dog stand’: Skowhegan selectmen concerned about funding for planned athletic complexBids for some aspects of the planned Skowhegan athletic complex came in higher than expected, and selectmen are concerned that current funding could be millions short of what is needed to complete the project.
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The funding is part of a $60 million storm relief package secured by Gov. Janet Mills and lawmakers during the recent legislative session.
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Fire Rescue Department receives grant to pay for majority of new turnout gear.
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Several members of Robert Card's family, including his sister and ex-wife, spoke Thursday about how they tried to get him help for months before he killed 18 people in October.
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A teaching forest is providing lessons on climate change, conservation and community.
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Fire Marshal Richard McCarthy tells lawmakers that his office is working better and morale has improved, but 'there is still work to be done.' But the union chief said employees have been disappointed so far with steps the office has taken.
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The credit rating agency cites the state's 'sustained financial improvements including a large increase in reserves and solid pension contributions practices.'
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The Maine Real Estate & Development Association’s annual spring gathering focused on creative ways to approach housing development by utilizing small lots, historic tax credits and the transformation of Portland's zoning regulations.
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The Postal Service had proposed converting the Hampden facility into a local processing center, which Maine's delegation strongly opposed.
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Treeline Inc. in Chester, Godfrey Forest Products in Jay and Tanbark in Saco will receive funding for innovative projects.
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The Augusta Fire Department is responding to about 100 more medical calls a month since changes were made by Delta Ambulance.
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Jian Ji Wu, 63, was arrested after authorities raided a Canaan residence earlier this week and found nearly 900 cannabis plants inside.
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Travis McCutcheon, 54, was working in a special education program at Portland schools until February 2023.
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Developer John Jabar Jr. previewed his plans to build a complex of eight apartment buildings on Washington Street with a possible future expansion for the Waterville Planning Board on Tuesday.
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Selectmen are preparing to turn down an offer to accept the statue from the local chamber of commerce, after voting Tuesday against putting the matter before residents at town meeting.
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The steel-sided warehouse is part of a former paper mill once owned by Scott Paper Co. and then Kimberly-Clark Corp. The former mill is now a warehouse for Marden's Surplus & Salvage.
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Maine, which reported a 16% drop, is one of four states that saw at least a 15% decline in fatal drug overdoses in 2023.
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Under a policy approved Wednesday by the Maine Principals' Association, schools will allow transgender athletes to compete on teams either according to their birth-assigned gender or gender identity.
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The dormitory, projected to open in the fall of 2026 at the Waterville campus, is expected to house 217 students.
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Emma DiPompo of Jay is co-directing with Jared Berry of Livermore.
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The rate reduction will save more than 17,500 Maine employers as much as $31 million in total workers’ comp costs, which are among the highest in the nation.
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Nobody was seriously injured when a passenger vehicle rear-ended a tractor-trailer hauling the bees on Tuesday.
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The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association claims that federal law requires the EPA to regulate toxic pollutants in sludge and take steps to prevent them from harming humans and the environment.
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Philip Hilton will be running unopposed, while Gwendolyn Doak and Louise Hiltz will be going head to head for the seat at the RSU 9 board of directors.
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The election includes contested Republican primaries in both of Maine's congressional districts, as well as 18 contested primaries for seats in the Legislature.
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Town officials are drafting a moratorium and new ordinance after a group of residents organized a petition in opposition to the proposed site of a behavioral health clinic at the former Taylor’s Drug Store.
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Ellen Bowman, now in remission after treatment for breast cancer, wants to connect children with critical illness with music to help them make sense of their anxieties and give them a creative outlet.