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Published
April 8, 2021

Lawyer: Donor of controversial Augusta statue might be willing to take back his gift

A lawyer representing Robert Fuller Jr., who donated the statue of Melville W. Fuller to Kennebec County in 2013, suggested his client is willing to take back his gift.
Published
April 7, 2021

Son of former Richmond police chief told student with loaded gun to tell the teacher

Tripp MacMaster, 11, said he learned from his father what to do in a situation similar to the incident at Richmond's Marcia Buker Elementary School on Tuesday.
Published
April 6, 2021

Police: 2 men with more than a kilogram of fentanyl arrested in Augusta

Kristopher Churchill, 38, of Bradford and Erick Mejia, 26, of Lawrence, Mass., were arrested Monday after a traffic stop on Interstate 95.
Published
April 6, 2021

Central Maine towns do not support amendment to state’s plan for Kennebec River

Skowhegan, Norridgewock and Madison have all submitted letters to the Maine Department of Marine Resources opposing the amendment.
Published
April 6, 2021

Richmond police respond to elementary school for student who brought loaded gun to school

Police said the student self reported the gun when bringing it to a staff member, adding everyone was safe and no threats were made in the incident.

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Published
April 6, 2021

Maine State Police to step up traffic enforcement

A policy of not enforcing some minor traffic infractions, put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, is ending.
Published
April 5, 2021

Proposed budget has Dresden considering withdrawal from Hallowell-area school district

Dresden is not the only municipality critical of Regional School Unit 2's proposed spending plan. Farmingdale and Monmouth officials are also questioning how they would pay what the district is asking.
Published
April 5, 2021

Traffic patterns changing at West Gardiner tolls

Drivers traveling north from Interstate 295 to Interstate 95 will use new tollbooths 600 feet from the existing tolls, while southbound drivers will pay at new toll plaza.
Published
April 5, 2021

Dresden files lawsuit against gravel pit, owner over violations

While Heather Beasley's appeal of a notice of violation and stop work order issued against her gravel pit is ongoing, the town has filed suit against her and the Ballard-Milligan Gravel Corp. in part over damage to Ballard Road.
Published
April 2, 2021

Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. to receive Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

On Tuesday, Colby will award Pitts, a journalist, commentator and novelist, with the award named for Lovejoy, an Albion native, Colby alumnus, journalist and abolitionist who was murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois, from an angry, pro-slavery mob.