IN BELGRADE, Friday at 2:30 p.m., a protection order violation was investigated on Pheasant Run Road.
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Badly abused dog put down by Somerset Animal Shelter
SKOWHEGAN — A dog taken to the Somerset Animal Shelter last week was so badly abused and neglected it was euthanized the same day.
LePage administration’s budget boss urges immediate $35 million spending halt
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage moved one step closer Monday to ordering immediate cuts to the state budget.
Madison high school principal ousted as SAD 59’s cash flow, enrollment shrink
MADISON — The principal of Madison Area Memorial High School was fired because of what the superintendent has called a need for administrative restructuring.
Police probe drive-by shooting at IBEW building in Fairfield on Thursday
FAIRFIELD — A local union is investigating ways to improve security at its downtown hall four days after the lobby windows were shot out.
Cony High School principal named interim Augusta schools superintendent
AUGUSTA — Cony High School Principal James Anastasio was named interim superintendent, and Special Education Director Donna Madore assistant superintendent by the Board of Education Monday.
SNAPSHOT: Gardiner library book sale
Nan Spaulding, standing left, and Mary Perkins, seated right, look for books to buy on Monday morning at the Gardiner Public Library. Monday was a “buck-a-bag” sale day following the semiannual book sale held on Saturday. The next one will be held in June 2013, according to Library Director Anne Davis.
Familiar faces seek Maine’s top political offices
The three Republicans who now hold the state’s constitutional offices will likely lose their jobs.
SNAPSHOT: Sign painter
Tim Wing, of Northeast Painting and Coating, puts another coat of blue onto a Marketplace at Augusta sign on Monday afternoon in Augusta. The letters are inset, so he was able to just go over them with a roller. He said that the signs would be topped off with a new sign for the Walmart Supercenter.
First same-sex marriages could happen before New Year
PORTLAND — Gay couples in Maine will be able to get married before the end of the year, possibly as early as Dec. 29 in some cities and towns, now that the state has certified the Nov. 6 election results, the secretary of state’s office said Monday.