FARMINGTON — Environmental consultants say moving forward on a riverbank stabilization project on Whittier Road will not harm an Atlantic salmon spawning ground.
2012
Waterville City Council to consider selling Water Street house, former parks and rec building
WATERVILLE — City councilors tonight will consider selling a tax-acquired home on Water Street, as well as the former parks and recreation building on Western Avenue.
Farmington District Court, Aug. 16 to Nov. 14, 2012
FARMINGTON — The following cases, listed alphabetically R-Z, were closed from Aug. 16, 2012, to Nov. 14, 2012, in Farmington District Court.
Storm closes area schools, generates fender-benders
The first major snowstorm of the season dumped about 6 to 8 inches of snow in central Maine by Monday afternoon, closing schools, causing traffic accidents and halting work at construction sites.
Region’s school superintendents discuss responses to Sandy Hook school shooting
Even before Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn., officials at Maranacook area schools had made plans to improve building security and emergency response procedures.
Alleged drug trafficker claims case of mistaken identity
AUGUSTA — One suspect arrested in a large drug raid conducted last Friday by state drug enforcement agents and Augusta police was found hiding under a bed in a woman’s Water Street apartment.
Kennebec Journal local briefs, Dec. 17, 2012
MANCHESTER — The Planning Board meets tonight to consider requests for construction of a house adjacent to Cobbossee Lake and rock extraction at a gravel pit.
Too much speed, too little tread cause of Augusta interstate truck crash on Monday, trooper says
AUGUSTA — A big rig crash that injured the driver and tied up traffic Monday on Interstate 95 for nearly an hour was the result of excessive speed and too little tire tread in snowy conditions, police said.
Recounting the first moments in Ayla Reynolds’ disappearance
WATERVILLE — At 8:41 a.m. on Dec. 17, 2011, Justin DiPietro dialed 911 and reported that his daughter, 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds, was missing.
Sen. Daniel Inouye, war hero and Watergate investigator, dies at 88
The influential Democrat from Hawaii broke racial barriers and was the second longest serving Senator in U.S. history.