Gary Hinkley picks up trash along Route 17 on Saturday in Manchester. He was part of the Manchester Conservation Commission’s annual roadside cleanup event. More than 40 people helped to pull trash, tires, and recyclables off the roadsides. Boy Scouts Troop 622, Cub Scout Pack 622 and the Hope Baptist Church were involved in the event.
May 2013
STILL LIFE: Women Build Day
Tina Cook, far left, Khristina Thayer, left center, Kelsey Atwood, right center and Alice Stinson measure vinyl siding during the Lowe’s Women Build Day at the Habitat for Humanity house on Jaques Lane in Oakland on Saturday. About 30 women volunteered their skills and sweat for the day, making up nearly 75 percent of the workforce at the job site.
Morning Sentinel area police log, May 4, 2013
IN ANSON, Friday at 12:15 p.m., a report of trespassing was investigated on Church Street.
Failed sprinker system helped fire ravage downtown Waterville building, chief says
A sprinkler system that was not working is to blame for much of the damage to an 18 Main St., Waterville building that caught fire Friday afternoon, investigators said.
North Pond Hermit’s alleged victims claim property in Skowhegan
About 40 North Pond camp owners attended a private meeting with District Attorney Maeghan Maloney on Saturday, and were asked to list items stolen from them at some point over the last two decades, allegedly by Christopher Knight, the North Pond Hermit, so troopers could search for them among the evidence.
Kennebec Journal area police log, May 4, 2013
AUGUSTA, Saturday, At 4:04 p.m., a 35-year-old Litchfield man was issued a summons charging him with theft following a report of shoplifting at Hannaford, Cony Street.
STILL LIFE: Blissful reflection
Maggie Feine enjoys an ice cream cone with her friend, Kayla Turner, seen in the reflection of Feine’s sunglasses, at North Street Dairy Cone in Waterville on a warm Thursday afternoon.
Winslow brush fire torches quarter-acre near Fort Halifax Saturday
A brush fire that started near a Winslow playground Saturday afternoon is being investigated by the Maine Forest Service, fire officials said Saturday.
Fire destroys Wayne barn, burns nearby woods Saturday
Firefighters from nine towns spent almost four hours Saturday afternoon battling a barn fire that spread to several acres of a field and then to the woods just off Berry Road in Wayne
Twins take top scholarships in Taconnet Federal Credit Union contest
Lawrence High School senior Sawyer Letourneau and his twin sister, Sasha, won the top two prizes in a scholarship contest promoted by Taconnet Credit Union.