A group of residents are asking Starks selectmen for a moratorium on telecommunications towers, following an application by a Massachusetts-based company to build a cellphone tower on Abijah Hill Road.
July 2013
STILL LIFE: River Fest prep
Jeff Humphrey of the Are You Ready To Party company today erects a tent beside the Skowhegan Chamber of Commerce, for the six-day River Fest event that begins Tuesday.
STILL LIFE: Needle sweep
Rod Steele uses a garden rake to scrape pine needles, so he can re-roof a shed at his home in Solon, today.
SNAPSHOT: Overcast caster
Mathias Deming, of Winthrop, casts today on the Kennebec River in Hallowell while fishing a buddy.
SNAPSHOT: Cucumber stack
Roy Harrington stacks cucumbers that he dipped in water at the farm stand next to his family’s plot in Manchester on Sunday.
SNAPSHOT: Hallowell Farmers’ Market
John Strieff sets up the 3 Level Farm booth for the Hallowell Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, near the corner of Water and Winthrop Streets in Hallowell.
Ex-FBI agent says Bulger denied being informant
Robert Fitzpatrick is the first defense witness to testify in the trial of ‘Whitey’ Bulger, who allegedly led the Winter Hill Gang in Boston.
Morning Sentinel area police log, July 29, 2013
IN BENTON, Friday at 6:23 p.m., harassment was reported, peace restored on Unity Road.
Roof partially collapses on retail store in North Windham
A thunderstorm with heavy rain had just passed through the Route 302 area when a pipe broke.
New sentencing hearings ordered for 4 N.H. teenage killers
The rulings follow a U.S. Supreme Court decision that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles is unconstitutional.