Global Tower Partners wants to put the tower on a ridge overlooking Great Pond, the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance is opposed, and the town planning board is caught in the middle.

Snow, ice and frigid temperatures followed by a thaw are causing potholes to bloom early, to the dismay of Waterville and Augusta area public works crews.

Joel Hayden’s convictions should be reduced because he was ‘likely loaded’ on drugs and should have been charged with manslaughter, his attorney says.