Minor injuries were reported after a bus carrying students from Palermo Consolidated School to a basketball game at Temple Academy in Waterville collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of routes 32 and 137.
December 2018
Posted inLocal & State, News
Hallowell to evacuate Front Street on Friday afternoon
Augusta officials make plans to close that city’s Front Street parking and set up barricades in advance of heavy rain expected to create flooding from the Kennebec River.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Search for burglary suspect led to lockout at Gray-New Gloucester schools
The man was taken into custody about 3:45 p.m., the sheriff’s department reports.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Developers emphasize industrial, office use in ‘Plan B’ for Falmouth plaza redevelopment
The alternative project would forgo a hotel and multi-level parking garage in favor of manufacturing and warehouse space.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
LePage repeats discredited claim that most drug dealers in Maine are minorities
The governor first made such a claim in 2016, but it was disproved by a Press Herald analysis of the governor’s three-ring binder of drug arrest press releases.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Audit shows CMP billing and metering systems didn’t cause skyrocketing bills
However, Liberty Consulting Group concludes in the report to regulators that the company made the situation worse with a poor response to the thousands of complaints.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Man killed in New Hampshire was shot in the chest, police say
Raymond Eldridge, 34, was killed outside a restaurant in Dover.
Posted inCommunity
Christmas concert held in Winslow
Students of Muriel Desrosiers performed at Goudreau’s Retirement Inn.
Posted inLocal & State
Body of man found in rubble of Millinocket house destroyed by fire
The house was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
LePage, calling ranked-choice voting ‘repugnant,’ hasn’t certified Golden’s win. But it may not matter.
Attorneys for Rep. Bruce Poliquin, Rep.-elect Jared Golden and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap argue over whether Golden can be seated in Congress on Jan. 3.