Correctional Health Partners, which has also terminated services at the Androscoggin County jail, is seeking to recoup what is says are about $350,000 of additional costs, but county officials say the Colorado-based company has provided few details to justify the bill.
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Posted inHealth
Even simple exercise may help aging brain, study hints
Stretching and balancing moves can be as beneficial as an aerobic workout.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Augusta animal shelter breaks ground for larger, more animal-friendly facility on farmland
Officials with the shelter, to be called Nancy Shuman Shelter on Leighton Road, is still working to reach $7.7 million fundraising goal to pay for construction.
Posted inBusiness, News
Commission delays decision on changing minimum size of harvested lobsters
Regulators are investigating further the impact of the proposal on dealers and processors who import Canadian lobster.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
Mac Jones working through growing pains with Patriots new offense
New England is installing a new offense and the results haven’t been pretty in training camp.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Kennebec County, sheriff’s deputies settle new contract with 9% raise
The pay increase brings Kennebec County from the bottom third in deputy pay to the top third at a time when law enforcement agencies are dangling incentives like sign-on bonuses to fill vacancies.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
House panel subpoenas gunmaker for data on rifle sales
The gunmaker Smith & Wesson is facing new scrutiny from Congress, and its CEO refused to appear for a hearing on the firearms frequently used in mass shootings.
Posted inUncategorized
Auditions to be held for ‘Rocky Horror Show’ production
Local theater company Rocky for Equality, in partnership with Community Little Theatre, will hold auditions for their production of Richard O’Brien’s “Rocky Horror Show.” Auditions will take place at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14, and Monday, Aug. 15, at Community Little Theatre in Auburn. Call-backs are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16. […]
Posted inNation & World
Sandy Hook dad says Infowars’ Alex Jones made his life a ‘living hell’
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, on trial in a civil case, claimed the 2012 attack that killed 20 first-graders and 6 staffers at the Connecticut school was a hoax or faked.
Posted inSports
As long as the LIV Golf money is there, temptation won’t be too far behind
Commentary: Golfers on the LIV Tour – from top to bottom – are making unprecedented amounts of money and that will continue to be an attraction.