Road repairs, school health workers, and superintendent costs are among the new spending proposals.
Charles Eichacker
Charles Eichacker covers crime and general news in the Winthrop area, but his side interests include health, politics, culture and the outdoors. A Maryland native, he first came to Maine in 2004 to attend Colby College. After several years away, including a stint teaching English in China for the Peace Corps, he returned in 2014 for a job at the Ellsworth American. He started writing for the Kennebec Journal in spring 2016. An Eagle Scout and sometimes karaoke singer, his short term life goals include running a marathon, growing tomatoes and playing “Ziggy Stardust” on guitar.
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Police: Chelsea man seriously injured in Augusta car crash Friday night
Police haven’t identified the man, who was driving east on South Belfast Avenue when his car left the road.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Republican candidates vying to run for Hallowell, Manchester, West Gardiner house seat
The seat is currently occupied by Rep. Charlotte Warren, a Hallowell Democrat running for reelection.
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Augusta man critically injured by early morning apartment fire
The fire itself did not spread to the rest of the apartment building Friday morning.
Posted inFood, Local & State
Winthrop Farmers Market reopens with more vendors after hiatus last year
The farmers market will open Thursday afternoons in a parking lot at the intersection of Route 133 and Summer Street.
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Recovering addicts speak with teens as part of Whitefield physician’s experiment in prevention
Roy Miller has been holding the talks at the Boys and Girls Club of Augusta but hopes to expand them into Cony High School.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Sidney home invasion, hammer attack land man at least 20 years in prison
Dreaquan Foster, 23, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center after pleading guilty to charges related to the break-in and attack.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Police: Windsor woman drove 32 mph over speed limit while intoxicated
The woman, 23-year-old Harley Rae Graziano, was also charged with resisting arrest after her boyfriend reported her erratic driving Tuesday night.
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Fire destroys single story home in Winthrop early Tuesday morning
The woman renting the property made it out safely with her boyfriend, a couple children and a dog, but some cats were unaccounted for, the fire chief said.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Picket fence, small gate at Hallowell restaurant ripped away in apparent hit-and-run
The crash outside of Slates happened late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, police said.