WATERVILLE — A city man was arrested today on charges that he robbed Bank of America on Main Street after threatening a teller with a bomb, prompting an evacuation of the downtown area. But there was no bomb, police said, and the man was apprehended quickly thanks to four citizens who helped track and nab him.
Scott Monroe
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Familiar faces vie for Pittsfield council seat
PITTSFIELD — Two local women are vying for an open seat on the Town Council in the Nov. 8 election.
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Water district seat contested
WINSLOW — Competition isn’t a word normally associated with elections to the board of trustees for the Kennebec Water District.
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Man suffers broken leg, arm in vehicle accident
NEWPORT — Matthew Downing was outside in his mother-in-law’s driveway Halloween night, working at the front of his wife’s van because it wouldn’t start.
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Colby election event flops
WATERVILLE — Expecting crowds of 100 or more, the city spent an extra $192 to hire additional staff to process absentee ballot requests on Wednesday for students at Colby College.
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Colby’s absentee ballot event flops
WATERVILLE — Expecting crowds of 100 or more, the city spent an extra $192 to hire extra staff to process absentee ballot requests on Wednesday for students at Colby College.
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SAD 53 superintendent retiring
PITTSFIELD — After a decade at the helm, Michael A. Gallagher is retiring as superintendent of School Administrative District 53.
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Crash lowers speed limit on Winslow road
WINSLOW — The speed limit will soon be lowered on a half-mile stretch of outer Clinton Avenue in response to citizen concerns after an accident this summer that injured a man.
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Palmyra town offices stay put for now
PALMYRA — The town’s fledgling community center is probably financially self-sufficient enough for the town offices to move in, but that won’t be happening before this winter as some had earlier hoped.
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Snow delivers glancing blow
WATERVILLE — Residents throughout central Maine awoke Sunday morning to a white coating of heavy, slushy snow mixed with autumn leaves.