The Grateful Dead tribute band plan to perform at Somerset Abbey.
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March 10, 1995: Thorndike couple’s 25-acre lot in Clinton was clearcut without their permission, state paper mills want fewer taxes in 1995, and these Skowhegan woman will bike across US
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They’re the last cobblers left in Maine — and they’re busier than ever
The cobbling tradition is being carried on by a half-dozen people in Maine, but most of them plan to retire or cut back their hours in the next few years.
Maine river flooding risk lower than normal, but ice jam risk higher
U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers not currently expected to be called to break ice on the Kennebec River this spring.
Skowhegan-area school board to consider compliance with Trump order
After a board member tried to force a vote Thursday about whether the board would explicitly follow the Trump administration’s orders, the board chair said the matter would have to be taken up at the next meeting.
Farifield community college to host career fair
This year’s fair will also include transfer information.
Illegal grow houses have been entering Maine’s medical weed market for years, even after being busted by police
Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.
Skowhegan murderer appeals sentence
Jason Servil is appealing his 45-year sentence to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on the grounds that the judge who sentenced him made several mistakes during a tense hearing last year.
The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of March 10-17
Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of March 10-17
Student brings unloaded pellet gun on Skowhegan-area bus
Students were never in danger, Superintendent Jon Moody told parents.