Southbound traffic to be detoured to Exit 157 in Newport, and then to Pittsfield via Route 100 and Somerset Avenue.
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Posted inCommunity
Waterville to host art education association conference in April
Art educators from across Maine and beyond can register for the Maine Art Education Association conference in Waterville before Tuesday, March 25.
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Posted inCommunity
Apple tree pruning workshop set for Rockport March 29
Participants will be trained on safety considerations when pruning home or commercial orchards and will have the opportunity for hands-on practice.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Jobs for Maine prisoners are shifting online. The state wants to charge for the tech.
Lawmakers have started questioning what the current economy inside Maine’s prisons looks like since the Department of Corrections proposed some new fees for its inmates.
Posted inNews
Franklin County commissioners OK 3% cost-of-living raises for some positions
The raises are for nonunion and elected officials, not commissioners.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine homeless advocates, emergency shelters call for more state funding
A bill before lawmakers would raise funding for shelters by $5 million, but the Mills administration has said it can’t identify revenues to support it.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Politics
Medicaid cuts would be devastating, Rep. Pingree, health care providers and patients say
A bill that will likely include substantial cuts to the program has passed the U.S. House and will be considered by the Senate this year.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Augusta school officials mull $3 million budget hole caused by ‘miscommunication’
Officials said they thought they had more carryover funds to apply to the school department’s proposed spending plan. Instead, they are looking to make cuts.
Posted inMaine, News
Farmington courthouse window sills test positive for lead
Franklin County department offices are being sealed off with plastic to remove old windows and install new windows, which will temporary dislocate workers to another part of the courthouse.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Stalking case involving Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office raises legal questions
Prosecutors believe that Nicholas J. Worthing, 37, of Pittston sent dozens of threatening, profanity-filled messages over several years to the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page and directed at Sheriff Ken Mason.