The news of Dawn DiBlasi’s resignation after one year as town manager came at the end of a contentious 3 1/2-hour select board meeting Tuesday.
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Posted inBusiness, Central Maine Eats, Food & Dining, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Home Baked in Mercer has dinner ready to go
The new business, run by a husband-and-wife duo out of the kitchen at the Mercer Community Center, offers ready-to-bake meals for pickup and delivery each week.
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Skowhegan Spinning Mill gears up to open hotel, restaurant, apartments
The project, which brings together a hotel, apartments and restaurant in a former mill hopes to capitalize on the momentum brought by other investments and planned projects in Skowhegan.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
Skowhegan-area school board approves $51.44M budget
President Donald Trump’s threats to cut federal funding for Maine schools played into budget deliberations this spring.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
State House protests, high school sports focus of April 11-18 Week In Photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville fire officials urge funding 8 new EMS workers for additional ambulance
Waterville fire Chief Jason Frost and deputy chief of EMS Everett Flannery III also want to run a third ambulance as need will increase with the closure of Northern Light Inland Hospital.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Politics
As Jared Golden speaks at private Colby event, protesters demand accountability
While U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District, spoke at a private Colby College event Wednesday about his desire to engage voters, protesters along upper Main Street in Waterville criticized him and others for failing to hold town hall meetings.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Waterville man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2024 shooting death
As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, murder and gun possession charges against Tyler Quirion, 21, were dropped.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
4 charged in Fairfield drug bust
Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and Waterville police searched a home on Crane Drive early Wednesday and seized drugs with a street value estimated at $40,000.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Madison addiction treatment clinic moving ahead with new location
Acadia Healthcare has contacted town officials to begin the application process under a new ordinance to open its clinic at the Madison Business Gateway, Town Manager Denise Ducharme said.