Board also votes to approve final plan for a solar farm between Eight Rod Road and Punky Lane.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Officials preparing to close on $85 million bond to begin construction at former Madison mill
Belfast-based GO Lab plans to produce three types of wood fiber insulation and create 120 jobs when its manufacturing operation is up and running.
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Madison schools abruptly go remote amid COVID-19 outbreaks in Somerset County
Madison-based Maine School Administrative District 59, which was not requiring its students or staff to wear masks inside school buildings, is now offering remote learning to its 560 students.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Two dogs killed in Waterville house fire
The resident of the home was away when the fire occurred around 10 p.m. Monday on Kennedy Memorial Drive near the intersection with Carver Street.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Woman hired to clean Belgrade house decides to move in instead, homeowner says
Edmund King said the woman he hired claimed she was a cleaner, “then she comes and cleans you out.” He’s upset that the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office hasn’t filed charges in the matter.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville Board of Education hears pitch for reuse of Albert S. Hall School building
The board on Monday heard a plea from Hannah Bard, director of both Waterville alternative education and adult education, to turn the building into a community center that would house both her departments.
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Regional firefighter training facility in Fairfield starting up construction soon
The new facility is part of a statewide effort to provide training opportunities to fire departments outside of metropolitan areas.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan-area automobile dealerships host free COVID-19 vaccination clinic
The Hight Family of Dealerships has teamed up with Redington-Fairview General Hospital to provide a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday as part of the effort to vaccinate more Somerset County residents.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Will a Prohibition-era law become history in Norridgewock? Voters to decide in November
Voters to weigh in on the town’s blue laws at special town meeting in November.
Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Family Festival of Trees to begin Nov. 19
The Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Alfond Youth & Community Center to continue the tradition.