Improper disposal of ashes from a wood stove is believed to have caused the blaze early Monday at 852 East Madison Road.
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Woman indicted on charge she stole more than $10,000 from Alfond Youth Center in Waterville
Sherrie Anne Genness, 43, who worked as an office manager at the Alfond Youth & Community Center, is accused of taking the money over five years.
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Skowhegan paper mill ‘strongly disputes’ lawsuit alleging fault for contaminating water wells
Fairfield resident Nathan Saunders filed a class-action suit Friday, saying the Sappi mill is the source of high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in a growing number of Fairfield area wells.
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Water main break in Skowhegan closes schools, leaves some without pressure
Maine Water Co. received reports from customers around 5:30 Monday morning regarding low water pressure throughout Skowhegan.
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Starks residents to vote on proposed $564,806 budget at annual Town Meeting
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Starks Community Center at 57 Anson Road. Residents will be able to vote on the remainder of the warrant by secret ballot between noon and 8 p.m.
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Fairfield man files class-action lawsuit against Sappi paper mill over ‘forever chemicals’
The lawsuit alleges Sappi’s Somerset Mill in Skowhegan is the source of the PFAS found in Somerset County water wells and at other sites.
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Anson and Solon report full Town Meeting results; Mercer conducts election, with Town Meeting in April
The three towns had at least part of their annual meetings Saturday, with two going into the evening.
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Winslow native opens Elm City Nutrition and Energy in downtown Waterville
21-year-old Anna Curtis didn’t let the pandemic bring down her first business. In fact, the Husson University student has just opened her second business.
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J.P. Devine: ‘The Thing’ and the ‘It’
Mulling where to get a lifesaving vaccine shot, J.P. Devine says everyone is asking him whether he got “the thing” yet.
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Homeless central Mainers ‘feel so stuck’ navigating pandemic winter
The struggles of homelessness have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as already tight housing stock over the last year has become even tighter while state protections against evictions limit new housing options.