The suspected cause was a generator running inside the garage, according to Cornville’s fire chief.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Mount Vernon man and Auburn woman killed April 21 in Readfield crash
The crash, which killed two people April 21 on Main Street in Readfield, remains under investigation.
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Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine
The biggest difference between Miss Maine’s 2 high-profile contestants | Column
With the pageant’s first transgender contestant and Bill Belichick’s girlfriend both competing this month, the event is drawing more attention than usual.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Politics
Sen. Collins leads hearing on ‘harmful’ Trump cuts to scientific research
The Senate Appropriations Committee, which the Maine senator chairs, hears from top scientists affected by the cuts, including a researcher from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
West Gardiner police chase results in couple’s arrest
Zebbie Thomas, 33, sought on aggravated assault and robbery charges after allegedly attacking sleeping man with a frying pan in Augusta.
Posted inMaine, News
Down East community supports family of young fisherman who died scalloping
Jaxson Marston, a 26-year-old from Addison, died in an apparent accident off the coast of Massachusetts last week.
Posted inMaine, News
Jay voters approve a $6.7 million municipal budget for 2025-26
Voters reelected Lee Ann Delassandro to the Select Board, and Shari Ouellette, Tanya DeMillo and Christina Riley to the Regional School Unit 73 board of directors.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Madison man gets manslaughter plea deal in 2023 killing
Roland Flood was scheduled to go on trial next week for the killing of Mark Trabue but struck a last-minute plea deal with prosecutors.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
In Senate speech, Angus King invokes Margaret Chase Smith’s ‘Declaration,’ warns of current ‘crisis’
Citing Smith’s 1950 ‘Declaration of Conscience’ address, King said the issue is not President Donald Trump’s agenda, but his apparent attempts to centralize power, including by ‘ignoring the Constitution’ and the rule of law.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan racetrack neighbors sue over ‘ear-splitting’ noise
After two neighbors filed a complaint against the owner and operator of Get Er Done Raceway and Motorsports on Dudley Corner Road, a judge issued an order temporarily shutting the track down, just as its season was set to begin.