Family-friendly events are planned across the Waterville area on Thursday.
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China selectman resigns, citing ongoing tension over fire department funds
Jeff LaVerdiere’s place on the town’s select board will be filled either in a special election or during the presidential primary election in March.
Amy Calder: There are a lot of odd, quirky, peculiar road names
Central Maine is home to lots of unusual street and road names, but the town of Skowhegan takes the cake for the most whimsical, columnist Amy Calder writes.
Four people charged in early morning drug bust in China
Authorities arrested Justin A. Lugo, 22, of New York, Trisha N. Scott, 31, of China, Patrick J. Parsons, 34, of China, and an unidentified 17-year-old female.
Bread of Life Ministries facilities director charged with sex crimes against minor
Jeffrey Tyler, 47, of Winthrop was arrested Friday after police secured a warrant based on the testimony of a female victim, who said contact began when she was 14.
As feral cat colony in China grows, caretaker says it is time for others to step in
Jim Dolan and Marie Michaud called a trap, neuter, release group to help manage a group of feral cats that has grown from (seemingly) one to 13 in five years.
Communities keep diverting trash as they wait for planned Hampden facility
Officials say the long-term benefits of perfecting the state-of-the-art equipment are worth the wait, and local towns claim the delay has not caused much trouble for them.
Family, friends mourn driver in fatal Windsor crash
LaBreck, 35, was killed in a crash Sunday after leaving the Windsor Fair when the pickup he was driving crashed. His passenger Jennifer Hood was also killed.
Charges pending in single-vehicle China crash involving serious injury
The crash Friday night involving a 2005 Honda Civic is under investigation, according to Lt. Chris Read of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.
China Road in Winslow reopens after hydraulic fluid spill prompted closure
Winslow police Chief Shawn O’Leary said Wednesday that about 15 gallons of hydraulic fluid were spilled in the roadway for about 3,900 feet, between South and North Reynolds roads and Pattee Pond Road.