Toxic pesticides were found in cannabis grown at licensed grow houses and offered to medical dispensaries. Under current regulations, no one can stop it from hitting the shelves but the budtender behind the counter.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News
Fire destroys Skowhegan home, injures 1
Firefighters responded at about 3 p.m. to the fire on Waterville Road, also known as U.S. Route 201, which remained closed Thursday evening.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Central Maine sets record for hottest Halloween
The unofficial high temperature of 75 degrees Thursday smashed the record set 68 years ago, according to weather officials.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Tractor-trailer driver from Buxton arrested for OUI by Capitol Police in Augusta
Gerald King, 64, of Buxton, was arrested Wednesday after failing a sobriety test while driving a tractor-trailer through Augusta, state police said.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Firefighters respond after electrical box shorts out at Alfond Youth & Community Center in Waterville
Fire chief: The electrical box shorted out Wednesday evening when workers were moving large curtains that divide the gymnasium.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Outdoors
Trail projects in Skowhegan underway as part of master plan
Somerset Woods Trustees, a nonprofit land trust, is working on projects at two local preserves, while other groups are planning more projects to develop a local trail network.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Waterville woman pleads guilty to federal gun charge
Nikeshia Knight, 25, provided money and fentanyl to another person to buy a gun from a Fairfield firearms dealer because she could not pass a background check, prosecutors said.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
‘Gray market weed’: Illegal grow house operators and their tainted product take refuge in Maine’s legal market
With a little paperwork and scant oversight, investigators say illegal grow houses tied to Chinese organized crime are increasingly shifting to the medical market, avoiding oversight in the process.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Fire in Jefferson Wednesday closes Route 126
Firefighters from several communties responded to a report of a fully involved barn fire just off Route 126, which is also Gardiner Road.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Health center backers address Gardiner parental concerns on gender-affirming care
Some community members said they were concerned about the potential for students to receive confidential gender-affirming care in the potential school-based health center.