County commissioners and the Budget Committee agreed to a $23.3 million spending plan after making cuts to a proposal that drew ire from municipal officials.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
Photos: 180 athletes compete at Special Olympics Maine meet in Farmingdale
The Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games drew 180 track and field athletes Thursday to Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale to compete and have fun. The annual regional track and field meet has been hosted by students in the Jobs For Maine’s Graduates program for more than 20 years, according Jarod Richmond, the school’s JMG specialist. This year, 90 volunteers from the school’s Jobs for Maine’s Graduates Program and the Key Club worked at the meet, which included 180 athletes ranging from grade school students to adults. All photos by staff photographer Joe Phelan.
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Blaze at Athens wood pellet manufacturer leads to firefighter injury, building damages
A Cornville firefighter was taken to a Skowhegan hospital Wednesday evening with an airway injury he suffered while fighting a fire at Maine Woods Pellet Co. in Athens.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Colby College in Waterville announces on-campus center for computational, data sciences
Founded with a $10 million gift from Richard M. McVey, a member of Colby’s board of trustees, the center is expected to speed scientific discovery, provide a leading edge educational program and support use of computational tools and methods across the school’s curriculum, according to the college.
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‘A $400,000 hot dog stand’: Skowhegan selectmen concerned about funding for planned athletic complex
Bids for some aspects of the planned Skowhegan athletic complex came in higher than expected, and selectmen are concerned that current funding could be millions short of what is needed to complete the project.
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Augusta EMS calls on the rise, city adds 4th ambulance
The Augusta Fire Department is responding to about 100 more medical calls a month since changes were made by Delta Ambulance.
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Sheriff: Man arrested as investigation continues into rural illegal cannabis grows
Jian Ji Wu, 63, was arrested after authorities raided a Canaan residence earlier this week and found nearly 900 cannabis plants inside.
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Developer previews plans for Waterville apartment complex
Developer John Jabar Jr. previewed his plans to build a complex of eight apartment buildings on Washington Street with a possible future expansion for the Waterville Planning Board on Tuesday.
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Skowhegan voters won’t weigh in on town’s acquisition of Indian sculpture, leaving its future uncertain
Selectmen are preparing to turn down an offer to accept the statue from the local chamber of commerce, after voting Tuesday against putting the matter before residents at town meeting.
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Watch: Fire damages warehouse at Kennebec River Development Park in Winslow
The steel-sided warehouse is part of a former paper mill once owned by Scott Paper Co. and then Kimberly-Clark Corp. The former mill is now a warehouse for Marden’s Surplus & Salvage.