Councilors debated for hours Tuesday night about how to distribute American Rescue Plan Act funding, and must take second votes on funding for housing initiatives and outside agencies that requested money.
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Driver dies after logging truck veers into pond in The Forks
The driver’s identity was confirmed as Pierre Alexander Drolet, 35, of Saint-Zacharie, Quebec.
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Fire displaces family, farm animals in Troy
The blaze at 378 Barker Road is believed to have begun in a workshop, before spreading into a barn and house, according to officials.
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Waterville council hears complaints about homeless people, gives nod to soup kitchen funding
Businesses around the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen complained to city officials that their employees are afraid of some homeless people loitering in the area and confronting and scaring them.
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Gardiner Hannaford store to reopen next week after flooding caused 3-month closure
Flooded in the Dec. 18 storm, officials said the Gardiner Hannaford store is to reopen to the public on Wednesday, March 27.
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Rental inspection proposal likely dead in Augusta
A proposal from city staff to inspect rental units, aimed at addressing concerns about unsafe housing, failed last week to win the support of the City Council.
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Pittsfield man sentenced to 20 years for sexual assault charges involving children
A criminal complaint filed last year alleged that Charles Frost “did engage in a sexual act with a minor,” according to Somerset and Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney.
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Waterville man arrested by FBI over online threats suffers from mental illness, family says
Benjamin Brown, 45, was arrested March 11 by the FBI over online threats to gun down President Biden, other politicians and immigrants and is being held pending further appearance in U.S. District Court in Bangor.
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Pittston voters keep Joe Caputo following failed recall attempt
In Pittston’s municipal election held Monday, voters elected Cathy Jewett Thomas to the Select Board and Linda Caputo to the Gardiner-area School Board.
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Massachusetts man who murdered Skowhegan woman to be sentenced in April
Jason Servil, 20, of Boston pleaded guilty in January to charges he killed Alice Abbott, 20, and assaulted a man in July 2022.