City voters authorize borrowing $2,055,000 for capital improvement projects.
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Posted inElection 2022, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Hallowell voters overwhelmingly support renovating old fire station, getting new public works space
The city is not obligated to take specific actions based on the results of the two nonbinding ballot questions.
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Posted inElection 2022, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Fayette voters reject raising $500,000 for renovations to Starling Hall
Residents approved all other local ballot questions Tuesday, signaling support for high-speed internet and a desire to temporarily block solar development in the town.
Posted inElection 2022, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Richmond votes to withdraw from Regional School Unit 2
The decision comes two years after the town began the withdrawal process and is not expected to have major financial impacts on the remaining towns in Regional School Unit 2.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta to break ground for new police station Thursday
Augusta voters in June 2021 approved borrowing $20.5 million to build new, modern station at vacant former supermarket site on Willow Street.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Norridgewock crash injures 4 people, leaves 3 vehicles destroyed
A Madison driver told authorities he fell asleep at the wheel prior to his vehicle crossing the center line and colliding with two vehicles on U.S. Route 201A on Tuesday.
Posted inElection 2022, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta-area clerks report high turnout on Election Day as voters point to governor’s race as leading factor driving them to polls
Fayette saw the highest turnout for a midterm election in more than two decades, according to its election warden. In Hallowell, nearly 2,000 of Hallowell’s 2,300 registered voters had cast their ballots by noon on Tuesday, according to City Clerk Diane Polky.
Posted inElection 2022, Elections, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Women’s rights, inflation, the economy among the issues drawing Waterville-area voters to polls
Voter turnout appeared to be strong Tuesday at polling sites in Oakland, Skowhegan, Waterville and elsewhere.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturns drug conviction of NY man stopped while exiting bus in Augusta
The state’s highest court has found an anonymous tip is not enough to justify stopping and questioning a person.
Posted inLocal Government, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Fairfield Town Council to appoint new member after councilor resigns
Mark Cooper stepped down from the council recently for personal reasons, so the panel is now accepting applications from interested residents and is scheduled to appoint a successor at its Nov. 16 meeting.