The proposed budget of $17.9 million includes wage increases for some town workers and first responders.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Hallowell-area school district hosts meeting to go over budget with ‘grateful’ municipal officials
The suggestion to include municipal officials in the budget process came last year as municipalities saw a huge spike to their town allocations.
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Posted inWord on the Street
Augusta-area church bringing back helicopter Easter egg event
Central Church campuses will host the Easter egg drop this year including at locations in Augusta and China.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Fairfield woman found dead in August died of accidental overdose, police say
Kylee Phillips, 21, was found unresponsive at the end of a driveway on Aug. 25 and investigators at the time were not certain how she died.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville council votes to spend $343,000 on ambulance and equipment
Fire Chief Shawn Esler told city councilors Tuesday that there’s a need for a third ambulance, explaining that there was a dramatic increase in calls for ambulance service in the first three months of the year as compared to the same period last year.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Canaan man charged with burglarizing Skowhegan home, attempting to steal TV, police say
Bradley Houghton was arrested this week after a security system notified the owner of a rental property in Skowhegan that someone had entered the home, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Conservationists criticize dam owner for impeding salmon migration along Kennebec River
The Kennebec Coalition and the Conservation Law Foundation say Brookfield Renewable Partners must do more to project the endangered Atlantic salmon at four Brookfield dams from Waterville to Skowhegan.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Man burning cardboard sparks wildfire in Freedom, setting nearly 3 acres of land ablaze
The wildfire took around two hours to put out and burned 2.5 to 3 acres of land, according to the town’s fire chief.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Despite new ordinance, some Winthrop boaters can keep illegal moorings in town waters until July
The mooring ordinance, which will limit new moorings after April 7, has been controversial among local boaters and prompted sharp questions at a Monday night meeting from some people against the new rules.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
Mitchell International Lecture Series returns for in-person talk at Colby College
The speaker for Thursday’s lecture is Gayle E. Smith, one of the world’s leading experts on global development and global health security who will discuss the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.