The Board of Education also elected Patricia Helm to the Ward 1 seat vacated by Sara Sylvester, who resigned last month because she moved out of the ward.
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Clinton woman admits she lied about living alone to receive Social Security benefits
Katherine Prosper, 61, pleaded guilty to federal charges that she concealed the presence of her husband in her household for 13 years so she’d be eligible to receive Supplemental Security Income, a U.S. attorney said.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, Times Record
Newport couple dismissed divorce 3 weeks before wife’s death
Anielka Allen had submitted a handwritten statement withdrawing the divorce petition a week after filing it, agreeing to marriage counseling, according to court records.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner to consider parking options for downtown after study pinpoints needs
An analysis recently presented to elected officials shows the city has adequate parking for now, but that is expected to change as redevelopment of a number of buildings, including Johnson Hall, continues.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Waterville man pleads not guilty to murder charge in girlfriend’s shooting
Nicholas P. Lovejoy, 28, is charged with murder in the October 2019 death of Melissa Sousa, his girlfriend at the time and mother of their twin daughters.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
City of Augusta, Greater Augusta Utility District look to go solar
Proposal for a solar farm on Greater Augusta Utility District land in Winthrop could make Augusta Maine’s first municipality to get its electricity from 100% renewable sources.
Posted inLocal & State, Special Report
What is ‘clean’ or ‘green’ energy? Definitions differ across regions.
Differing descriptions of renewable and green energy drive state and regional approaches, with the definitions set by Massachusetts driving the current New England Clean Energy Connect project, a $950 million power line that would carry up to 1,200 megawatts of hydropower from Canada, across Maine, to Massachusetts.
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In an isolated Inuit community, concern is strong over water toxins from hydropower expansion
The emerging international electric grid with a 1,000-mile supply chain is pitting New England’s hunger for renewable energy against the indigenous peoples’ hunger for life-sustaining food.
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‘Her Flag’ project comes to Maine State Museum
The 36-state project adds a stripe representing each state in the order that it ratified the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote a century ago.