The Maine Emergency Management Agency sent out a request for a second round of ice breaking in the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers on Thursday based on expected warmer weather.
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Gardiner teacher charged in sexual assault gets lower bail amid fear of retaliation
John Glowa Jr., of Mount Vernon, was expected to be released from jail later Thursday on $15,000 cash or $30,000 worth of property even as the prosecutor expressed concern about his access to guns.
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Warm weather brings no new flooding concerns along Kennebec River
The record-breaking temperature Wednesday contributed to melting across the region, but it was not enough to shift the ice jam between Hallowell and Farmingdale.
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High temperatures to increase risk of ice jam, flooding in central Maine
Local and county officials said Tuesday they aren’t alarmed at the possibility of flooding on the Kennebec River but are watching closely following last month’s destructive uprising in Augusta and Hallowell.
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Gardiner officials to consider sewer rate increase
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposal at its Wednesday meeting.
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Demolition of Gardiner pizzeria starts Monday
A DOT demolition contractor is expected to start tearing down the former Dennis’ Pizza building on Bridge Street.
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Gardiner’s Johnson Hall reaches $1 million fundraising milestone
Pledges and cash now have surpassed the $1 million mark in a campaign to renovate the historic opera house’s 400-seat upper theater.
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Waterville man accused of threatening to cut Army buddy with box cutter
Cletus Jernigan won a judge’s OK for treatment at an out-of-state military and veteran program after he was unable to post $500 cash bail.
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Gardiner officials consider expansion of commercial agriculture ordinance
It allows indoor cultivation facilities as proposed, but not commercial pot cultivation facilities.
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Gardiner woman arrested on drug trafficking charges of after alleged sale of heroin, cocaine
Jennifer Piper, 30, was arrested this week in Augusta after allegedly selling heroin and crack to a confidential informant.