A Superior Court justice ordered the Maine County Commissioners Association self-funded risk management pool to pay attorneys’ fees and release the wrongfully withheld documents detailing a settlement with a former Kennebec County jail inmate who alleged that officers used excessive force and racial slurs against him.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Central Maine shakes off the first big storm of the season
Central Maine Power crews were expected to continue work restoring power to customers across central and southern Maine Saturday and Sunday as a slow-moving nor’easter lumbers out of northern New England, dumping nearly 2 feet of snow in some interior regions.
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United Way of Kennebec Valley hires new resource development manager
AUGUSTA — United Way of Kennebec Valley has hired Tyler LeClair as the organization’s first resource development manager — growing UWKV’s staff capacity to six. A Kennebec County native, LeClair comes to United Way from Hannaford where he was an assistant store manager and UWKV’s fall loaned executive (a volunteer from Hannaford “loaned” to United […]
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Kennebec County mulls gift of memorial bench honoring late probate judge
Kennebec County commissioners plan to decide in two weeks whether to accept a granite bench as a memorial to the late Judge James Mitchell, who presided over Kennebec County’s probate court for nearly four decades before his death in 2016.
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Homeless in Maine: Record-setting estimates come as winter’s bite threatens the vulnerable
Escalating costs for housing, food and fuel have officials especially concerned as cold weather sets in and as estimates grow for people unable to find stable housing.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner Area High School student funnels fear into action
Shawn Jiminez, a senior, organized a peaceful protest against gun violence in response to what he says is a lack of urgency and education surrounding gun violence and safety in public schools.
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Large solar project to break ground in central Maine
The $200 million project, in the Kennebec County towns of Benton and Clinton, is expected to be completed in about a year.
Posted inElection 2022, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Matthew Boucher wins Kennebec County register of deeds race
Mathew Boucher, a small business owner and graphic artist, will assume full-time duties at the register of deeds office in January after defeating incumbent register Diane Wilson, who has worked in the deeds office for 25 years.
Posted inElection 2022, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Kennebec County elects first Republican commissioner in over 30 years
Joseph Pietroski Jr. narrowly defeated Democrat Charlotte Warren in the race for the District 2 Kennebec County commissioner seat.
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United Way of Kennebec Valley to line up giving with community Impact2032 goals
Impact2032 is to shape the United Way of Kennebec Valley’s community investment grant decisions that are to be made once this year’s fundraising campaign, with a $2 million goal, is completed.