About a dozen Skowhegan Area High School students took part in a 17-minute indoor assembly that school officials wanted to keep low-key after being the target of threats two weeks ago.
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Republican state senator fined for campaign violations won’t seek re-election
Republican Sen. Andre Cushing of Newport was accused of failing to report short-term loans from his PAC to a family business.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Newport police asking for help locating stolen truck
A white, mid-size 2004 GMC truck with dual axles was taken Saturday morning.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Panel refuses to back disability discrimination charge filed by Newport nurse
The Maine Human Rights commission voted to support a discrimination claim by a Madison man in a separate case.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
First Riverwalk fills Newport’s need for festival
The community celebration had a ‘tremendous’ turnout for its first year, Town Manager Jim Ricker said.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Newport lavender growers open field to public for free
Owners of Moore Manor Lavender hope others can enjoy the property — which has nearly 1,000 lavender plants — as much as they do.
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Separate fires in Newport displace 5, send 1 to hospital
A fire on Park Avenue, which began in a bedroom, displaced two families, while a man on Golf Course Road was sent to the hospital with serious burns after starting a brush fire with a ‘large amount of gasoline.’
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Newport-based school district issues resolution on education funding
The school board in House Minority Leader Ken Fredette’s home district demands statewide eduction funding at 55 percent, a fact Democrats seized on Monday as a budget stalemate heads toward a government shutdown.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Maine schools blaze a trail in new approach to education
Proficiency-based learning holds promise, some say, but there’s also pushback about the nagging questions over its implementation.
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St. Albans man escapes serious injury after truck rips wires off Newport home
Kenneth Mower, 23, apparently fell asleep at the wheel of his 2014 gray Nissan truck Tuesday morning when he hit a tractor-trailer, a snowmobile and a utility pole.