The move unlocks federal grant funding to address damages across eight counties to roads and bridges, clear debris and install protective measures.
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Posted inMaine Crime, News
Police search for prisoner who escaped in Norway
Natasha Kaufmann, 29, was in the custody of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office when she escaped Sunday afternoon from the Stephens Memorial Hospital emergency room, where she had been taken for stomach pain, according to officials.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Oxford County Commissioners investigate Sheriff Christopher Wainwright
The commissioners are investigating Wainwright after he admitted to using his position to try to help a woman who had received a traffic citation.
Posted inBusiness, Community
SCORE Central Maine named Northeast Region 2023 chapter of year
SCORE, mentors to America’s small businesses and a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration congratulates SCORE Central Maine for being named Northeast Region 2023 Chapter of the Year, the highest annual recognition for SCORE chapters. The Northeast region, one of eight regions covering the entire U.S., includes Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, […]
Posted inLocal Government
New district attorney takes office in Franklin County
Neil McLean Jr. of Turner will serve Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.
Posted inBusiness
Gov. Mills announces agriculture infrastructure investment grants
Six area farms and food processors awarded $2.5 million in grants.
Posted inElection 2022, News
Ed Rabasco Jr. secures ballot spot for district attorney election
Poland Democrat earned more than three times the needed write-ins during the June primary and will run against GOP contender Neil McLean in November for the Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties DA post.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Facing felony charges and a suspended law license, former district attorney candidate plans to run again
Though Seth Carey faces felony sexual assault charges and his law license is suspended, Carey hopes to win the Republican primary in June, as he did four years ago.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Western Maine groundwater levels ‘some of the lowest we’ve ever seen’
At least some part of the region has been in drought conditions since June 2020.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
District Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to Maine Supreme Judicial Court
If his nomination by Gov. Mills is confirmed in the Maine Senate, he’ll be the first Black justice on the state’s highest court.