Central Maine is home to lots of unusual street and road names, but the town of Skowhegan takes the cake for the most whimsical, columnist Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Man who shot, killed Palmyra boy asks to perform at venues serving alcohol
Experts have warned against allowing Todd Curry to make appearances at places where alcohol is consumed.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
State investigators probe Pittsfield, Palmyra fires
The fires occurred a week and 8 miles apart on U.S. Route 2 and destroyed unoccupied buildings.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Alleged Palmyra child sex offender who fled state indicted by grand jury
David T. Freeman, 59, of Palmyra, is charged with three counts of gross sexual assault and three counts of unlawful sexual contact involving a minor under the age of 12.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine’s styrofoam ban met with mixed response from Waterville-area businesses
The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Distracted driving likely factor in three-vehicle Palmyra crash
A St. Albans woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment of injuries that were not deemed life-threatening after her car was rear-ended and pushed into a tractor-trailer on U.S. Route 2, police said.
Posted inCommunity
University of Vermont dean’s list
Academic recognition was earned by Palmyra’s Bell, Topsham’s Caswell-Riday, Oakland’s Christopher, Harmony’s Herrick, Augusta’a Palmer and Palermo’s Sutter.
Posted inLocal & State
Teens escape serious injury in Friday morning crash on I-95
State troopers said 17-year-old Blake Barker, of Hampden, fell asleep in the northbound lane and his car went off the road and overturned down an embankment.
Posted inLocal & State
Two taken to local hospital in Sunday head-on crash in Palmyra
Hydraulic extrication tool similar to the Jaws of Life used to free one occupant in accident on U.S. Route 2.
Posted inLocal & State
Fiberight plant processes first load of recycling while Municipal Review Committee seeks new director
The advanced waste processing facility in Newport will start accepting waste on April 15 from some of the 115 Maine communities that make up the Municipal Review Committee.