Couples took part from New Sharon, Newport, Fairfield, Monmouth, Oxford, Richmond and Ellsworth.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Wild car chase ends in Gardiner with suspect dipping in river, police say
Daniel Lewis, 25, continued his escape on foot after the car chase, briefly going into the Kennebec River before he was arrested.
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Posted inLocal & State
Tree harvesting on Swan Island gets underway
Clearing the damage from the October windstorm is expected to create more diverse habitat in the wildlife management area that includes the island in the Kennebec River.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Reward doubled in unsolved case of 2015 cow killings in Richmond
Daria Goggins said she hopes the $5,000 reward she’s offering will lead to the arrest and prosecution of whoever killed her well-loved Holsteins, Isadora and Theodore.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Asphalt company relocating to Gardiner, Richmond, bringing up to 150 jobs to sites
Auburn Asphalt will relocate its Windham facility to Richmond, and will develop two lots it bought at the Libby Hill Business Park.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Richmond woman sentenced to 45 days in jail over credit union embezzlement
Clarissa Hurley, who had worked at the Down East Credit Union in West Bath, will be required to pay back the $8,500 that she stole.
Posted inHomegrown, Source
Homegrown: Source Award winners take home handcrafted wood bowls
The bowls are made from a treasured red maple that stood for a century outside a Portland home.
Posted inLocal & State
Coast Guard cutters head up Kennebec River in new ice-breaking bid
Two cutters broke ice up on Thursday to Gardiner, and one nearly that far, following an unprecedented midwinter effort to ward against flooding.
Posted inLocal & State
Family of Richmond man say PTSD, medication factors in shooting death
Jesse James Melanson, 33, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from his four tours of duty with the Army in Iraq and had stopped taking medication, according to a brother, a sister and his ex-wife.
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Coast Guard preparing for new Kennebec River Ice-breaking effort
Observations by the Coast Guard and Kennebec County officials show thinning ice and stretches of open water on the river south of Richmond.