Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan area on this date for the week of June 2-9, 2025.
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The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of June 9-16, 2025
Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan area on this date for the week of June 9-16, 2025.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Augusta woman gets nine months for stealing shopping cart full of liquor
Samantha Berube pleads guilty to thefts in three counties, including “all the high end liquor” from a Hannaford store.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Carrabassett, Kennebec rivers swell with winter’s remains
Rich Abrahamson captures ice jams and high waters.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Madison drug bust suspect flees police, climbs 40 feet up a tree
Noah Weeks, 40, was arrested Tuesday when police tried to execute a drug search warrant and he fled in his vehicle and then by foot into the woods, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Unity man sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of 12 year old girl
Jesse J. Harvey, 31, to serve 10 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release as part of a plea deal reached after the victim, an extended family member, made further disclosures to officials recently.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Stalking case involving Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office raises legal questions
Prosecutors believe that Nicholas J. Worthing, 37, of Pittston sent dozens of threatening, profanity-filled messages over several years to the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page and directed at Sheriff Ken Mason.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Kennebec County sheriff stalking case set for trial in Skowhegan
Prosecutors agreed last year to move the case to Somerset County and drop one stalking charge against Nicholas Worthing, of Pittston, who has gone through a dozen defense lawyers over four years.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Federal regulators recommend Kennebec River dam relicensing
Staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is recommending proposals to increase fish passage at four dams in Waterville, Fairfield and Skowhegan, which a coalition of environmental groups pushing for dam removal have criticized.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan residents to consider new comprehensive plan
Tuesday’s Planning Board meeting will be one of the final opportunities for the public to weigh on the plan, which is expected to be voted on for adoption at town meeting in June.