The athletic shoe maker secured a $17.3 million contract with the Department of Defense in March, ending a yearslong fight to get the military to comply with a law requiring them to outfit recruits with American-made shoes.
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Somerset County to get first register of deeds since 2014
Laura Price has served in that capacity as deputy register ever since Diane Godin, the elected register, walked off the job in December 2014.
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Skowhegan voters to decide on $8.5 million bond for new public safety building
The proposed building to house the fire and police departments has been proposed for more than 11 acres on Dunlop Lane, a location that has drawn mixed reactions.
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Children’s Center head has yet to hear from state on gun appeal
Jeffrey Johnson, the director of Children’s Center in Skowhegan, Augusta, Gardiner and Farmington, seeks a waiver to carry a gun to protect the nonverbal, disabled children his facilities care for.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Former Skowhegan Planning Board member pleads guilty to child porn charges
Christopher Kruse, 50, entered pleas in U.S. District Court in Bangor and faces a minimum of five years in prison.
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Skowhegan’s McGovern awarded a Maine Real Development Association scholarship
Student attends Kennebec Valley Community College.
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Skowhegan selectmen OK bid solicitation for US Route 2 widening
The project is intended to reduce traffic congestion at the entrance to the town’s Community Center and recreation fields.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
High-speed chase ends in two-vehicle accident in Skowhegan
Paul C. Mills, the driver of the Chevrolet Corvette being pursued by police, was led away in handcuffs with bandages wrapped around his head after having been observed shortly after noon on the ground on Island Avenue.
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Somerset jail corrections officer charged with assault out on bail
Jeremy A.E. Carr was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault after allegedly putting his girlfriend in a chokehold after she found another woman in his bed.