Residents can comment on the budget at a public hearing Wednesday evening, which is expected to be followed by a vote to approve or modify the budget by the Budget Committee and then the Board of Commissioners.
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From arrest to recovery: Somerset County Jail unlocks new hope for addiction treatment
Brock Peters, 29, credits an arrest at the height of his opioid addiction with saving his life. After detoxing at the jail, he became part of a pilot program to treat opioid addiction in a different way.
Somerset County Jail paid 140 correctional officers $133,000 in overtime case
The jail violated their labor rights from 2017-19, when administrators paid correctional officers less overtime wages than they were entitled to per federal labor laws.
Pittsfield woman convicted on one count and acquitted of another in sex assault case
A jury in Skowhegan on Wednesday found Davina Petchonka, 39, guilty of incest, which is a misdemeanor, and a judge sentenced her to time already served.
Waterville man who admitted to involvement in terrorist conspiracy now facing assault charge
Xavier J. Pelkey was indicted this week in Somerset County on a count of aggravated assault and authorities say he used a chair to injure another inmate at the county jail, where he was being held prior to pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge.
Pittsfield man arrested after threatening to ‘shoot up’ business where he previously worked, police say
Benjamin Scott Therrien was being held Wednesday at the Somerset County Jail on a charge of terrorizing after threatening to target his former employer, according to Pittsfield police Chief Vicente Morris.
Athens man dies while in custody at Somerset County Jail
Virgil White, 33, was being held on a domestic violence charge when he was pronounced dead Monday morning at the jail in Madison.
Judge orders man charged in death of Skowhegan woman be held without bail
Jason Servil, 19, of Boston, is being held at the Somerset County Jail following his arrest Saturday on charges that he caused the death of 20-year-old Alice Abbott.
Police: Massachusetts man, 19, charged in murder of Skowhegan woman
Jason Servil faces charge in death of Alice Abbott, 20, according to officials.
Two men arrested on drug charges in Fairfield
Justin E. Meserve, 39, of Winslow is charged with unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, and Jason A. Michaud, 55, of Fairfield with aggravated trafficking of a scheduled drug.