As the number of students in Maine drops, it’s causing some school districts to think about closing local schools and what the effect is on communities.
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Central Maine March 23 police log
Augusta and Waterville area police reports for March 23, 2019.
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Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, turning 30 this year, looks for new headquarters
Kim DeMerchant, a member of the board of directors and secretary for Hospice Volunteers, used the services when her mother became ill in 2016.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Fairfield woman arrested in Somerset County heroin investigation
Police seized more than $4,000 worth of heroin from the home of Katrina Rimes before arresting her on three charges.
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Pickup truck driver eludes Somerset County police after brief high-speed chase
Sheriff Dale Lancaster said speeds reached 85 mph before the chase was called off Tuesday night.
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Witness says John Williams was in withdrawal when he confessed to killing deputy
Williams, who is charged with murder in the slaying of Somerset County Cpl. Eugene Cole last April, is seeking to suppress statements he made to police after he was arrested.
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New Hampshire man struck in head with pellets while hunting in Somerset County
The man was hunting with a teenage hunter whom he instructed to shoot a snowshoe hare while on a guided hunt in Pleasant Ridge Plantation.
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Morning Sentinel Feb. 17 police log
Waterville area police reports for Feb. 17, 2019.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Charter school preserving the past in downtown Skowhegan building
Cornville Regional Charter School is restoring the building that once housed Skowhegan District Court and Variety Drug Store, planting middle and high school classes in the midst of history.
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Treatment of opioid crisis in central Maine gets a boost
While MaineGeneral Health and others have established effective programs to combat the epidemic, health care leaders see new hope in the approaches from Mills’ administration.