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Business, Local & State

KVCOG looking for new executive director

by Rachel Ohm September 6, 2018September 6, 2018

Longtime Planning Director Chris Huck has been serving interim since the departure of Rosie Vanadestine in June.

Business, Local & State

Opposition builds to CMP’s transmission line project

by Rachel Ohm September 6, 2018September 6, 2018

A rally is planned Friday to protest the 145-mile New England Clean Energy Connect project as state entities discuss the steps towards public hearings.

Business, Local & State, Schools and Education

Somerset Career Center moves from Skowhegan to KVCC in Fairfield

by Doug Harlow August 27, 2018August 27, 2018

The partnership among the Department of Labor, the Career Center and KVCC is a result of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act signed into law by President Barack Obama.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime

Gorham man reportedly swims Kennebec, begs for clothes to escape from police

by Rachel Ohm August 23, 2018August 24, 2018

Corey W. Paradise is wanted on numerous charges in Somerset County including burglary, theft and eluding an officer.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime

Transportation, cancer among reasons cited by no-show jurors summoned by judge to Skowhegan court

by Amy Calder August 21, 2018August 21, 2018

Men and women called Tuesday by Justice Robert Mullen told him that medical, transportation-related issues and other problems prevented them from reporting for jury duty.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Somerset County residents target of scam calls asking for money

by Amy Calder August 18, 2018August 18, 2018

A Norridgewock man tried to take $10,000 out of the bank after he was falsely told his granddaughter was in jail and needed the money to get out, according to a sheriff’s official.

Local & State

Wife of slain Somerset County deputy getting a new house

by Doug Harlow August 13, 2018August 14, 2018

Sheryl Cole, whose husband Cpl. Eugene Cole was killed in the line of duty in April, says she’s grateful for local contractors donating time, equipment and materials for the home being built in Norridgewock.