Michael Shepherd

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Published
July 25, 2015

Gardiner and Hallowell likely to discuss downtown sprinkler systems in wake of July 16 fire

Waterville already went through the review process in 2013 after a fire on Main Street in a building where the sprinkler system had been disconnected.
Published
July 24, 2015

Longtime Augusta schools employee is candidate to lead Farrington

The Augusta Board of Education will vote on Teresa Beaudoin’s nomination on Wednesday, which could end a period of instability at the elementary school on Eastern Avenue.
Published
July 21, 2015

Maine legislators press LePage administration for plan to increase testing for arsenic

A bipartisan group of legislators says it’s ‘discouraged and alarmed’ by a LePage administration decision to end a federal grant bolstering well water testing.
Published
July 19, 2015

Gardiner, Hallowell water districts’ merger stalled amid West Gardiner concerns

A merger won’t proceed this year after being tabled by a state senator who also is a selectman in West Gardiner, where some worry about the plan’s call to maintain access to Cobbosseecontee Stream at points outside the district.
Published
July 16, 2015

Mayor calls downtown Gardiner fire a ‘community disaster’; 4 injured, 12 displaced

An apartment tenant was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and three firefighters were injured as businesses around 235 Water St. were ordered to evacuate after the fire spread to other buildings Thursday afternoon.
Published
July 15, 2015

Police: Dresden crash that injured two may involve alcohol

Both Phillip Dumont, 26, of Belgrade, and his passenger were hurt after he lost control of his car on Bog Road, and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office suspects that alcohol was a factor.
Published
July 15, 2015

Hallowell’s 2015 budget holds line on taxes

City councilors unanimously have approved the $2.4 million municipal budget, down 3 percent from last year.
Published
July 15, 2015

Nationally backed Maine marijuana group holds fundraising lead

Little has changed in Maine’s marijuana legalization duel with Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol getting most of its money from a national source and Legalize Maine relying on in-state money.
Published
July 14, 2015

Maine delegation split on Iran nuclear deal

Meanwhile, a Colby College expert calls the arrangement “the least bad option” for the United States and other world powers.
Published
July 14, 2015

Poliquin increases fundraising lead in race for Maine’s 2nd District

The freshman Republican says he has passed the $1 million fundraising mark, carrying $700,000 more in his war chest than Democratic challenger Emily Cain.