Michael Shepherd

Staff Writer

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Published
April 13, 2014

More testing, strong state response sought on link to arsenic in wells, IQ

Columbia University is seeking federal money to test a majority of Kennebec County’s 17,000 wells.
Published
April 11, 2014

Convicted killer’s hire as chaplain at Togus concerns federal officials

The chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee said the hiring means the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs must ‘look very closely at their hiring practices.’
Published
April 10, 2014

Augusta councilors slate Lithgow Library referendum for June election

The city wants to borrow $8 million to renovate the 118-year-old building, which can be done without a tax increase.
Published
April 4, 2014

Police: Augusta woman admitted setting fire while drunk and upset with landlord

Linda M. Gallant, with a long criminal record, was charged with arson after telling a policeman she was drinking again days after the blaze.
Published
April 3, 2014

New PAC backed by unions will boost Michaud in 2014 Maine governor’s race

Maine Forward is supported by a cadre of liberal groups that spent hundreds of thousands in 2012 to influence legislative races.
Published
April 1, 2014

Three men charged after alleged armed burglary in Augusta

A Connecticut man and a West Gardiner man who are said to have fled the scene were tracked to Gardiner, where they were apprehended on Tuesday morning.
Published
March 30, 2014

Downtown food co-op and cafe could sprout in Gardiner by summer’s end

The Kennebec Local Food Initiative says its store, featuring groceries, coffee and prepared food, will ‘bring local food to the entire community.’
Published
March 30, 2014

Flood watch to last into Monday for much of Maine and Kennebec County

The Kennebec River isn’t expected to flood, but a county emergency official says crews are ‘keeping an eye on things.’
Published
March 29, 2014

Specter of bear-hunt referendum hangs over Maine sportsman’s show

‘People are just coming out of the woodwork’ to help beat back the second effort in 10 years to ban bear baiting, hounding and trapping in Maine.
Published
March 28, 2014

Maine plan would remove about a third of highway signs

Transportation officials want to take down or move 68 signs advertising places from York County to Fort Kent, but stiff opposition is expected.