The man drove into a tree on Birch Point Road, igniting a fire that forced the evacuation of a nearby home, police said.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Unity Environmental University sees enrollment grow as it continues transition to distance learning
Officials at the university, formerly known as Unity College, said that within a couple of years, they expect to enroll more than 10,000 full-time students.
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Mills vetoes bill to ban foreign spending on referendum campaigns. It will likely go to voters in November.
The governor says the bill’s language is too broad and would likely result in unintended consequences, including infringing on free speech.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Biden administration lauds new Maine law limiting rental application fees
The law signed last month puts a cap on how much landlords can charge tenants for background checks and other application screenings.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Farmers roll out tractors, trucks in Albion to protest proposed transmission corridor
Farmers who gathered Wednesday said they already face severe challenges to farm operations and do not have the resources to push back against a planned corridor covering some 150 miles to transport wind-generated power south from Aroostook County.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Police: Man who caused Hallowell standoff threatened to start fire at apartment building
A neighbor said the 49-year-old man, who took his life after the hourslong standoff at 61 Water St., was a military veteran.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Mills ‘reluctantly’ vetoes bill to improve pay, conditions for Maine farmworkers
The governor pledges to reestablish a stakeholder group with the goal of arriving at ‘a shared understanding of how to implement a minimum wage bill for farmworkers.’
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
In wake of high court ruling, generator outside Mount Vernon Community Center prompts questions about a double standard
Five years after a couple were ordered to remove a generator that was too close to Minnehonk Lake, the town has installed a generator even closer to the same lake.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Madison parents indicted in October crash that killed son, injured other children
Officials say Robert A. Simonds, 30, was driving when his family’s pickup truck hit a tree, and the children’s mother, Ashley A. Corson, 29, was indicted on the same charges for what the district attorney described as “accomplice liability.”
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White House salutes child care investments by Maine and other states
Senate President Troy Jackson attended an event at the White House on Wednesday to celebrate state efforts to improve access to affordable, high-quality child care as a means of lifting families out of poverty and strengthening local economies.