The Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce’s 61st annual awards ceremony will be held Thursday to a sold out audience at the Waterville Elks Banquet Center where eight other awards will be presented.
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Winslow schools budget rises 7%, but officials say tax bills won’t increase
If approved by voters, the district’s budget would increase to just over $20 million next year, which officials say is fueled by rising inflation and the high cost of labor.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Madison residents, officials object to planned clinic offering methadone
Acadia Healthcare is under contract to buy 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store, where it plans to open a behavioral health clinic offering medication-assisted treatment and other services.
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Clinton man, reported missing Sunday, found dead in woods
Clinton police said Damon Bickford, 40, had been missing since about 10 p.m. Sunday.
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Winthrop school board to consider 6.22% budget increase
The proposed $13.7 million spending plan cuts a couple of positions, but adds some, too, Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds 30-year sentence for truck driver who caused 2016 crash that killed two
Randall J. Weddle, 61, failed in his appeal after the state’s highest court affirmed his sentence as reasonable and not excessively harsh.
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Update: Man arrested in Norridgewock standoff with police after killing dog, shooting at neighbor’s house, sheriff says
Nicholas Eckert, 32, of Norridgewock was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and criminal threatening for his role in the incident, which drew a heavy police presence, officials said.
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Waterville community mural project inspires hope on Earth Day
The mural, titled ‘How Humanity Managed To Save the Planet,’ was developed by high school students working with a local artist and completed Sunday by community members.
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Man arrested in Skowhegan after breaking into home, fleeing police
Lamont Flanders, 28, was stopped by a police dog after he fled from police who found that he had broken into a home on East River Road in Skowhegan, police said.
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2 seriously injured in Palmyra crash, police say
The driver and passenger of a pickup truck were seriously injured when their truck crashed into a ditch, hit a rock and struck a tree, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.