Unofficial results of the June 13 municipal elections for participating towns in greater Augusta and Waterville. Only contested races are included.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Planning Board hears more details about downtown Waterville housing proposal
Kennebec Realty Partners told the board Tuesday that two long-vacant buildings across from the Colby College-owned Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons could have 21 studio apartments between them.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Messages painted on Gardiner building raise eyebrows with QAnon message, code violation
Words appeared June 3 on two sides of the Gardiner Feed building on Maine Avenue, but with the building slated to be repainted, they will not be there much longer.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Albion man pleads guilty to ‘straw purchase’ involving convicted felon in federal firearms case
Charles Viles, 31, tried to buy firearms for a convicted felon in Palmyra and knowingly made false statements to to a licensed firearms dealer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Bangor.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Despite firefighters’ complaints, Winslow town officials on track to make public safety merger permanent soon
A Winslow fire official says 11 of the 12 career firefighters no longer support the merger and ‘morale in the firehouse has dropped significantly from the deputy chief position down to the lowest member.’
Posted inLocal & State, Local Government
Hallowell to form working group to hash out details of restrictions on synthetic pesticides, fertilizers
Three council members and four residents will be part of the group that will discuss how to best regulate the products as development in the city increases.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Richmond School Department strengthens high school graduation requirements
Officials have upped the minimum required credit-equivalents from 15 to 21 in the district’s first major policy shift away from Regional School Unit 2.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Photos: Fishermen in Waterville cast a line for striped bass at night
The men were fishing near the Lockwood Dam on the Kennebec River on Friday and Saturday nights. All photos by staff photographer Michael G. Seamans.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan voters approve $17.4 million budget at annual Town Meeting
Voters approved all 66 articles, but shot down a proposal to add an assistant town manager at the Town Office.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Interim Waterville police Chief Bonney named chief
Bill Bonney, who has been with the city’s Police Department for more than 25 years, has been serving as interim police chief since Joseph Massey retired in December.