Monmouth Police Chief Paul Ferland, who is currently also the interim police chief in Winthrop, would hold the Winthrop position permanently if negotiations are successful.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Augusta Board of Education member calls for detailed audit of finances in vote against proposed school budget
Board member Kati McCormick questioned the accuracy of the spending plan, pointing to a rocky budgeting process that earlier involved a nearly $800,000 mistake in calculations.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Workers clean up spray paint vandalism of Augusta police memorial
Meanwhile, authorities on Thursday had no updates on the investigation into the vandalism.
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Oakland officials hope state’s OK of financing tool will lead to reinvigorated downtown
Town Manager Ella Bowman said she hopes designating downtown as a tax increment financing district, or TIF, will help fill empty storefronts with a restaurant and other businesses.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
New York man found not guilty in 2020 Waterville shooting death
A Superior Court justice Thursday found Jashawn Lipscombe not guilty in the death of Joseph Tracy, a West Gardiner man who was shot in a Waterville apartment three years ago this month and died days later of the injury.
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Photos: Waterville students spend a day serving others
About 30 students at Waterville Junior High School who are part of a Jobs for Maine’s Graduates program traveled to Woodlands Senior Living of Waterville to perform community service work. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.
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Kennebec County Teacher of the Year gives students a chance to restore alewife harvest in Gardiner
Sharon Gallant and her Gardiner Area High School students have worked with a local nonprofit for five years to collect data on the fish often used as lobster bait in hopes they can help bring the commercial harvesting industry back to the city.
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‘Civilian hero’ of Hallowell house fire identified, thanked for bravery
A week after an unidentified man helped Peter Schumacher and his daughter escape their burning home, he was able on Wednesday to thank passerby Mohamad Daaboul in person.
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Improper disposal of smoking material caused fatal Waterville fire, officials say
Smoking is not allowed on the Elm Towers property at 60 Elm St., where a fire May 22 caused the death of Ronald Kennerson, 65, in whose apartment the fire began, investigators said.
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Friendship man seriously injured after crashing into mobile home hauled by truck in Wiscasset
A 25-year-old man was taken by LifeFlight to Maine Medical Center in Portland Wednesday. His condition remains unknown.