The Office of the Public Advocate in a letter this week to the state Public Utilities Commission expressed concern that the PUC is allowing the Bingham Water District to stop water service next week to people in Moscow because of a dispute over an unpaid $24,000 bill.
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Former Augusta mental health worker sentenced for sexual abuse of client
Wayne O. Draper, 57, of Pittston pleads no contest to Class D misdemeanor charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
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Landmark building that was a relic of Waterville’s past turns to rubble
Work crews on Wednesday began demolishing the former John Martin’s Manor on College Avenue to make way for housing that will feature townhouse-style apartments.
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Litchfield residents petition town to hold vote on animal shelter contract
Residents collected 224 signatures — 173 are required — to have the question included June 18 on the Town Meeting warrant.
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Waterville council reconsiders rezoning for Highwood Street apartment proposal, takes first vote to approve
The City Council on Tuesday gave its initial consent to rezoning 8 Highwood St. so apartments can be developed for housing the most vulnerable people in Waterville. Three councilors who earlier rejected the plan this time voted in favor.
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Watch: Fire destroys 122-year-old Farmingdale house under renovation to be sold
The Northern Avenue home, owned by John Jaques of Keller Williams Realty, was under renovation and nearing completion as a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home.
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Hallowell officials consider putting fire station renovation question on November election ballot
The city voted in January to keep the nearly 200-year-old former fire station, which currently houses the city’s food pantry, and now say they’d like citizen-backing from a nonbinding ballot vote to spend up to $4 million on the project.
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Pittston felon caught with meth and guns pleads guilty to trafficking
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents arranged to buy drugs from another man whom they pulled over in a car driven by Tyrel Cox in 2020.
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Fairfield residents approve $6.4 million municipal budget at Town Meeting
Residents gathered at the Fairfield Community Center on Monday for the first in-person Town Meeting in two years.
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Police: Vassalboro man killed when SUV leaves road, strikes tree in Skowhegan
Shawn Nutt, 51, may have been distracted by an electronic device Tuesday when his SUV traveled off the Eaton Mountain Road, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam said.