Eight people have been displaced by the fire, which is under investigation.
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Skowhegan-area school board to consider compliance with Trump order
After a board member tried to force a vote Thursday about whether the board would explicitly follow the Trump administration’s orders, the board chair said the matter would have to be taken up at the next meeting.
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Cornville man, formerly banned, now on Skowhegan-area school board
Wayne Wofford, 47, an outspoken critic of rules about masking at schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been appointed to fill the seat held previously by Julian Payne on the Maine School Administrative District 54 board of directors.
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Map: Where police raided residential cannabis grow operations in Maine
Approximate locations of many of the cannabis grow operations in residential locations.
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Workers at Maine’s illegal cannabis grow sites report signs of human trafficking
Federal prosecutors say they have found no evidence of exploitation at the clandestine marijuana grow houses. But some local law enforcement, anti-trafficking advocates and several grow house workers say otherwise.
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Sheriff: Man arrested as investigation continues into rural illegal cannabis grows
Jian Ji Wu, 63, was arrested after authorities raided a Canaan residence earlier this week and found nearly 900 cannabis plants inside.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
A busy spring of improvements is planned for Skowhegan area’s Lake George Regional Park
Plans for the park on the Skowhegan-Canaan line include building a road with parking on the west side of the park, turning a former social hall into an event venue and outdoor recreation base camp and renovating five aging cabins on the lake.
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State investigators describe fire at vacant Canaan motel as suspicious
The fire occurred Tuesday night at the former Lake George Motor Lodge at 39 Main St., east of Lake George Regional Park East.
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Many boys get game consoles for gifts, but one in Norridgewock got an antique tractor
Trent Roy, 10, has always shown an affinity for tractors, and with an assist from the Maine Antique Tractor Club, he now has one of his own, thanks to the kindness of a Canaan man.
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Canaan man convicted of murdering girlfriend dies at Maine prison
Shannon Atwood, whose earliest possible release date would have been August 2054, died Thursday morning at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston.