A company executive told selectmen Tuesday that the footwear company now employs 250 people in Skowhegan and the expansion would add another 200 positions.
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Driver faces multiple charges after pickup truck enters tarmac at Augusta airport
Corey Adams, 28, was arrested Tuesday and is being held without bail at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta.
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Truck enters tarmac at Augusta airport, crashes through gate on way out
Police are still investigating the incident, and did not provide further information, or the identity of the driver, Tuesday.
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Hallowell council votes to table controversial pesticide ordinance
The proposed policy would prohibit the use of any synthetic substances and the use of any pesticide within 75 feet of any body of water.
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Former Greenville police chief, Augusta police officer, pleads guilty to arson, burglary
Jeffrey Pomerleau pleaded guilty to five charges, two of them felonies, but will have all but one misdemeanor dismissed if he completes a Veterans Court treatment program.
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Grades changed during glitch in UMaine Augusta course portal were authorized, review finds
No students were found to have wrongly altered scores on quizzes or assignments during the nearly two days many were given administrative access to the Brightspace Learning Management System.
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Augusta City Council expresses concerns about short-term housing rentals
Officials question whether the city’s ongoing housing shortage could be worsened if more housing were converted into short-term vacation rentals.
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Court considers sentence remedy after judge’s error in central Maine shootout case
Richard Murray-Burns was sentenced in March to decades in prison for the 2019 shooting and police chase that began in Waterville, but a judge’s procedural error has led the court to reconsider the sentence.
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Athens man dies while in custody at Somerset County Jail
Virgil White, 33, was being held on a domestic violence charge when he was pronounced dead Monday morning at the jail in Madison.
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Maine to receive $5.5 million in federal money to expand internet access statewide
Maine becomes the first state to receive the funding as part of a federal push for broadband improvements meant to give every American access to high-speed internet service.