Eric Drown died Tuesday when the Jeep Grand Cherokee he was driving left China Road, hit utility pole and overturned, but his passenger, a 13-year-old boy, was not injured, police say.
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Inmate health care provider abruptly stops Kennebec County jail services over bill dispute
Correctional Health Partners, which has also terminated services at the Androscoggin County jail, is seeking to recoup what is says are about $350,000 of additional costs, but county officials say the Colorado-based company has provided few details to justify the bill.
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Augusta animal shelter breaks ground for larger, more animal-friendly facility on farmland
Officials with the shelter, to be called Nancy Shuman Shelter on Leighton Road, is still working to reach $7.7 million fundraising goal to pay for construction.
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Death of Millie the moose causes stir in Belgrade
Millie was something of a celebrity after first being spotted in June in Great Pond and elsewhere, but interest in her escalated last weekend on reports of a motorboat striking Millie.
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Waterville Board of Education gets update on teaching during COVID-19, staff vacancies
George J. Mitchell School Principal Kim Taylor reported some kindergarten students entered school last year not knowing how to interact with other children, play or wait in line because they had had no social interaction during the pandemic.
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Skowhegan River Park project receives $4.9 million federal earmark for construction
The latest funding announced for the project is a giant step toward meeting the estimated $8.6 million cost for the first phase of the work along the Kennebec River in downtown Skowhegan.
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Quebec athletes dominate field in Augusta Ironman 70.3 triathlon
Augusta was awash with French speakers Sunday as hundreds of Quebec natives travel south for the event.
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Ironman 70.3 Maine draws athletes, volunteers and fans to Augusta
Competitors and spectators converge Sunday on central Maine, the first time the half-triathlon has been hosted in the region.
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Crowd gathers for 50th East Benton fiddler’s festival at Littlefield Farm
Hundreds of festivalgoers set up chairs, tents and blankets on the field facing the stage, listening to bluegrass music and contests, while enjoying food trucks on the fiddle hill.
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Man killed in confrontation with officers in Newport died of multiple gunshot wounds, authorities say
The state medical examiner’s office said Stephen Bossom suffered multiple wounds to his torso in the shooting July 15 and ruled his death a homicide.