Two alternatives have been developed for extending a recreational trail west from downtown Gardiner along Cobbosseecontee Stream, but more work is needed before city officials can choose the option they prefer.
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Police: Fairfield man arrested after firing gunshots during domestic dispute in Waterville
Maurice Watkins-Cundiff, 29, faces numerous charges, including attempted murder and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, after the alleged conflict at a residence on Pleasant Street.
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State officials work to remove old Maine Central Railroad lines to make way for rail trail
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands hopes to have contract signed soon to remove rails for recreational trail from Oakland to Embden.
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Randolph shooting leads to arrest and drug seizure
A 42-year-old man was injured early Saturday morning in a Randolph home where police later found cocaine and fentanyl.
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State police shooting of Thorndike man in 2019 found to be justified
Trooper Thomas Bureau II reasonably believed Eric Fitzpatrick, then 33, was about to use unlawful deadly force against him when he shot Fitzpatrick in 2019, the state Attorney General’s Office determined.
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Maranacook Community High School in ‘outbreak status’ following series of COVID-19 cases, staff shortages
At Wednesday night’s Regional School Unit 38 board meeting, Superintendent Jay Charette did not recommend a different course of action regarding the COVID-19 cases and said he expects them to ‘pass with April vacation.’
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University of Maine at Augusta names Michael Laliberte as new president after a 6-month search
Laliberte, who’s been president of State University of New York at Delhi since 2016, was chosen unanimously by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees and will start on Aug. 1.
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Kennebec-Somerset county district attorney was mentored as a student by Ketanji Brown Jackson
Maeghan Maloney attended Harvard Law School with Ketanji Brown Jackson, the newly-confirmed Supreme Court justice whom she described as brilliant, kind and someone willing to answer tough questions.
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Anson-Madison Water District fell short of state requirements for testing water, trustees say
In a notice this week to customers, trustees said the district previously failed to comply with rules dictating regular water quality tests, reports and filings.
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Conservationists criticize dam owner for impeding salmon migration along Kennebec River
The Kennebec Coalition and the Conservation Law Foundation say Brookfield Renewable Partners must do more to project the endangered Atlantic salmon at four Brookfield dams from Waterville to Skowhegan.