Skowhegan, Norridgewock and Madison have all submitted letters to the Maine Department of Marine Resources opposing the amendment.
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Richmond police respond to elementary school for student who brought loaded gun to school
Police said the student self reported the gun when bringing it to a staff member, adding everyone was safe and no threats were made in the incident.
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Maine State Police to step up traffic enforcement
A policy of not enforcing some minor traffic infractions, put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, is ending.
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Proposed budget has Dresden considering withdrawal from Hallowell-area school district
Dresden is not the only municipality critical of Regional School Unit 2’s proposed spending plan. Farmingdale and Monmouth officials are also questioning how they would pay what the district is asking.
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Traffic patterns changing at West Gardiner tolls
Drivers traveling north from Interstate 295 to Interstate 95 will use new tollbooths 600 feet from the existing tolls, while southbound drivers will pay at new toll plaza.
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Dresden files lawsuit against gravel pit, owner over violations
While Heather Beasley’s appeal of a notice of violation and stop work order issued against her gravel pit is ongoing, the town has filed suit against her and the Ballard-Milligan Gravel Corp. in part over damage to Ballard Road.
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Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. to receive Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
On Tuesday, Colby will award Pitts, a journalist, commentator and novelist, with the award named for Lovejoy, an Albion native, Colby alumnus, journalist and abolitionist who was murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois, from an angry, pro-slavery mob.
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Northeast Laboratory Services expands Winslow headquarters
The company expanded its headquarters by adding 6,400 square feet of warehouse floor space and a new loading dock to accommodate its supply of vials.
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Skowhegan man charged after being shot last week by deputy in Norridgewock
Trever A. Caouette, 24, has been charged with two counts of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, which officials said was a handgun.
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Firefighters fight blaze with fire extinguishers at former paper mill in Madison
Multiple crews responded to a second-alarm fire at Timber Pure Technologies that occupies the former Madison Paper mill.