Mia Dawbin completed the requirements to earn her standing as an Eagle Scout earlier this year, making her the first girl to reach that rank in Maine.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Whitefield family’s farmstand destroyed by tractor driver
Police are investigating as the community rallies to offer Swallowtail Farm and Creamery support and help in rebuilding.
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Posted inLocal & State
Gardiner city councilor says she’s being ‘poor-shamed,’ won’t resign over unpaid taxes
Penny Sergent, who took office in January, said she’s being poor-shamed by other city councilors, and won’t quit. Several councilors called on Sergent to resign Wednesday after they learned of her unpaid taxes.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Augusta Civic Center’s vaccination clinic gives more than 1,300 doses in first week
MaineGeneral Medical Center spokesperson Joy McKenna said the clinic could give 1,000 shots a day if the vaccine supply allowed it.
Posted inLocal & State
Suspended Gardiner attorney denies claims in second civil complaint
Clarence H. ‘Skip’ Spurling denies the allegations of a woman who says he sexually assaulted her, saying she consented to his conduct and that no attorney-client relationship existed when the conduct in question took place.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Former Madison mill receiving equipment as timber tech firm preps for unique use
The equipment came from Germany and will be stored at Mack Point in Searsport, where it was shipped to, until mud conditions improve.
Posted inLocal & State
Fishing derby in Canaan kicks off weeklong Somerset SnowFest
SnowFest includes a series of activities, including the only equestrian skijoring race in the Northeast which involves a horse and rider pulling a snowboarder or an Alpine skier down a 1,000-foot track of gates and jumps.
Posted inLocal & State
Monmouth committee discussing future of former schools gets derailed by ‘Zoombombing’
At least two people joined a meeting of the town’s School Reuse Committee, saying suggestive remarks and screaming, resulting in the meeting going offline briefly.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
UMA prison education partnership to expand after receiving a nearly million-dollar grant
The grant will help hire a new director, expand the humanities classes offered and allow UMA to purchase new technology for the program.
Posted inLocal & State
Pennsylvania man dies from apparent heart attack while snowmobiling on Pleasant Pond
Mark Schaub, 62, was riding a snowmobile with his wife on the pond in the Somerset County town of Caratunk when he apparently suffered a cardiac issue and fell off the snowmobile.