The show’s popularity has also allowed designer Ashley Morrill to branch out with a new homeware company called Rustic County. The ninth season of the cabin-restoration program will begin airing on Oct. 23.
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Antisemitic message found at Augusta’s Cony High School
Principal Kimberly Liscomb said the student who wrote the message has been identified and ‘consequences and education have been implemented.’
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Augusta sues police equipment suppliers for allegedly inflating prices of Tasers, body cameras
The city is the lead petitioner in a national class action lawsuit against Axon Enterprise Inc. and Safariland LLC, which was filed last week in federal court in New Jersey.
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State investigators describe fire at vacant Canaan motel as suspicious
The fire occurred Tuesday night at the former Lake George Motor Lodge at 39 Main St., east of Lake George Regional Park East.
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Oakland council votes to release Ella Bowman from employment agreement, appoint interim manager
At an emergency meeting of the Oakland Town Council on Tuesday, the town’s finance and human resource director, Kelly Pinney-Michaud, was named interim town manager.
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Winslow investigation finds councilors didn’t violate open meeting law, but gatherings risk a ‘fine line’
The investigation was launched in August after a sitting councilor claimed the council’s chairman was hosting regular meetings outside the public eye.
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Unity man faces charges after crash that killed one, injured one in Albion
Stephen Bard, 51, is facing several charges after the crash Friday near the intersection of Belfast and Unity roads.
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Kennebec Water District completes review in aftermath of fatal Waterville fire
The district launched a review of properties with backflow prevention devices after it was discovered following a May fire at Elm Towers that the residential facility did not have such a device, allowing firefighting foam to enter the public water system.
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Johnson Hall co-founder says renovation of Gardiner theater is ‘beyond our expectation’
Four decades after Denise and Benny Reehl formed a group to buy Johnson Hall, renovations to the historic opera house are nearing completion. To meet the requirements of the tax credit program funding part of the work, the building must be safe for occupancy by Dec. 31.
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Strange brews, games provide break from beer at Swine & Stein
Mead, kombucha, cider and wine joined beer at the annual festival Saturday.