Detour follows state routes designed to accommodate the weight of commercial vehicles, but local drivers may be able to access private and logging roads to shorten the alternate route.
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Canaan man, 34, killed in motorcycle crash Saturday evening, deputy says
Nicholas Davis died on Tuttle Road in Canaan after his Harley-Davidson collided head-on with a Subaru Forester driven by Keiana Paradis, 24, of Norridgewock, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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With air traffic increasing, Waterville airport finds itself on promising financial path
Fuel sales also are booming at Robert A. LaFleur Municipal Airport where $13 million in federal funding over the years has allowed for significant infrastructure improvements.
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Making room to grow, Thomas College nears completion of new athletic center
The 18,000-square-foot facility, scheduled to open in the fall, is being built alongside the college’s two turf fields, with a design “that totally stands on its own within the state,” athletic director Christopher Parsons says.
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Belgrade man, 44, killed when SUV travels off Winslow road, hits utility pole
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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Baseball: Cody Laweryson moving along through Minnesota Twins organization
Former Valley, UMaine standout was recently promoted to the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge.
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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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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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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.