ROCKLAND — A Rockland man will serve nine months in jail after admitting to dealing drugs that were connected to the death of another young city resident. Cody A. Gnosini-Rubenstein, 28, was sentenced in Knox County Court to four years in jail with all but nine months suspended for trafficking in cocaine and fentanyl. He […]
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RSU 9 bus lights off when student hit by truck
FARMINGTON — Police are continuing to investigate an accident Monday in which a 5-year-old boy was hit by a pickup truck on New Vineyard Road as he prepared to board a school bus. As of Tuesday, the Farmington Police Department said it had determined the emergency lights on the school bus were not activated at […]
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911 calls pointed to gravity of explosion in Farmington
PORTLAND — The first caller to 911 thought a former Coca-Cola plant had blown up. Seconds later, a caller said it might have been a transformer explosion. Other callers reported that a blast had shaken their homes. Emergency dispatchers didn’t know what had happened in Farmington, Maine, but they quickly understood it was serious from […]
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New convenience store proposed for Bowdoinham, across the street from town’s only other store
BOWDOINHAM — In a town of fewer than 3,000 people, a new convenience store may go up across the street from the town’s only other convenience store, which raises the question: Is the town big enough for both? Doug Tourtelotte, a contractor, Bowdoinham resident and former selectman, said he plans to build a new store […]
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Bath to vote on TIF spending for city projects
BATH — Bath City Council will vote Wednesday to decide whether to approve next year’s tax increment financing budget to fund economic development projects including sidewalk construction, electric vehicle charging stations and a downtown building façade improvement program. The city has three tax increment financing agreements — the Bath Iron Works agreement, the Wing Farm agreement, and the Downtown agreement. TIFs are a common financing tool municipalities use to […]
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MaineWire: Gov. Mills’ empty promise to the United Nations
When she addressed the United Nations earlier this week, Governor Janet Mills announced that she signed an executive order stating Maine would be carbon neutral by 2045. To achieve this policy goal, there would need to be a net-zero release of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, meaning Maine would need to balance its emissions with carbon removal […]
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Town still accepting applications for senior tax relief program
BRUNSWICK — So far, fewer than 20 people have signed up for the town’s Senior Property Tax Assistance Program, adopted last December to provide tax relief for seniors. The program is designed to provide financial assistance to Brunswick property taxpayers or renters who are age 70 or older and who qualify for the Maine State […]
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Waterville mayor to proclaim Oct. 14 ‘Columbus Day,’ despite state law
WATERVILLE — Mayor Nick Isgro plans to proclaim Oct. 14 “Columbus Day,” despite the state’s having passed a law in April renaming it “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” Isgro’s proclamation pays deference to Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer who sailed to the Americas on behalf of Spain more than 500 years ago and who has become a […]
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Kayaker finds car stolen in 2017 submerged in Saco River
A kayaker paddling on the Saco River on Thursday afternoon near the Market Street bridge in Saco discovered a submerged car that police later learned had been stolen two years ago. The car was visible from the surface because construction on a nearby fishway has led to a lower water level, police said Friday. Divers […]
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Charged with manslaughter, Lewiston teen free on bail
LEWISTON — A local teen charged with manslaughter in the 2018 death of 38-year-old Donald Giusti posted bail Thursday. Emmanuel Nkurunziza, 18, remains free on $500 cash bail and a pretrial supervised release agreement after a judge signed the paperwork in 8th District Court. Earlier this week, the judge ordered that Nkurunziza be bound over from juvenile […]