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Jamie Dodge Charged With Decades-Old Rape, Kidnapping: DA
Jamie Dodge, of Brownville, Maine, is charged with aggravated rape and kidnapping in connection with an attack that happened in Holland, which is just outside of Springfield, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office said. He was being held on a $250,000 bail. A woman told police on July 23, 2000,...
Greenville Planning Board to hold info. session on new housing regulations
GREENVILLE — In April 2002, the Maine Legislature enacted and Gov. Janet Mills signed into law Public Law 2021, ch. 672. Legislative Document 2003, as it is commonly known, is intended to address the shortage of housing in Maine by removing regulatory barriers to creating additional housing. The main...
Grand jury indicts man accused of robbing convenience store , 3 charged in home invasion
SKOWHEGAN - A man accused of robbing a Big Apple Store in Madison has been indicted by the Somerset County Grand Jury. Seth Johnson, 19, of Skowhegan was indicted on one count of robbery. According to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster , two men armed with guns reportedly took an...
2024 Sebec River Canoe Race coming up on Saturday
MILO, Maine (WABI) - The 2024 Sebec River Canoe Race kicks off on Saturday at 10 a.m. It runs from Sebec to Milo for about six and a half miles on mostly flat water with a round of Class 2 whitewater. The race benefits Three Rivers Kiwanis and its children’s...
Dispatch center move is ahead of schedule
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the county jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same larger building has been underway for over two months. So far the project is on pace to be completed ahead of schedule, County Manager Michael Williams said during a meeting on Tuesday morning, May 7.
Greenville officials presented with fence, housing density ordinances
GREENVILLE — For months the Greenville Planning Board has been working on several ordinances to be decided by voters at the annual town meeting on Monday, June 3, including one for fences and another to update the land use ordinance to be in compliance with state regulations on housing density.
RSU 68 directors approve $14.2M budget
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The RSU 68 Board of Directors approved a proposed $14,238,768 budget for the 2024-25 academic year during a meeting Tuesday, May 7 at the SeDoMoCha School. The directors also approved the annual district budget meeting for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28 at the SeDoMoCha School, with an information session before at 6 p.m. The total budget approved the evening of May 28 will be moved to a referendum vote in the RSU 68 communities of Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monsoon, and Sebec on Tuesday, June 11 to coincide with the general Maine election.
Music studio student recital
DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Sunday, May 12 at 2 p.m. the students of the North Country Strings Music Studio as well as those of Margery Aumann’s Piano Studio will present a spring recital for the public in the beautifully restored hall at Central Hall Commons. Soloists and small ensembles will be featured, performing traditional, classical, popular, and jazz music on violin, viola, guitar, piano, cello, and bass. Reception to follow.
SeDoMoCha’s April Student in the Spotlight honorees
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMocha School held its April Student in the Spotlight assembly on Monday, April 29. Students in kindergarten through grade 6 were selected and recognized by their teachers for exhibiting accountability in their actions, their interactions with others, and in their learning. These students are kindergarten: Jolene...
2nd Congressional District candidate Austin Theriault begins 11-county tour
GUILFORD -- State Representative and 2nd Congressional District candidate Austin Theriault kicked off an 11-county tour across Maine on Tuesday, May 7th. Covering all counties inside Maine's 2nd District, the tour began in Piscataquis County and is expected to go for the next 5-weeks. "The 2nd District is one of...
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