Scott Monroe

Kennebec Journal

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Published
August 31, 2022

Early morning house fire first in Oakland since town added full-time Fire Department

The 1 a.m. blaze at a South Alpine Street house came about a month after Fire Department hired full-time firefighters to provide 24-hour coverage, which the fire chief says enabled a quicker response to the scene.
Published
August 26, 2022

Woman charged with starting massive blaze that consumed Pittston residence

Sharon Nichols, 67, has been charged with failing to extinguish a fire following a Maine Forest Service investigation into the April 25 blaze.
Published
August 17, 2022

Skowhegan police charge man over allegation he took lewd photo of young woman in public

Eric Dore, 43, who has been a co-owner of the Old Mill Pub in Skowhegan, was charged Tuesday with a Class D misdemeanor charge of violation of privacy.
Published
July 28, 2022

Police: Two pedestrians hurt in Augusta automobile crash

Crash involves several vehicles and pedestrians near the Crossings Way area of Western Avenue.
Published
July 25, 2022

Court documents identify teen charged with murder in Mount Vernon girl’s killing

Aidan Grant, 15, of Wayne is charged with intentional or knowing murder in connection with the July 18 killing of Brooke McLaughlin, 14.
Published
July 21, 2022

Maranacook seventh grader identified as victim in Mount Vernon homicide

Brooke McLaughlin, 14, who was found dead at her home Monday night in a case still under investigation by Maine State Police, was described by friends and school officials as a bright and kind girl who looked out for others and loved her pet lizard.
Published
July 20, 2022

Death of girl, 14, in Mount Vernon investigated as homicide

Police say the girl was found dead Monday evening, and they are looking for information about a stolen car related to the killing.
Published
July 20, 2022

Augusta woman’s first-person obituary an ode to her ‘positive vibes,’ daughters say

Gail Armstrong says in her obituary she has joined the newspapers’ “Stiffs Section” after dying last week from “complications with illness, having a little too much fun earlier in life, and fatigue from dealing with all the humorless and overly sensitive people in this world today.” She was 61.
Published
July 15, 2022

Presque Isle man charged with arson in Litchfield gas station fires

Robert Bowring, 39, was charged for allegedly setting fires near gas pumps Thursday night, officials said.
Published
July 7, 2022

Mother of Ayla Reynolds expands wrongful death lawsuit to include child’s grandmother, aunt

Trista Reynolds alleges that Justin DiPietro’s mother and sister played roles in helping to ‘clean up’ and conceal evidence of the child’s death from a Waterville house in 2011.