FREEPORT — Residents of South Freeport Road awoke Monday morning to find Ku Klux Klan brochures littering their driveways. Augusta Police Chief Robert Gregoire told the Kennebec Journal that similar Ku Klux Klan fliers were found in driveways and on building porches in an Augusta neighborhood Monday morning Jack May, who has lived near the center […]
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Driver, passenger injured when car hit trees, split in two pieces
Authorities say the car hit several small trees, causing it to break apart. WCSH-TV reports that the driver and a passenger were extricated from the crash and taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Police say speed and/or alcohol are expected factors in the crash. Authorities are investigating.
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Report says Riverview still lacks sufficient staff, bed space
AUGUSTA (AP) — A report issued by the former chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court says Augusta’s Riverview Psychiatric Hospital is still having issues with staffing and space. The Portland Press Herald reported that a report issued Tuesday by Daniel Wathen acknowledged that the state Department of Health and Human Services, which runs Riverview, […]
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Tractor trailer carrying mail overturns on I-95
AUGUSTA — State police in Maine say the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 were shut down after a tractor trailer carrying mail turned on its side in Augusta. Police say the truck was carrying mail to Bangor when it overturned at 5:15 a.m. Friday. The mail was later offloaded onto a second truck that will […]
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Missing Augusta girl reunites safely with family at police station
#BREAKING – Lenore Wilson is safe at @augustamepolice #WGME pic.twitter.com/3efeLWue44 — Dan Lampariello (@DanWGME) October 4, 2016 AUGUSTA — Police say an unidentified man brought a missing 3-year-old Augusta girl to the police station safe and apparently uninjured. Police were looking for Lenore “Lenny” Wilson since Tuesday morning. Augusta police responded to the family home Tuesday morning […]
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Augusta police roundup 3 escaped cows
AUGUSTA — Police say that three cows escaped their Hallowell enclosure, wandered onto Interstate 95 and crossed into Augusta before being safely corralled from the highway. Police tell The Kennebec Journal the cattle weren’t harmed and didn’t cause any traffic accidents on Sunday. In June, a cow escaped a trailer that was taking it to […]
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Paris has ‘good chance’ of receiving Safe Neighborhood grant
PARIS — The town “has a very good chance” of being awarded an $72,000 Safe Neighborhood grant, which would help with battling the area’s heroin epidemic and put at-risk youth on the path to success, according to Terry Holden of the Maine Office of Community Development. She told attendees during the June 13 public hearing on […]
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Auburn woman pleads guilty to stealing vets’ medications
AUGUSTA — An Auburn woman who worked for United Parcel Service pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing prescription narcotics intended for outpatients of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Togus, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II. Jennifer Leighton, 37, was employed by United Parcel Service as a customer care representative in the […]
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Clif Bars, sunflower seed products recalled
AUGUSTA — Clif Bar is initiating a voluntary recall of three varieties of its bars after its supplier, SunOpta, was found to have distributed sunflower kernels that may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, according to a statement from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. SunOpta has expanded its own recall of certain products because […]
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NRCM says Gov. Paul LePage sent harassing letters to donors
AUGUSTA — The state’s largest nonprofit pro-environment group, The Natural Resources Council of Maine, said Thursday that Gov. Paul LePage has been sending letters to its donors that many consider harassment. LePage’s staff confirmed letters were sent to about 200 NRCM donors that are listed on the organization’s website. In all, the organization has about 16,000 […]