Skowhegan, Norridgewock and Madison have all submitted letters to the Maine Department of Marine Resources opposing the amendment.
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Richmond police respond to elementary school for student who brought loaded gun to school
Police said the student self reported the gun when bringing it to a staff member, adding everyone was safe and no threats were made in the incident.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Maine State Police to step up traffic enforcement
A policy of not enforcing some minor traffic infractions, put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, is ending.
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Traffic patterns changing at West Gardiner tolls
Drivers traveling north from Interstate 295 to Interstate 95 will use new tollbooths 600 feet from the existing tolls, while southbound drivers will pay at new toll plaza.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
For Oakland man, trapping beaver a lifelong avocation
Caleb Jones, 28, sets traps in large waterways all over Kennebec County, and helps remove beavers from people’s property, where the rodents chew through trees.
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Central Maine law enforcement agencies return to ‘normal’ patrols, leading to uptick in arrests
Local departments and sheriff’s offices say they are still operating with pandemic protocols, but more officers are out in the field actively patrolling.
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Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. to receive Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
On Tuesday, Colby will award Pitts, a journalist, commentator and novelist, with the award named for Lovejoy, an Albion native, Colby alumnus, journalist and abolitionist who was murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois, from an angry, pro-slavery mob.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Skowhegan man charged after being shot last week by deputy in Norridgewock
Trever A. Caouette, 24, has been charged with two counts of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, which officials said was a handgun.
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Firefighters fight blaze with fire extinguishers at former paper mill in Madison
Multiple crews responded to a second-alarm fire at Timber Pure Technologies that occupies the former Madison Paper mill.
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Madison tomato grower must pay $337,000 in back wages, penalties following investigation
U.S. Department of Labor recovers more than $245,000 in back wages for 117 employees of Backyard Farms.