Communities have stepped up to help get meals out to students through the food bank and volunteers, but increased remote learning and home schooling mean fewer students are taking advantage of free meals compared with last year.
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Loved ones of youths killed in Clinton crash rally outside driver’s home
A group of approximately 20 loved ones of Tommy Porfirio and Emily and Ashlin Baker gathered outside the home of Timothy Silva, 17, Saturday morning. Silva was the driver in a car crash that killed Porfirio, 15, and Ashlin, 12, and Emily Baker, 14.
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Gardiner attorney under suspension named in lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted client
The woman is one of two who filed complaints with the Board of Overseers of the Bar that led to the suspension of Clarence Spurling’s law license in September.
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Central Maine colleges say coronavirus-testing efforts paying benefits
Officials from Thomas College and Colby College in Waterville and the University of Maine at Farmington have reported low numbers of infections and good cooperation from students and staff members as schools continue with testing.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine Grains takes innovative leap to expand in downtown Skowhegan
The goal is to provide housing, a space for the farmers market in the winter and to invite entrepreneurs to try out their businesses in a new building adjacent to the gristmill.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Two arrested on drug trafficking, possession charges after bust at Palmyra motel
Zachary Nutting, 25, and Chelsea Heath, 30, were found with fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine after a search warrant was executed in their hotel room, said Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Thomas College receives $13.5 million Alfond grant for scholarships, new programs
The Waterville college also announced its $27 million ‘Guarantee the Future’ campaign has less than $1 million more to raise to reach its goal.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Man pleads guilty to lesser charges in Mount Vernon child sexual assault case
If Anthony J. Mecham, initially charged with felony counts of gross sexual assault and visual sexual aggression against a child, complies with the terms of the agreement he may end up with lone charge of unlawful sexual contact.
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Pilot uninjured when landing gear collapses on Waterville airport taxiway
The pilot, carrying UPS packages from Manchester, New Hampshire, had just landed on the runway Wednesday morning and was turning right onto a taxiway when the plane’s right landing gear collapsed.
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Sidney man seeks to have key digital evidence thrown out in retrial of child sexual assault charges
Eric Bard was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison for gross sexual assault but had that conviction overturned by the state’s highest court, and is now disputing that authorities had proper consent to obtain evidence from his family home.