Kennebec Valley YMCA to close Manchester campus due to declining membership

Kennebec county

Published
August 29, 2022

Kennebec Valley YMCA to close Manchester campus due to declining membership

Facility at 40 Granite Hill Road is scheduled to close Sept. 30.
Published
August 4, 2022

Drought conditions worsen across central Maine

Lower snowpacks over the past few winters and the earlier start to the spring have contributed to drought conditions that are worsening across central Maine.
Published
August 2, 2022

Inmate health care provider abruptly stops Kennebec County jail services over bill dispute

Correctional Health Partners, which has also terminated services at the Androscoggin County jail, is seeking to recoup what is says are about $350,000 of additional costs, but county officials say the Colorado-based company has provided few details to justify the bill.
Published
July 4, 2022

New group in Maine goes into courthouses to observe, document and collect data

The idea of CourtWatchME is to try to gather information about court cases that isn't easily available in the state.
Published
June 6, 2022

Judge rules that lawsuit against state indigent legal services can proceed

The lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Maine states that the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services is not upholding its duties under the U.S. Constitution to provide adequate defense counsel to all Maine residents.

Published
June 2, 2022

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program identifies more than $1.3 million in fraudulent requests for rental assistance

Agency that provides social services to residents of Kennebec and Somerset counties has received the most fraudulent applications for federal rental assistance in Maine this year.
Published
May 24, 2022

Augusta man who allegedly set off fireworks inside apartment indicted

Gerald Scott Stackpole, 45, of Augusta was indicted on charges of arson, domestic violence criminal threatening and endangering the welfare of a child following a July 1, 2021, fire in his apartment.
Published
May 18, 2022

Officials hope incentives will ease staffing shortages, burnout at Kennebec County Correctional Facility

County jail in Augusta now running with about half the staff needed to operate, leading to high overtime costs and burnout among those who work there.
Published
April 14, 2022

Suspended Kennebec County official pleads no contest to sexual assault of female inmate

Initially charged with three counts of gross sexual assault, James Saucier, 60, of Belgrade pleads no contest to lesser charges related to incidents involving a female inmate he supervised.
Published
February 14, 2022

Kennebec County not notified before controversial statue abruptly removed from courthouse grounds

County officials say they were unaware the statue of Melville W. Fuller was to be removed Sunday from the lawn in front of the Kennebec County Courthouse, two months ahead of a deadline imposed by county commissioners.

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