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PublishedMarch 16, 2023
Pittston Select Board removes 2 election workers over claims of bias for candidate
A divided Select Board voted to remove Cheryl Peaslee and Vicki Kelley from the list of election clerks ahead of Monday's vote over concerns they openly campaigned for one of the board candidates.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2022
Group announces 260 acres of Pittston land now preserved as ‘forever wild’
The land was donated to the Northeast Wilderness Trust, which said the 'Tidal Bends Wilderness Preserve' contains a freshwater tidal zone and a mature forest that appears to have not been logged for many decades.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2022
Postal Service staffing shortages prompting alarming delays for central Mainers
Across the region, businesses and residents are complaining that spotty mail delivery is delaying checks, bills and medications, but with about 100 vacancies for Postal Service workers in Maine and a low unemployment rate, it's not clear service will improve any time soon.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
Pittston Fair to celebrate 70th year this weekend
The Pittston Fair, which runs Thursday through Sunday, is not expected to be impacted by recent concerns about avian flu.
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PublishedJune 13, 2022
Dump truck to blame for power outage in Gardiner area
According to an official at Central Maine Power Co., a dump truck "came into contact with a transmission line" off of U.S. Route 201 in Gardiner on Monday afternoon.
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PublishedMay 11, 2022
Former Augusta mental health worker sentenced for sexual abuse of client
Wayne O. Draper, 57, of Pittston pleads no contest to Class D misdemeanor charges of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
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PublishedMay 10, 2022
Pittston felon caught with meth and guns pleads guilty to trafficking
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents arranged to buy drugs from another man whom they pulled over in a car driven by Tyrel Cox in 2020.
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PublishedApril 25, 2022
Large fire at Pittston equipment yard spreads to home, other buildings
The fire was reported at about 1:40 p.m. and drew firefighters from more than a dozen surrounding departments.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2022
Nothin’ sweeter than Maine Maple Sunday in central Maine
Many turn out for celebration of state's famous, much-loved maple syrup and other goodies.
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