Dan Burns, 47, of Augusta, can carve a bear from a block of pine in about 20 minutes, and an owl or cardinal in about 10.
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Law enforcement agencies look to shift strategies amid rising drug arrests, overdoses
Police in Fairfield and Skowhegan are among the agencies shifting their resources as the drug epidemic in Maine continues to take root, with 715 people statewide dying last year of a drug overdose.
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Brickyard Hollow Brewing Co. to open ninth location in Augusta by fall
The Yarmouth-based chain of brewpubs is testing its quick-service model in Augusta, with pizza, appetizers, bowls and beer available to order at a counter.
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With Skowhegan bicentennial to celebrate, River Fest returns ‘bigger and better than ever’
Familiar favorites like Moonlight Madness and the town’s fireworks display are set to return, but organizers also are adding new events to celebrate both the bicentennial and the Kennebec River.
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Educational center to offer college planning session July 13
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center plans to host a free individualized virtual session for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. Essentials of College Planning: Virtual: • Friday, July 13 at 10 and 11 a.m. The center is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The program helps […]
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Two arrested after search of Canaan home yields fentanyl, other illicit drugs, police say
Garrett Cote, 24, and Rylee Spofford, 19, were charged this week with several offenses after a search of a home on Hill Road turned up more than a pound of fentanyl, Skowhegan police said.
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Madison parents indicted in October crash that killed son, injured other children
Officials say Robert A. Simonds, 30, was driving when his family’s pickup truck hit a tree, and the children’s mother, Ashley A. Corson, 29, was indicted on the same charges for what the district attorney described as “accomplice liability.”
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Three seriously injured in Skowhegan head-on collision
The crash Saturday morning on Route 2 was caused by one vehicle hydroplaning and hitting the other, officials said.
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Educational center to offer college planning sessions in July, August
The Maine Educational Opportunity Center plans to host free individualized virtual sessions for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. Essentials of College Planning: Virtual: • Monday, July 31 at 1 and 2 p.m. • Thursday, Aug. 3 at 9 and 10 a.m. • Friday, Aug. 4 at […]
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Sea rise, extreme temperatures expected to send more people to inland Maine, climate expert says
Nathan Phillips, a professor at Boston University, told an audience at a two-day conference in Skowhegan this week that rising sea levels and temperature extremes in the South will displace millions and force migration inland and to the North.