WISCASSET — The Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel on Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage will meet Tuesday to update Wiscasset residents on the status of the 64 containers of nuclear waste stored at the former Maine Yankee power plant site. The federal government was contractually obligated to remove the radioactive waste by 1998 after the plant was decommissioned […]
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Wiscasset woman to appeal murder conviction in death of 4-year-old girl
Shawna Gatto was found guilty in April of murdering 4-year-old Kendall Chick and was sentenced in June to 50 years in prison.
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Wiscasset woman arrested following high-speed chase in Thomaston
Police said Hannah Hewes came within a couple of feet of striking a police officer, whose cruiser was parked beside the road.
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New York pair charged with trying to burn down Richmond home over drug debt
Todd Dickson, 26, and Joris Gomez, 25, were both arrested Wednesday on arson, burglary, theft and heroin trafficking charges; on Tuesday, a resident of the Richmond home was arrested on heroin trafficking charges.
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Defense says Wiscasset woman charged with child’s murder is not a killer
In closing arguments, attorneys for Shawna Gatto say it’s ‘human nature’ to want to blame someone but there isn’t enough evidence to convict her.
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Wiscasset woman’s trial in child’s death opens with dramatic photos
The prosecutor tells the judge who will decide Shawna Gatto’s fate that ‘little Kendall Chick was not fine’ shortly before her death, contradicting what Gatto told police.
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U.S. still has no place for spent nuclear fuel, so Maine Yankee’s owner gets millions
The award will help pay for the roughly $10 million per year to maintain the repository at the closed nuclear plant in Wiscasset.
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Massachusetts man in court on charges of causing Camden woman’s lake death
Jonathan Roberts was indicted for the August death of a woman who died in Damariscotta Lake after being struck by Roberts’ watercraft.
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Maine woman charged in 2018 beating death of daughter seeks to annul marriage
Sharon Carrillo is expected to ask a District Court judge to end her marriage to Julio Carrillo, who also is charged with murder in Marissa Kennedy’s slaying, alleging he already was married at the time they wed.
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Farmers’ markets in the area
A sure sign of warm weather is the reopening of farmers’ markets across the state, and there are plenty to visit in the area Maine.