Local & State - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel (2024)

James Nile, 32, was charged Tuesday night with OUI and released from jail Wednesday morning on $300 bail.

Capitol City Manor, a 29-bed facility on State Street, was under investigation in recent months for reports of abuse and neglect.

Only minor injuries were reported. Investigators were headed to the scene of the crash.

The party is focusing on Senate seats in Auburn and Augusta, which are currently held by Republicans who are not seeking reelection.

Questions about traffic and noise were raised Tuesday as the board considered an informal preapplication for a food truck court on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

Voters on Tuesday approved raising and appropriating $158,071 for general government, which had been left off the June 10 town meeting warrant due to a typographical error.

Maine also filled 9,300 nonfarm jobs from May 2023 to May 2024, in large part thanks to gains in Maine's health care and social assistance sector.

The town's Marijuana Committee recommends a 50-foot setback with a 5-acre parcel.

Berry, a well-known real estate agent, had served on the council since 2014 and voiced interest on topics including affordable housing, taxes and education.

When he was found in his Litchfield home on May 18, Gerald Marin had been dead more than a week, police say in the criminal complaint charging Shari Allimah with murder.

Nathan Morris, 27, of Norridgewock, was issued a summons for operating under the influence, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.

My Dad's Place, owned by Lynn and Matt Brennick, will be featured on 'America's Best Restaurants' show.

Waterville police and agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency searched an Silver Street apartment on Thursday.

Randal J. Hennessey, 33, is accusing of killing his landlord Douglas 'Doug' Michaud Jr. in 2021 on their building's front porch.

This is the second humpback whale found dead in Maine waters this month.

Jonathan Dodge was found dead at a home on Saturday.

James Wells got down on one wet knee to ask Olympic gold medal swimmer Lilly King to marry him. She said yes.

The van is operated by Greater Portland Health, which serves vulnerable communities in Portland, South Portland and Westbrook.

The Union of Concerned Scientists predicts that high-tide flooding caused by rising seas will hit critical facilities with a few years if emissions stay the same.

Maine State Police are investigating the death in northern Aroostook County and say there is no danger to the public.

The town has not yet determined what species of whale it is.

A new summer softball tournament to raise funds for multiple homeless veteran organizations is happening this weekend at the softball fields in Bath.

If convicted, prosecutors said they will request a life sentence for Randal J. Hennessey. He doesn't dispute shooting Douglas Michaud Jr. at least 6 times on their apartment building's front porch in 2021.

The fire occurred in a free-standing workshop at 61 Elm St. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will confirm the identity of the deceased, who has been preliminarily been identified as 76-year-old Dwight Russell.

The former South Portland High School student has pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal solicitation for murder.

The Kennebec County grand jury indictments for June.

Josh Forester, 48, of Cornville, is the new executive director of the Humane Society Waterville Area at 100 Webb Road in Waterville.

Roughly 100 people joined Gov. Janet Mills and other Democratic party leaders at the protest to urge voters to protect access to abortion at the polls this fall.

Robert Conlogue was arrested late Saturday and taken to the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta, where he was released early Monday on $4,000 bail, police said.

The state-run museum and learning center in Boothbay Harbor opens Wednesday after $1.1 million in upgrades that include 2 new tanks designed to look like the rocky coasts of Boothbay and Burnt Island.

Hoey, a Maine native, worked for the paper for nearly 40 years, many of them as its unflappable night reporter.

A new bill backed by Sen. Angus King would award the women who served as Army and Navy nurses with a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor.

COVID-19 funds expired this year, and districts need to keep wages competitive in order to attract and retain workers – but taxpayers are pushing back, even if it means a decline in the quality of education.

Police say two Maine State Police dogs searched the store at the Marketplace at Augusta after a note with a bomb threat was discovered and reported about 2 p.m. Sunday, but no bomb was found.

Details are being withheld until after an autopsy, but police said there is no threat to the public.

The nine-day, rally-style race featuring antique and vintage cars is expected to spend the last three days of the 2,300-mile race in and around central Maine, before ending Sunday in Gardiner.

But the well-known wreath company isn’t alone. An analysis found that 5 leading conservation groups have registered pesticide applicators on staff.

A Pittston Fair Association official estimated at midday Sunday that 1,500 people attended the three-day fair, which began Friday. A weekend in a typical year, without “crazy rain,” would draw up to 3,000.

Sunday's severe weather was still the most hazardous forecast Maine has had so far this year, a National Weather Service forecaster said.

At the annual town meeting June 10, the amount listed in the article for general government was underreported due to a typographical error, town officials said.

The $11.3 million project was recently awarded Community Development Block Grant funds and won approval of MaineHousing.

Some visitors and residents of Peaks enjoy making cairns, sculptures made out of stacked rocks. But others think these sculptures taint the view and hurt the environment.

Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.

Maine has the highest percentage of second homes in the country, and Portland has been named the nation's hottest luxury real estate market for almost a year. Entrepreneurs are cashing in on the trend.

Kevin Hines, who spoke Saturday at the Rotary District 7790 Conference in Waterville, survived a suicide attempt off of the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000 and now is a motivational speaker, author and filmmaker spreading awareness about suicide prevention.

Maine isn't used to or prepared for the heat that's coming our way, experts say, and some communities are more vulnerable than others.

A longtime Kennebunkport summer resident who made hit records and sang on Broadway, Morgan will talk about her long career at an event at Ogunquit Playhouse on Monday.

Man was allegedly swinging a baseball bat at windows, signs, and was aggressive toward responding police.

Matthew Cote, 23, is pleading not guilty and not criminally responsible to two counts of murder and one count of arson in the June 2021 slayings.

The worker would be hired by the city in the hopes of connecting people with substance use disorder with help.