Three people were displaced after city officials found defects in the home at 44 State St., which entered the tax foreclosure process earlier this year.
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Deadly chase with Winslow police raises pursuit policy question
A family member is partially upset at the Winslow policeman who chased the car, but the department’s chief said the pursuit policy was followed “to the letter.”
China man charged after allegedly damaging ATV bridge with truck
The Sunday incident could cost China Four Seasons Club thousands of dollars, and their president says the group has struggled this summer with damage caused by passenger vehicles on their trails.
Dresden’s Pownalborough Court House on display at Sunday event
It was a part of Summerfest in the town, which an organizer called ‘one of the most fabulous towns in Maine.’
Genealogists get help tracing roots at Augusta event
Lorna Fanjoy, of Auburn, has been tracking her ancestry for years, but she showed up on Saturday seeking help on questions to ask at an upcoming family reunion.
Maine advocates decry LePage administration move to end well water grant
The $300,000 award, won in 2013, has been the state’s only steady funding to promote testing for chemicals including arsenic, but the state has changed its tune on the grant, calling parts of it inefficient.
Gardiner slaughterhouse looks to add flash-freezing facility
Owner Bill Lovely says the new building next to his slaughterhouse, which the city Planning Board will consider Tuesday, would make it possible to ship Maine vegetables and meat across the country.
Kennebec County taxes to increase by an average of 3 percent
A jail reform bill passed by the Legislature is forcing the county to pick up costs that the state covered previously.
Augusta elementary school pupils to get standards-based grading
The Augusta Board of Education voted to establish a 1-to-4 system for all students from kindergarten through sixth grade, replacing a hybrid system established in 2008.
LePage inaction may inadvertently allow bills to become law
Among them is a measure to provide welfare to immigrant asylum seekers, which the administration opposed, but the governor didn’t veto within 10 days of passage.