A 19-year-old man was undergoing surgery Friday at a Portland hospital after he was shot in the neck earlier in the day at a Unity Road home in Benton.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Fairfield-area school budget passes after failing June referendum
Residents voted to approve MSAD 49’s amended $35.2 million budget Tuesday after it failed in June’s referendum, sending the revised version to a Sept. 2 referendum vote.
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Maine issues new fish consumption limits for PFAS-tainted waters
Six bodies of water have new fish consumption advisories due to elevated levels of forever chemicals.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Benton man tries to withdraw guilty pleas, fire lawyer at sentencing in Augusta
Christopher S. Groves, who argued he was forced into a plea, was sentenced Thursday to serve at least seven months on a domestic violence charge.
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Paving work to begin on I-95 in Augusta, Waterville, Fairfield
Drivers should expect lane closures during the project, expected to begin Sunday night and continue through the fall.
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13 Auburn students taken to Waterville hospitals after feeling ill on bus
The bus carrying Edward Little High School track team members was traveling south on Interstate 95 in Benton late Thursday when they complained of headaches and nausea.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
After years of giving, a Waterville man’s wish granted
Michael Williams of Waterville, who suffers with a terminal illness, applied for and was granted a wish for his daughter and grandson to visit him from North Carolina, Amy Calder writes.
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Man in custody after recklessly firing pistol toward homes in Benton
State troopers detained Joseph Costa, 32, after receiving multiple reports of shots fired recklessly in the area of Unity Road in Benton.
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Lawmakers consider $10M bailout for Fairfield water crisis
A bill would expand the public water system to Fairfield residents whose private wells have been contaminated by toxic forever chemicals from the state’s former agricultural sludge-spreading program.
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Waterville-based audiology center to offer hearing loss talk
The free event will include screening Thursday, May 1.