In a case that raised First Amendment issues, a judge found that threatening messages Nicholas Worthing sent to the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page were sufficient evidence of stalking.
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Pittston to seek nearly $2 million from road commissioner’s company
Pittston officials allege that road repair work completed by Sam Snow Construction to Jewett Road was poorly done.
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Pittston voters elect Holzinger to Select Board
About 400 voters filled the Town Office on Tuesday to cast their ballots.
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March 19, 1984: Whitefield residents convene for 175th anniversary town meeting, Pittston OKs town office, and Bowdoinham community center wins passage
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Stalking case involving Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office raises legal questions
Prosecutors believe that Nicholas J. Worthing, 37, of Pittston sent dozens of threatening, profanity-filled messages over several years to the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page and directed at Sheriff Ken Mason.
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Kennebec County sheriff stalking case set for trial in Skowhegan
Prosecutors agreed last year to move the case to Somerset County and drop one stalking charge against Nicholas Worthing, of Pittston, who has gone through a dozen defense lawyers over four years.
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Gardiner-area school district hires new superintendent
Kady Gould, principal of Helen Thompson School in West Gardiner, will start as superintendent on July 1 following her appointment by a unanimous school board earlier this month.
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Pittston voters slash budget by $394,000 at annual town meeting
A lively town meeting slashed the $3 million budget by $394,000.
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Pittston to sue over faulty Jewett Road repair
Pittston elected officials voted to sue Sam Snow Construction, the company operated by the town’s road commissioner, after the repair work it did on Jewett Road started to fail after about a year.
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Pittston voters to decide on 18-month budget, select board position
The annual town meeting is set for March 15 at 9:45 a.m. at Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School on 1023 School Drive and the town election follows Tuesday, March 18.