The cobbling tradition is being carried on by a half-dozen people in Maine, but most of them plan to retire or cut back their hours in the next few years.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Maine river flooding risk lower than normal, but ice jam risk higher
U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers not currently expected to be called to break ice on the Kennebec River this spring.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
Skowhegan-area school board to consider compliance with Trump order
After a board member tried to force a vote Thursday about whether the board would explicitly follow the Trump administration’s orders, the board chair said the matter would have to be taken up at the next meeting.
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Farifield community college to host career fair
This year’s fair will also include transfer information.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Illegal grow houses have been entering Maine’s medical weed market for years, even after being busted by police
Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan murderer appeals sentence
Jason Servil is appealing his 45-year sentence to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on the grounds that the judge who sentenced him made several mistakes during a tense hearing last year.
Posted inCommunity
The Way It Was in Skowhegan: Week of March 10-17
Showcasing what happened in the Skowhegan-area on this date for the week of March 10-17
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Student brings unloaded pellet gun on Skowhegan-area bus
Students were never in danger, Superintendent Jon Moody told parents.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Garland man sentenced for possessing child sexual abuse material in Somerset County
Clancy Trenton Scott, 24, pleaded guilty Tuesday to 10 counts of possession of sexually explicit materials.
Posted inOn this date
March 3, 2005: Unity soldier fighting for his life in N.Y. hospital as other Maine troops arrive back home, and Somerset County deals with overcrowding at county jail
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