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Starks voters adopt food sovereignty ordinance

by Susan Cover March 10, 2018March 10, 2018

Voters also authorized selectmen to pursue buying one or two used snowplows but offered no immediate guidance on whether Starks should sell its former Town Office building or find new tenants for it.

Athens fire squad to become town agency

by Doug Harlow March 10, 2018March 10, 2018

Town Meeting voters decided unanimously Saturday to take over the Athens Volunteer Fire Department and all of its assets.

Local & State

Athens voters to decide status of Fire Department at Town Meeting

by Doug Harlow March 6, 2018March 6, 2018

Firefighters approached town officials about changing from an incorporated force to a municipal department.

Local & State

Wood chip truck driver says he fell asleep in Athens, woke up in ditch

by Doug Harlow December 6, 2017December 6, 2017

The driver says he nodded off around 4 a.m. Wednesday and woke up in the ditch off Route 150, the local fire chief said.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Athens pair charged with burglary, theft from July shooting incident

by Doug Harlow November 16, 2017November 16, 2017

Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster would not say how the recent charges are connected to the shooting of a New York man, who survived.

Maine Crime

Athens woman sentenced for Togus VA benefit fraud

by Betty Adams November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

Lisa-Marie T. Watson’s father-in-law was sentenced previously for the same conspiracy.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Athens man sentenced in federal court on child porn charges

by Doug Harlow July 24, 2017July 24, 2017

Steven Strang Jr., 38, will serve six years in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release.

Local & State, News

Athens woman taken by helicopter to hospital after crash

by Doug Harlow June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

A sport utility vehicle driven by Laurie Dombroski, 58, of Athens, caught fire Friday afternoon after hitting another vehicle and a building, police said.