The 24-bed facility is a collaboration between the jail and the county’s homeless shelter network.
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Photos reveal multiple rare right whales off York County coast
Scientists from the New England Aquarium used photographs to confirm that the whale photographed off Long Sands Beach in York was different from the one observed off the coast of Wells.
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Posted inLocal & State
Kennebunk man charged following fire that burned hundreds of acres
Michiel Brown had a burn permit but he failed to fully extinguish a brush fire he started on his property, forest rangers say. He now faces fines and restitution.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Felon with violent past surrenders to police in Buxton
In August 2017, Vincent Cole allegedly used his child as a human shield during a confrontation with police
Posted inLocal & State, News
Severe coastal storm damage, steep cost may offer glimpse of future
The public cost alone in York County from the nor’easter that sat off the coast for 6 days this month has risen to $2.75 million.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Waterboro man arrested after head-butting one deputy, biting another, sheriff says
Nicholas Morin, 29, was charged on Friday with assault on an officer and was taken to the York County Jail.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Former Kennebunk man sentenced to prison for investment fraud
Robert J. Howarth gets six years in prison and is ordered to make restitution of $575,000 to people he bilked in a designer-clothing scheme.
Posted inLocal & State
Storm-battered coastal towns assess damage to homes, businesses, roads
So far, one house has been condemned in Wells, but authorities in York County are just beginning to calculate the scope of the damage left behind by surging high tides.
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Coast Guard sending down camera today to survey sunken tugboat
After colliding with another tug, the vessel sank Thursday in 158 feet of water about 3 miles south of Kennebunkport.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
North Berwick man arrested after 12-mile chase through Waterboro
Kyle Berounsky, 29, also burgled a house, the York County sheriff says.