Category: Midcoast
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Swanville arson suspect allegedly threw firework into truck
Twenty-year-old Patrick Kane, who is charged in the case, was out on bail for another charge of arson at the time of the incident.
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Temporary housing for homeless proposed in Belfast church
City councilors on Tuesday commended the coalition on its progress but raised numerous questions and concerns about the proposal.
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Suspect in Edgecomb homicide arrested in California
Luke Krott is linked by evidence to the killing of 34-year-old William “Nate” Robinson of Austinville, Virginia, whose body was found in a trash barrel.
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Stockton Springs appoints temporary interim town manager
Loren Cole will be the interim manager after Mac Smith was fired from the position and the town clerk declined to serve as his temporary replacement.
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More officials protest Maine’s plan to dock ferries on mainland
Islanders are primarily concerned that they would lose reliable emergency medical transport if the change goes through.
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26-year-old Maine man seriously injured in Route 1 crash
Michael Herrick, 26, of South Portland was seriously injured in a crash near the West Bath town line on Route 1 on Monday afternoon.
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Man charged in Swanville explosion
The explosion happened in the back of a pickup truck on Swan Lake Avenue on Sunday night.
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Stockton Springs clerk turns down interim manager job
Town Clerk Diane Reynolds turned down the position, saying she has no interest in the position “whatsoever.”
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How a midcoast city welcomes the new year with a giant fire
Some celebrants toss things into the flames to symbolically do away with the outgoing year’s baggage.
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Why one of coastal Maine’s biggest business groups is closing
Some midcoast business owners and officials have expressed dismay about the upcoming closure of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce, which serves the Camden and Rockland areas and is one of the biggest business groups along Maine’s coast. But community members also said that the traditional model of a chamber of commerce that collects…