WARREN — A Waldoboro woman was charged following a head-on car crash on Route 1 Sunday morning. According to Knox County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Tim Carroll, a 2005 Pontiac sedan driven by Jillian Richards, 24, of Waldoboro was driving south on Route 1 just south of the intersection of Route 90 around 6:30 a.m. […]
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SAD 17 considers changing grading system
PARIS — SAD 17 educators say a committee of administrators and teachers is looking at whether to discard the traditional academic letter grades when the state-mandated proficiency diploma requirement takes effect. In 2018, high schools must award diplomas based on students demonstrating proficiency in eight content areas. Although school districts are not required to adopt […]
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Newly appointed Bethel town manager reflects on past, looks to future
BETHEL — When Christine M. Landes was hired as town manager Nov. 10, it was the culmination of more than 16 years of municipal experience. However, Landes said government was the last thing on her mind when she was in high school. “If you had told me, when I was in high school, that I […]
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Reporters notebook: No school report cards this spring
LEWISTON — It may not disappoint teachers and administrators, but the Maine Department of Education’s school report cards will not go out next spring. Schools won’t get their A, B, C, D or F grades because assessments are changing. Achievement tests for elementary school students used to be given every October, which really got on […]
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Buckfield man seriously injured in Wednesday night crash
HARTFORD — A Buckfield man with a traumatic head injury was taken to Central Maine Medical Center after losing control of his vehicle and striking a utility pole. Joel Warren, 38, was in serious condition as of Wednesday evening, Oxford County Deputy Nate Bowie said Thursday. His status was unknown as of Thursday evening. Bowie said witnesses […]
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Par for the Course: Warren takes lead with second win on Exotics Tour
With the Exotics Tour Pro-Am Series event No. 4 having been held this past Tuesday at Sunday River, No. 5 is on tap Sept. 23 at Falmouth. That would not seem newsworthy on its own. However, more than 20 entries already are submitted for the Falmouth tournament. “This is really starting to take off,” said […]
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New Jersey woman’s condition upgraded after Farmington accident
FARMINGTON — The condition of a New Jersey woman who was critically injured in a crash Wednesday afternoon was upgraded to serious, a Maine Medical Center spokeswoman said Friday. Carol Wood, 71, of Warren, N.J., was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland with life-threatening injuries Wednesday evening after the sport utility vehicle she was […]
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Aroostook County man serving murder sentence dies
PORTLAND — An inmate at the Maine State Prison in Warren serving a murder sentence died at a Portland hospital early Wednesday, according to Maine Department of Corrections spokesman Scott Fish. Paul Henry Gray, 68, formerly of Houlton, died at approximately 5:30 a.m. at Maine Medical Center. He had served approximately 21 years of a […]
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Man stripped of lawyer right appeals
PORTLAND — A Maine man sentenced to seven years in jail after a judge stripped him of his right to a court-appointed lawyer is appealing his conviction to the state’s highest court. Maine Supreme Judicial Court officials say Monday that Joshua Nisbet of Scarborough is appealing. An official says it will be months before the […]
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Defendant stripped of attorney rights gets 7 years
PORTLAND — A Maine man who was stripped of his right to a court-appointed lawyer for his robbery trial was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in jail. Joshua Nisbet, 37, of Scarborough, was given a 14-year sentence, half of which will be suspended. Justice Thomas Warren ruled in March that Nisbet “forfeited” his right to […]