somerset county

Published
March 8, 2022

Maine high court hears 2nd appeal by man convicted of murdering sheriff’s deputy

An attorney for John D. Williams, who received a life sentence in 2019 for killing Somerset County Sheriff's Deputy Eugene Cole, argued Tuesday that Williams deserves a new trial because the jury never heard about disciplinary action taken against an arresting officer.
Published
February 28, 2022

Two girls seriously hurt in snowmobile crash were supervised at the time, official says

A person was monitoring the children, ages 9 and 10, as they rode Friday without helmets and hit trees in New Portland.
Published
February 9, 2022

As municipal road salt supplies run low, local agency works to secure shipments

Kennebec Valley Council of Governments is coordinating shipments of road salt as supplies dwindle in many central Maine communties.
Published
October 13, 2021

Fire at Maine Woods Pellet Co. in Athens, police say

The company was the site of another fire in March when a fire started in a wood pellet drier.
Published
March 7, 2021

Fairfield man files class-action lawsuit against Sappi paper mill over ‘forever chemicals’

The lawsuit alleges Sappi's Somerset Mill in Skowhegan is the source of the PFAS found in Somerset County water wells and at other sites.
Published
February 18, 2021

Pennsylvania man dies from apparent heart attack while snowmobiling on Pleasant Pond

Mark Schaub, 62, was riding a snowmobile with his wife on the pond in the Somerset County town of Caratunk when he apparently suffered a cardiac issue and fell off the snowmobile.
Published
November 25, 2020

Northern Light Health increases capacity to deal with Maine’s COVID-19 uptick

Waterville's Inland Hospital and Pittsfield's Sebasticook Valley Hospital are working with Bangor's Eastern Maine Medical Center within the Northern Light system, officials said Wednesday.
Published
May 7, 2020

Breach of attorney-client privilege in Somerset County sparks concern in Maine legal community

The coronavirus pandemic has stripped lawyers of the surest way to communicate privately with clients: Face-to-face in a private room. Relying now on recorded telephone lines and videoconferencing systems, lawyer-client conversations are at risk.
Published
March 16, 2020

Trials at Maine courts delayed until May; DA urges fewer arrests

Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney is asking law enforcement to whenever possible summon people to appear in court, rather than arrest them on a crime, as the spread of coronavirus results in delays of court trials.
Published
December 26, 2019

Commentary: Public-private partnerships are helping to keep Maine healthy

A nonprofit is working with officials to expand access to care in rural areas.