Vassalboro News

Augusta - At the Maine Veterans Hospital in Augusta, Leon Audet of Winslow, and Almo Nickerson of Carabassett, are almost in separable.

Richard Fournier, 57, of Windsor, has three issues driving his candidacy: assuring health insurance coverage, working to preserve unions and aiding people faced with losing their homes because they lost their jobs.

All was quiet mid-morning Tuesday, at Averill Condominiums in Waterville. Abby Witham was enjoying some fresh air from her second-floor balcony.

Vassalboro - A Vassalboro woman was assaulted on her property Monday, less than a week after a neighbor was the victim of a home invasion.

Police are looking for a man they say injured an Oak Grove Road woman during a break-in on her property this morning.

VASSALBORO -- Tammy Gidney's family has its television back, a little wobbly and a little scratched, but she feared it would turn out much worse as she watched her husband fight with the burglar trying to steal it from their home during the wee hours Wednesday.

The class of officers has graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. They received their badges following 18 weeks of study and training at the Vassalboro training facility.

AUGUSTA, Maine - The man convicted of setting fire to a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro was sentenced Thursday to the maximum sentence of 30 years.

Raymond Bellevance will find out how long he will spend behind bars for burning down the Grandview Topless Coffee shop in Vassalboro in 2009.

Pittsfield - In March, Maine's unemployment rate was 7.2% Wednesday, some of those unemployed were looking for work at a job fair in Pittsfield.

Sgt. Paul Edwards said a vehicle without its lights on was pulled over, and when police arrived, a strong odor of alcohol was coming from the car.

Two women who prepaid Pinkham's Corner Fuel for heating fuel offered the company owner sympathy for losing his business.

VASSALBORO, Maine -- -- In Maine, change can occur slowly. Mainers usually deal with things, shall we say, all in due course.