Somerset County News

Businesses in Skowhegan and Anson are among six in Maine communities to share $590,000 awarded by the state Department of Economic and Community Development through its Community Development Block Grant program.

AUGUSTA : Dr. Dora Ann Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, said Nov.

An autopsy performed Sunday on the body of a man shot to death Saturday revealed someone else pulled the trigger.

State police are investigating a "suspicious" shooting death of an Anson man. Everett Cameron, 60, was found dead in his pickup truck around 4 p.m. Saturday, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said.

Maine State Police troopers and Somerset County Sheriff's Department deputies were investigating a serious crash in Norridgewock Friday night.

NEW SHARON a ' State animal welfare agents seized about 40 animals found mostly in the kitchen and living room at a New Sharon woman's residence on Oct.

Mainers will decide the matter in November, it's Qestion 4 on the ballot. A group opposing the Tabor 2 initiative held three seperate press conferences today to voice their concerns.

Firefighters from two counties got extensive training on how to save people in motor-vehicle accidents.

Congressman Mike Michaud praised House passage of the conference report on H.R. 2892, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010.

Police in Waterville say they've charged two people and seized more than a pound of cocaine, capping an investigation that began on a tip.

A teenager from Pennsylvania is the 4th victim of a hunting accident this season.

On Monday a 17-year-old from Coatsville, Pennsylvania was hit by pellets in his mouth and leg when his uncle fired at a rabbit while hunting in Mayfield Township in Somerset County.

An Augusta man faces multiple charges after he went on a violent, drunken rampage Sunday night, according to Maine State Police Trooper Peter Michaud.

Gubernatorial candidate Peter Mills spoke about bringing accountability and transparency to government at the Portland Republican Meet the Candidates event Thursday night.

State police said a man was shot Thursday night in the Somerset County town of Canaan.

IN ANSON, Wednesday at 11:16 a.m., a report of a theft was investigated on Preble Avenue.

Do you have old, unwanted, unused medication in your cabinet that you need to get rid of, but aren't sure how to do it? Saturday residents of Somerset County can get rid of their old pills at a medication collection event in Skowhegan.

The following information was compiled Thursday, Sept. 24, by the Public Information Office for the Maine Department of Public Safety: Jeffrey LaGasse, 31, of New Portland, recently indicted by a Somerset County grand jury for murder, made his first court appearance Friday, Sept.

Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court will tour courthouses in Washington and Penobscot counties next week.

NEW PORTLAND, Maine a ' Maine State Police say a New Portland man has been charged with murder in the death of a 50-year-old woman who was found outside her home and business in June 2007.