Dexter News

Friends and family members gathered in Fairfield Saturday to bid farewell to a Maine-based Army Reserve unit that is headed for a second tour in Iraq.

An officer who has served the department for 27 years was appointed Thursday as Dexter's new police chief.

A firefighter walks through the remains of a structure gutted by flames on Parkman Road in Garland on Monday.

Crews from Dexter, Corinna and Garland are on the scene on a structure fire in Garland.

The Dexter Town Council plans to take possession of a Free Street property on which the town has a lien, even though the lien was placed on the property because of inaction by a former owner.

Steven Pomeroy pleaded guilty in Knox County Superior on Monday morning to the stabbing death of 22-year-old Jessica Marie Nichols last July.

He has walked 500 miles on foot since May 11 to promote peace while raising funds for the Barka Foundation, an organization working to provide well water to residents in Burkina Faso in West Africa.

GUILFORD, Maine a ' Local firefighters stopped a basement fire Monday before it had burned through the first floor of a Butter Street home believed to be owned by George Sprague Jr.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection plans to take groundwater samples Thursday from the monitoring wells in Barrett Pit and test them for heavy metals.

The victim said he'd rather have his money back than see the defendant serve a long prison term.

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Roy submitted his resignation last Wednesday and will leave his position Friday.

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CLINTON, Maine a ' In late February, dairy giant H.P. Hood told eight Maine organic dairy farmers in Aroostook and Washington Counties that their milk contracts would not be renewed.

Waldo Peirce, the son of a Maine lumber baron who gained international fame as a muralist, painted 'Woodsmen in the Woods of Maine' at the Westbrook post office in 1937.

The Army will phase out the Hueys next year at the training center. HOHENFELS, Germany a ' The Army will replace its fleet of UH-1 "Huey" helicopters with new UH-72 Lakotas next year at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center.

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Flames that engulfed a barbecue grill at a Kennebec Street residence for a short time Monday evening were doused quickly by firefighters responding to an emergency call.

One was in Sangerville on Monday night and two were in Corinna on Tuesday. Firefighters from a half dozen departments, including Corinna, fought a blaze Monday night at the Grinnell family home on Route 23.