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🌱 Why did Skowhegan’s Select Board suddenly pause a decades-old charity payout?

Hello Skowhegan! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why did Skowhegan’s Select Board suddenly pause a decades-old charity payout?
  • Paperwork error delays justice again in high-profile Skowhegan murder case

Also on today's calendar: A Christmas Carol: Every Man Has the Power to Do Good and 4 more events.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Skowhegan? Post it to Skowhegan photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 30 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Wednesday: A p.m. rain or snow shower, temps: high: 37, low: 19.
  • Thursday: Sunshine and some clouds, with a high of 37 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Skowhegan Select Board tables trust fund payout, OKs wastewater upgrade (newscentermaine.com) — Skowhegan’s Select Board has delayed a long-standing trust fund payout to the Skowhegan Woman’s Club while members seek more details on the group’s nonprofit status and how aid is distributed. At the same meeting, the board approved nearly $17,400 for critical wastewater equipment repairs, renewed a liquor license for Heritage House, and okayed cribbage games at the Skowhegan-Madison Elks Lodge.
   

• Resentencing in Skowhegan murder delayed due to unfinished paperwork (centralmaine.com) — Resentencing for the man convicted of killing a 20-year-old Skowhegan woman has been pushed to Feb. 17 after prison transport paperwork wasn’t filed in time. Family and friends, some traveling from out of state, were forced to return home without the long-awaited hearing at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
   

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  • Cumberland Farms posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Skowhegan. Apply here.
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  • New construction training program aims to fill Maine's worker shortage (centralmaine.com)
  • Waterville business accelerator's new program manager brings business, policy experience (mainebiz.biz)
  • Obituary: Dennis Russell Monroe (centralmaine.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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