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Archived news clippings detail the story of Janet Brochu after she disappeared in 1987 and her body was found three months later.
A prison inmate serving a 75-year sentence for murdering a woman in 1988 has been charged in the separate slaying of Janet Brochu of Winslow a year earlier.
Janet Brochu is seen in an undated archived photo.
Morning Sentinel file
The arrest of Gerald Goodale, 61, in connection with Brochu’s 1987 cold case, came after unspecified new evidence was uncovered and presented to a grand jury, Maine State Police said in a news release on Friday.
Brochu, who was 20 at the time of her death, was out with friends on Dec. 23, 1987, in Waterville when she separated from the group and disappeared, police said at the time. She was last seen leaving a nightclub in Waterville at midnight in the company of a man.
Rooks: Maine dam pratfall leaves other questions in its wake
Douglas Rooks
In a stunning development last week, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) announced it was abandoning its effort to amend dam licenses on the Kennebec River that could have prompted federal orders to remove four main-stream hydroelectric dams.
The move came after Brookfield Renewable Partners, the international renewable energy giant based in Canada, which owns the dams and many other hydro facilities in Maine, filed suit in Kennebec County Superior Court to block the rulemaking.
Next-day reporting left much to be desired. One account had DMR Commissioner Patrick Keliher describing it as a “process problem.” Another said Keliher “would halt the process,” which was true, but did nothing to explain the sudden reversal.
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Former Cumberland County Jail officer charged with gross sexual assault of inmate
Investigators say Jonathan Williams, 30, had sexual contact with a person incarcerated in the jail s community corrections center in 2019.
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A former corrections officer at the Cumberland County Jail is accused of having sexual contact with a person incarcerated in the community corrections center at the jail late in 2019.
Jonathan Williams, 30, turned himself in to Cumberland County Sheriff’s investigators Thursday. He was released on $1,000 bail. Williams is expected to be arraigned in Kennebec County Superior Court on June 9 on charges of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact, both felonies; a third charge, of unlawful sexual touching, is a misdemeanor, Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said.
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The Maine Idea: Gov. Mills administration fumbles on Kennebec dam removals
DMR’s pratfall leaves other questions in its wake
By Douglas RooksThe Maine Idea
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In a stunning development last week, the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) announced it was abandoning its effort to amend dam licenses on the Kennebec River that could have prompted federal orders to remove four main-stream hydroelectric dams.
The move came after Brookfield Renewable Partners, the international renewable energy giant based in Canada, which owns the dams and many other hydro facilities in Maine, filed suit in Kennebec County Superior Court to block the rulemaking.