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WATERVILLE Police say they recently issued 34 summonses after responding to a noise complaint from a party at a Winter Street apartment with more than 100 young adults celebrating a Colby lacrosse victory.
A Colby College student in attendance told officers the party was to celebrate the Colby men’s lacrosse team beating Connecticut College 20-17 at home earlier that day.
According to Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey, the group of students was “cooperative for the most part” as officers checked identification for more than two hours. “The two officers I got an opportunity to speak with said all the individuals they spoke to, which was at least half or more of the names listed here, were Colby students,” Massey said.
Large off-campus party celebrating Colby College lacrosse victory leads police to issue 34 summonses
Police issued summonses for underage drinking after responding to a noise complaint, and while Colby College said the party violated its COVID-19 protocols there have not been any positive cases linked to it.
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WATERVILLE Police say they recently issued 34 summonses after responding to a noise complaint from a party at a Winter Street apartment with more than 100 young adults celebrating a Colby lacrosse victory.
A Colby College student in attendance told officers the party was to celebrate the Colby men’s lacrosse team beating Connecticut College 20-17 at home earlier that day.
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AUGUSTA The growing number of drug overdose deaths has the city planning to further partner with the state to reach out to drug users, and their loved ones, to try to save lives.
And in some cases it may even mean helping people with substance use disorder use illegal drugs more safely, with harm reduction strategies.
City councilors met Thursday with the state’s Opioid Response Project Manager Rowland Robinson who offered the city the use of the state’s OPTIONS initiative media campaign materials on city social media, CTV-7 television station and other city outlets.
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The OPTIONS initiative which stands for Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach, Naloxone and Safety is a state program introduced last year by Gov. Janet Mills to assist those suffering from substance use disorders and curb fatal opioid drug overdoses.
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Waterville Police Involved In Thursday Night Fatal Shooting
UPDATED: 2 PM on February 12th
According to a press release from Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey, the deceased man is Eric J. Porter, 32, and the police officer who shot him is Paul Heath, 26.
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According to the KJ, Waterville Police Department officers shot and killed at man at the Best Western Plus Waterville Grand Hotel on Upper Main Street last night (February 11th).
The deceased man was reportedly armed with a knife. The man s identity has not been released to the public. It does not appear any officers were injured in the incident.