AUGUSTA — The position of assistant principal now split between two elementary schools may become two dean of students positions — one for each of the two schools — under a proposal the Board of Education is to consider Wednesday.
April 2011
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Expanding business relocating to Libby Hill
GARDINER — A company that provides engineering and technical services to the nuclear and security industries announced it will relocate to Libby Hill Business Park.
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‘Robo-call’ against senator skewed the facts
Last week, I received an automated phone call from a group known as Americans for Prosperity criticizing our local state senator, Sen. David Trahan, R-Waldoboro, about votes made in the Taxation Committee. The caller said Trahan voted “against family farms and against repealing the death tax.” Those who know Dave like I do knew there […]
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For Obama, now comes the hard part
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, plunging into the rancorous struggle over America’s mountainous debt, will draw sharp differences with Republicans Wednesday over how to conquer trillions of dollars in spending while somehow working out a compromise to raise some taxes and trim a cherished program like Medicare.
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GOLF: Schwartzel win example of game’s growth
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Good news travels much faster than when Gary Player first won the Masters. It was only fitting that on the 50th anniversary of Player becoming the first non-American player in a green jacket, he watched another South African, Charl Schwartzel, become the first champion at Augusta National to finish with four straight birdies.
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Mules cut it close
Colby baseball coach Dale Plummer says it seems like the Mules haven’t gotten the good end of the game’s breaks for a few years now. Maybe this weekend was the start of something different.
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Anthem users decry proposed increase
GARDINER — Five Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield policyholders gave testimony Monday on their insurance company’s request to increase rates, testimony that uniformly de-nounced the proposed rate hike.
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Fairfield oil spill contained after tank leaked
FAIRFIELD — About 200 gallons of heating oil spilled from an outdoor tank at a residence Sunday night, but local firefighters were able to stop it from spreading.
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Attorney general defends mural removal
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage’s administration was exercising its right to “government speech” when it removed a labor history mural from the state Labor Department headquarters, the Maine attorney general said Monday.