Maine’s final agricultural fair of the season opens today.
October 2011
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Caribou man wins Maine Marathon
Stephanie Crawford, 34, of Dover, N.H., won the women’s race in 3 hours, 7 minutes and 8 seconds.
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SNAPSHOT: Next step, college
Tonya Gould, left, tries to get her seven-month-old son Briton Barnaby to look at photographer Diana Griggs, center. Her husband and fellow photographer Dennis Griggs helps Gould get her son to look up.
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CORRECTION
The vote in a June referendum to abolish Readfield’s Public Works Department was 424 in favor and 419 against. An article on page A1 of Friday’s edition misstated the vote count becaue of a reporter error.
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‘Prohibition’ in Maine set stage for national effort
The hard-won legislation was so groundbreaking, so controversial, it was known across the nation and beyond as “the Maine law.”
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Bid for placement with relatives too late
When a child is removed from a home, placement with a relative — kinship care — is a regular procedure in Maine.
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“Absurd’ delay in Senate on judicial nominations
WASHINGTON — When Nancy Torresen is confirmed — barring unforeseen problems — Monday by the Senate for the U.S. District Court in Maine, it will be an example of what passes for a smooth federal judicial nomination process these days.
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City school board to discuss adding buses
AUGUSTA — The Augusta Board of Education meets Monday to discuss adding enough buses so all elementary schools can get out at the same time — a move intended to increase learning time at the schools.
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Gardiner celebrates the season downtown
GARDINER — The swine were at one end of Main Street and the steins were at the other Saturday for the second annual Swine & Stein Festival.