WINSLOW — Voters from Vassalboro, Waterville and Winslow will soon be asked to approve a budget for the 2012-2013 school year that’s increased just over 6 percent.
December 2011
Posted inOpinion
MIKE TIPPING: Health care cuts, tax cuts demonstrate skewed priorities
This week, the Maine Legislature will consider a devastating package of cuts proposed by Gov. Paul LePage that would cut off health care to hundreds of thousands of Mainers in order to close what he says is a $221 million deficit in the current budget
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Posted inNews
Pipeline TIF debate comes to Fairfield, Oakland
Voters in Fairfield and the Oakland Town Council will decide Wednesday whether to approve tax breaks in their respective towns for Kennebec Valley Gas Co.’s proposed natural gas pipeline in central Maine.
Posted inCommunity
Farmington warming centers to resume
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Warming Center program will resume on Tuesdays and Thursdays in January, February and March at a variety of locations. Hours will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Come for coffee and conversation, to make a puzzle, or play a game.
Posted inNews
Art show reveals Lebanese culture in Waterville
I had been waiting for years for a show like Elizabeth Jabar’s “Kindred” at Waterville’s Common Street Gallery. The reason is that Waterville has been home to a significant Lebanese population since the 19th century — a fact known by far too few Mainers who aren’t themselves of Lebanese descent.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
More important topics than grubby shoppers
Gee, after reading Liz Soares’ noxious diatribe about the woman who wore her grubbies to the store, I think I’ll have to buy a tux for the next time I go to the grocery store. Soares might be standing behind me in line, waiting to out me. And no, I don’t look in the mirror […]
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Dexter, Varney, Cunningham form talented top line for Eagles
WINSLOW — There was a time when Sam Dexter was a wide-eyed youngster on the Messalonskee High School hockey team.
Posted inNews
Auction intensifies for old Air Force property
MOSCOW — An auction is heating up for about 1,500 acres and several large buildings that once held the Air Force’s Over-the-Horizon-Backscatter radar system.
Posted inNews
Police say teen stole from store
WATERVILLE — An 18-year-old man faces charges of theft and underage drinking after he shoplifted in view of a uniformed police officer, police said.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Challenge for people worried about state’s poor
A gathering, planned for the Hall of Flags at 10 a.m. Wednesday, is being organized by agencies who serve the poor in Maine as a comment on the current administration’s policies that effect the disenfranchised. I would like to challenge anyone who is concerned about the conditions of those who are least able to defend […]