IT’S ROBOTIC: Messalonskee Middle School students Katelyn Naslund, far right, and Sarah Cormier, second from right, and the rest of the Infinite Fruit Loops react as their team’s robot misses a task during the Maine First LEGO League Championship on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. About 500 students on 62 teams from across the […]
December 2011
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State parks offer events for season
FREEPORT — On a recent weekend, there were few hikers on the trails that wind through a pine forest at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park before opening up to views of seabird nesting islands and mud flats.
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Mainers prepare for less heating aid
PHILLIPS — Jay and Joan Adams received just enough home heating assistance to make it through recent winters, piecing together a budget on federal aid and emergency fuel deliveries from charity groups.
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Wilton man alleges drive-by robbery
WILTON — A Curve Street man told police he was robbed by two men who jumped out of a car and hit him with a gun before taking his cash and fleeing Friday night.
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BRIEFS: Hallowell planners have site visit today
HALLOWELL — The Planning Board will meet for a site visit at Winthrop Street, Map 2 Lot 1A, at 10 a.m. today.
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Counselor offers business sense for local students
AUGUSTA — Starting a business is always a risk. Ed Ross’s role as a SCORE counselor is to help make sure entrepreneurs don’t take on more than they can handle.
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Wreaths, ribbons adorn veterans’ headstones
TOGUS — Nothing disturbed the peaceful rank and file of white headstones at the west section of Togus National Cemetery at 11 a.m. Saturday.
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LePage pays tribute at Arlington cemetery
ARLINGTON, Va. — It wasn’t even noon at Arlington National Cemetery as Maine Gov. Paul LePage and first lady Ann LePage prepared to lay a wreath at the mast of the USS Maine.
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UMA’s enrollment down in past 10 years
AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta has seen its enrollment drop along with the entire system during the last 10 years.
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Wescott program helps level field for athletes
Seth Wescott knows what it’s like to depend on someone else. He remembers how difficult it was to get started in a sport, snowboarding, that wasn’t considered traditional, even on the mountain.