SOUTH PORTLAND — The Maine coast could become home to a pilot project to create the country’s first deepwater, floating wind farm.
December 2011
LePage questions energy program
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage says efficiency and conservation should be part of the strategy to reduce Maine’s overdependence on oil for home heating, but he is critical of the way those efforts are being implemented.
Planners approve catering kitchen
VASSALBORO — The Planning Board unanimously approved a catering kitchen at 276 Dunham Road now that a parking plan is complete.
Occupy Augusta leaving park
AUGUSTA — After nearly two months, Capitol Park is now unoccupied.
No charges for truck driver in Jackman death
SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset County District Attorney’s Office will not prosecute the truck driver who spilled his load of logs through a Jackman home in July, killing a 5-year-old boy.
Special town meeting Saturday
FARMINGDALE — Voters at a special town meeting slated for Saturday will be asked to approve four ordinances, a land deal, and grant Kennebec Valley Gas Co. a tax break for a proposed natural gas line that will run through town.
Public hearing planned on fireworks sale
WINSLOW — Councilor Cathy Nadeau has a concise outlook on consumer fireworks.
Business burglar given 33 months
AUGUSTA — A burglar who frequently targeted businesses around his Waterville home was sentenced Thursday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
Canaan woman killed in Thursday morning crash
SKOWHEGAN — A Canaan woman was killed Thursday morning in a two-car, head-on collision on U.S. Route 2 near the Great Eddy of the Kennebec River.
Restructuring questions remain
MOUNT VERNON — Some board members of Regional School Unit 38 want more information before voting on a restructuring plan next month.