GARDINER — This month’s theme for the A Year of Reading program at Gardiner Public Library, 152 Water St., is Health and Wellness.
March 2012
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Vehicle sales driving Augusta retail purchases
AUGUSTA — Shoppers spent more on cars in the Augusta area last year, plunking down almost 9 percent more money than the previous year and driving an overall increase in total retail sales.
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NAMI offers free Family-to-Family course
AUGUSTA — NAMI Capital Area Family Support and the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Maine will sponsor a free Family-to-Family Education Program for families of people diagnosed with mental illness.
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Healing Hearts group begins March 22 in Augusta
AUGUSTA — HealthReach Hospice & Volunteers of Kennebec Valley will offer an eight-week family grief support program, Healing Hearts, from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays beginning March 22, at Green Street Methodist Church.
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Sudden end for Augusta publication
AUGUSTA — The Capital Weekly — which had circulated in greater Augusta for 17 years — three sister publications and an entertainment magazine ceased abruptly Friday.
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Objections persist about CMP smart meters
Even as Central Maine Power has installed more than 600,000 smart meters in Maine, including nearly all in the greater Augusta area, some critics are still raising safety concerns about the wireless power readers.
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New headof RSU 38 selected
READFIELD — The assistant superintendent of the Bangor School Department will become Regional School Unit 38’s superintendent this summer.
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A debate that still dominates
AUGUSTA — The state’s Medicaid system, MaineCare, has dominated debate at the State House since December, when Gov. LePage proposed cutting more than 65,000 Mainers from the health insurance program to balance the budget. It looks like it will stay that way for a while.
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Company works to secure financing for gas pipeline project
MADISON — A private company is closer to securing the financing for a natural gas pipeline through central Maine as it solidifies its ties with a Colorado firm that has experience building the underground lines.
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VIENNAIncumbents win back their seats
VIENNA — All the incumbents on the ballot won re-election Friday, and Saturday’s annual Town Meeting went off without a hitch.