The Cony High School boys track team enjoyed a surge in numbers that coaches hope translates into a strong showing this season.
April 2012
St. Michael principal planning to step down
AUGUSTA — St. Michael School Principal Jon Caron has submitted his resignation, effective at the end of the school year, after an unspecified disagreement with school officials.
Flying Wild teach workship set for April 27
AUGUSTA — Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., will offer the Flying Wild teacher workshop on April 27.
David Sancious offers April 20 concert
WINTHROP — Keyboard player and guitarist David Sancious will give a concert at 7 p.m. Friday at The Quaker Friends Meeting House, 219 Winthrop Center Road.
Local students honored
HAMILTON, Mont. — Heather S. Watkins has been named a postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellow for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, at Hamilton. She is assigned to the Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites in the Chlamydial Pathogenesis Section.
Water shutdown to affect downtown Augusta today
AUGUSTA — Several Water Street buildings will be without water for part of today.
Missing girl’s uncle pleads not guilty; trial upcoming
WATERVILLE — The uncle of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an assault charge during an initial appearance at district court.
Man guilty of assault, sentenced to prison time
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of domestic-violence assault, forestalling a trial that was to be held today and Thursday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
Police hunt suspect after barbecue turns bloody
AUGUSTA — A family barbecue turned heated Sunday when two men were stabbed with a knife for rebuffing a friend’s request for something to eat, police said.