WATERVILLE — Mid-Maine Technical Center will hold its 23rd annual National Technical Honor Society induction ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Winslow High School. Mid-Maine Technical Center is a regional technical school serving students from Lawrence, Messalonskee, Waterville and Winslow high schools.
April 2012
WATERVILLE DISTRICT COURT
WATERVILLE — The following cases were closed from March 10, 2012, to March 23, 2012, in Waterville District Court.
Apple legend roots in Unity
UNITY — A sapling from famed American pioneer Johnny Appleseed’s original apple tree lineage is growing on Quaker Hill.
LAWRENCE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
FAIRFIELD — Lawrence Junior High School recently announced its third-quarter honor roll.
Cemetery group program day set
SKOWHEGAN — The Maine Old Cemetery Association will hold a Program Day starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at the American Legion Post 16, 217 Waterville Road.
MESSALONSKEE HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
OAKLAND — Messalonskee High School recently announced its third-quarter honor roll.
POLICE PROBE DOUBLE STABBING
WATERVILLE — Two men were sent to hospitals with serious stab wounds early Thursday after an apparent fight outside The Chez Paree, a nightclub in the city’s South End.
School buses, trucks should follow speed limit
Why is it OK for school buses and dump trucks to exceed the 25 mph posted speed limit on our Waterville streets? When either one hits the many potholes on our streets, it sounds like they’ve just crashed into each other. With no seatbelts on the school buses, I’m picturing our poor kids spending more […]
Mistrial declared in Occupy trespass case
AUGUSTA — With some jurors claiming their counterparts were biased against the government, a mistrial was declared Thursday in the case of five people charged with criminal trespassing last November as part of an Occupy Augusta protest at the governor’s mansion.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Time to fix Social Security is now, not later
The Social Security trustees projected this week that funding for retirement benefits will run short in 2033, three years sooner than had been estimated a year ago. After that, the program will be able to pay only about 75 percent of the amount now promised to retirees and the disabled.