BOOTHBAY — The Boothbay Railway Village will host the Maine Antique Power Association and the Maine Antique Tractor Club Saturday, June 30. These organizations are dedicated to preserving unique and important mechanical labor-saving devices.
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East Benton Fiddle planned for July 29
BENTON — The 40th annual East Benton Fiddle Convention and Contest will be 11 a.m. to dusk Sunday, July 29, at Littlefield Farm, 270 Richard’s Road. This event is rain or shine.
MIFF set for July 13-22
WATERVILLE — The Maine International Film Fesival will take place July 13-22. Movies will be screened at Railroad Square Cinema and the Waterville Opera House. For more information, visit miff.org.
LEGION NOTEBOOK: Junior Legion picking up teams
The newest American Legion baseball team in central Maine is the Somerset Junior Legion squad, which is playing for the first time this season. Somerset is one of 21 Junior Legion teams in Maine. Junior Legion is for players 13 to 17, while Legion is for players 15 to 19.
King files campaign income statement with Senate
U.S. Senate candidate Angus King earned about $256,000 last year as a professor, corporate director, legal consultant, speaker and retired governor, according to a financial profile he filed with the Senate.
Negotiations continue in college loan interest fight
Congressional leaders were working Wednesday to negotiate agreements on two major policy issues that will impact how much thousands of Maine students pay for college loans as well as state officials’ ability to develop longer-term highway and transportation plans.
Charge filed after Winthrop cops find stolen library CDs
WINTHROP — Over the past few months, librarians at the C.M. Bailey Public Library began noticing empty music CD cases. Then, on June 2, they discovered almost the entire collection was gone.
Barney Frank to aid same-sex marriage drive
In about two weeks, retiring congressman and leading gay-rights activist Barney Frank will marry his partner, Jim Ready of Ogunquit, in a private ceremony in Newton, Mass.
State officials’ choice sparks natural gas war
AUGUSTA — Central Maine’s natural gas war is on.
Some local and regional officials fear the state’s recent choice of the smaller of two proposals to build a natural gas pipeline in the region could kill what they see as a much bigger and better opportunity for residents and businesses.
Community College System freezes tuition beginning in fall
SOUTH PORTLAND — John Fitzsimmons said there were a hundred reasons to consider raising tuition for next year at Maine’s seven community colleges, but one overriding reason not to:
“Maine people cannot afford it,” he said.