LITCHFIELD — Selectmen have authorized Town Manager Michael Byron to buy two new firetrucks.
July 2012
Vassalboro church seeks vendors for flea market
VASSALBORO — The Vassalboro United Methodist Church has vendor tables available for its Aug. 4 yard and flea market.
Skowhegan Area High School, class of 1967, seeks classmates for Aug. 11 reunion
SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Area High School class of 1967 will hold a reunion Aug. 11 at the Elks Club.
Local residents, students receive honors
FAIRFIELD — Taylor Ferguson of Sidney was presented with the Girl Scout Silver Award at a special ceremony held recently at Kennebec Valley Community College.
Guiding Eyes seeks puppy trainers
The Maine Region of Guiding Eyes for the Blind seeks people in central Maine to raises puppies and teach them the basic skills they will need as future guide dogs.
Augusta Dollar Store site of school supply collection drive
AUGUSTA — Operation Homefront, a national non-profit that provides emergency financial and other assistance to military families and Wounded Warriors, is collecting school supplies for military kids.
Augusta State Airport to receive $1 million federal grant for snow removal
AUGUSTA — The Augusta State Airport will receive $1 million in federal funding to buy an array of snow removal equipment.
J.P. Devine: The basement, don’t go down there
Free advice to newly married couples: Do not buy an old house in New England that has a basement. I see no point in basements. A basement is where excess water collects and where serial killers bury their victims.
Accused killer of Readfield man charged after attack on Kennebec County Jail guard
AUGUSTA — Awaiting trial on charges of killing a Readfield man and burning his house down, a Massachusetts man is now accused of assaulting a corrections officer at the Kennebec County jail and smearing his own feces inside his cell.
Augusta Area Police Report, July 26-27, 2012
AUGUSTA THURSDAY At 4:23 p.m., theft was reported on Riverside Drive. 4:49 p.m., firefighters responded to an alarm at Sunrise Hotel on North Belfast Avenue. 6:19 p.m., an assault was reported on Washington Street. 7:27 p.m., fraud was reported on Riverside Drive. 7:34 p.m., an assault was reported at Mill Park on Water Street. 7:47 […]