LONDON — With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolor pageant of landmarks, lightshows and lots of fun.
August 2012
Posted inNews
AUGUSTA DISTRICT COURT
AUGUSTA — The following is a list of cases closed in Augusta District Court between July 26 and Aug. 8, 2012.
advertisement
Posted inNews
Summers’ Web attack on King sticks mostly to facts
With independent Angus King running a solid first in the polls, Republican Charlie Summers unleashed a minute-long Web ad Monday, criticizing the former Maine governor for liking to “say one thing and do another,” from campaign ads to campaign finance.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Connor eager to get started
Alonzo Connor isn’t quite sure what to expect when he arrives at American International College in Springfield, Mass., this week.
Posted inNews
BRIEFS
This year’s Lincoln County Democrats lobster bake, on Saturday, will feature appearances by the local candidates for state Legislature seats and for county commissioner, as well as U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and invited guest Cynthia Dill, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Olympia Snowe.
Posted inNews
Did Monmouth voters understand the question?
MONMOUTH — Amy Dolan keeps bumping into them. It happened again just a few days ago.
Posted inNews
Business as usual while exit debated
MONMOUTH — Even as the town goes through a process that could lead to its exit from Regional School Unit 2, school administrators say it will be business as usual when it comes to maintaining buildings and programs for students.
Posted inCommunity
China resident earns Eagle Scout status
CHINA — On June 2, Boy Scout Troop 479 honored China resident Aaron Taylor at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at Sacred Heart Church in Waterville. Family, friends and Scouts attended the ceremony marking the advancement of this young man to the highest rank in Boy Scouts.
Posted inNews
Belgrade child’s recovery from accident makes him ‘miracle child’
BELGRADE — There is almost nothing in the way he plays with his brothers or mugs for the camera to hint that the little boy, less than a year ago, was hit by a truck.
Posted inNews
Holocaust Center at UMA, Chinese linking up with art
AUGUSTA — An art professor’s recent trip to China could presage cross-cultural exchanges for the university and the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine.