AUGUSTA — The owner and would-be developer of the historic Kennebec Arsenal property says he is in talks with other developers who could take over.
August 2012
Posted inCommunity
UMF Arts Center receives architecture excellence prize
FARMINGTON — The Emery Community Arts Center on the University of Maine at Farmington campus was recently awarded a National Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture for a new building by the Society for College and University Planning. The arts center was designed by design LAB architects of Boston and was conceived as a venue to engage both the campus and local community in the exploration of the visual and performing arts.
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Augusta courthouse work promises traffic disruptions
It might require schedule or location changes to accommodate the business of Kennebec County Superior Court and other county court work for the next three years.
Posted inNews
New Cornville charter school principal says focus will be on each student
CORNVILLE — The incoming principal at the Cornville Regional Charter School sums up his philosophy of education in five words: Each child is the class.
Posted inNews
USM Study: Look in backyard for better schools
PORTLAND — A study from the University of Southern Maine suggests that improving education in cost-effective ways is less a matter of major public policy initiatives than of the culture inside each school.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Tax breaks for Olympians popular, but silly
Olympic athletes are very special people, but are they more special than, say, Nobel Prize winners, or police officers, or nurses, or spiritual gurus, or brilliant inventors or researchers whose discoveries enhance our lives?
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Morning Sentinel police and arrests log: Aug. 20, 2012
IN FAIRFIELD, Saturday at 11:53 a.m., a theft was investigated on Woodman Avenue.
Posted inSports
NASCAR: Biffle wins when Johnson’s car falters
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson looked as if he had already finished the hardest work. After starting at the back of the pack, he had moved up quickly, and when he passed Brad Keselowski for the lead on lap 191 of 200, his No. 48 Chevrolet seemed to be the superior car.
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500 attendees smoke out some fun at Hempstock in Harmony
Between Thursday and Sunday, about 500 people camped on a grassy field for the 22nd annual Hempstock, a four-day festival of peace, love, music — and hem
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Thank NASA for the everyday things in life
The next time you use your cellphone, watch satellite-delivered television programming, use a cordless power tool, drive on enhanced radial tires, drink a bottle of purified water or find your way with a GPS device, thank the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.