PORTLAND — The Maine Turnpike Authority is poised to scale back its proposed toll increase of about 17 percent by delaying some of its long-term projects, but members have yet to settle on who should pay the $21.5 million that still must be raised annually to cover long-term debt.
2012
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Kennebec County Superior Court
AUGUSTA — Four people were sentenced Wednesday and Thursday in separate hearings in Kennebec County Superior Court:
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Winslow man summoned in firebombings
WINSLOW — A 19-year-old man was summoned Thursday in connection with four firebombings earlier this month.
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Richmond store break-in targets only cigarettes
RICHMOND — Thousands of dollars’ worth of cigarettes were stolen recently from a Main Street convenience store, police said Thursday.
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Chadwick Hill Cemetery group to meet Thursday
SOUTH CHINA — The annual meeting of the Chadwick Hill Cemetery Association will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 26, at China Dine-ah on Lakeview Drive.
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Schubert the go-to guy for gay marriage foes
MINNEAPOLIS — Four years ago, Frank Schubert was a well-paid political consultant for what he jokingly calls “the forces of evil” — tobacco, timber and pharmaceutical companies — when he agreed to lead the 2008 campaign to repeal gay marriage in California.
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Cony Middle School lists honor students
AUGUSTA — Cony Middle School has announced its third-quarter and fourth-quarter honor rolls for the 2011-12 school year.
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BIRTHS: MARCH 20, JUNE 20 AND 21
AUGUSTA — A son, Kevin Joseph Murtiff, was born June 21 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Siobhan and Ben Murtiff of Winthrop.
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CORRECTION
A story on page B1 Thursday should have said that Charles Raymond Bellows was convicted of aggravated assault for striking a victim in the back with a board in Waterville last April. The victim also was stabbed during the assault, but Bellows was not charged with that offense. It was a reporter’s error.
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State environmental protection board votes for tougher limits on BPA advance
AUGUSTA — State environmental regulators voted Thursday to move forward with consideration of new rules that would further limit the sale of products containing the chemical bisphenol-A, which some scientists have linked to learning disabilities in children.