For Jay Crosby, it’s the feeling of freedom. It’s floating high above the buildings, the trees and the mountains. It’s the catch-your-breath views, incomparable to anything on the ground.
2012
Cornville charter school rejected
AUGUSTA — Financial concerns torpedoed an application for a proposed charter school in Cornville and delayed a decision on one in downtown Portland until later this month.
Expedition to undertake sonar mapping
Until now no one has gotten a good look — or created a good map — beyond the three-mile territorial limit.
Madison man becomes agitated during ambulance ride
MADISON — A man who police believe was homeless and high on the synthetic hallucinogenic drug “bath salts” was pulled from the Kennebec River Saturday afternoon and later taken by LifeFlight helicopter to a Bangor hospital.
Attorney charged in school bomb threats
WILTON — An attorney who practices in Rumford is facing terrorizing charges related to bomb threats made to two Wilton schools in March.
Losing natural gas bidder seeks stay
AUGUSTA — The state gave contradictory and ambiguous direction to companies hoping to win a contract to supply natural gas service in central Maine and the scoring system used by a review team was unfair.
Fireworks shell hits man in eye, forehead
RICHMOND — A Sabatttus man is recovering from what state officials described as the most serious fireworks-related injury since a ban on public use of fireworks in Maine was lifted earlier this year.
College students graduate
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The following local Maine students have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Vermont:
Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education announces local graduates
WATERVILLE — The following students graduated from the Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education program: