Members of the Maine Army National Guard 136th Engineer Company pound together a wall Sunday at the Palermo Consolidated School. The soldiers erected a storage building at the school as a community project with materials the school provided.
2012
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Dill is right, many Americans falling behind
“Our problem is that the top 1 percent of Americans take in a quarter of this nation’s riches, and continue to see their fat incomes grow, while 99 percent of us watch our income and quality of life fall off a cliff.” — State Sen. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, speaking at the Maine Democratic Convention. […]
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Talk to feature Augusta’s place in early aviation
AUGUSTA — Just eight years after the Wright brothers’ historic first flight, St. Croix Johnstone took off from a baseball field in Augusta in his rudimentary monoplane.
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River festival ready to light up Waterfront Park
GARDINER — Fireworks, a carnival and a rock band will kick off this year’s river festival at the city’s Waterfront Park.
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DISTRICT COURT
AUGUSTA — Here is a list of cases closed June 7-13, 2012, in Augusta District Court:
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Seventh annual Walk to Stop Hunger raises more than $34,000
AUGUSTA — The seventh annual Walk to Stop Hunger, sponsored by the Maine State Credit Union, was held April 28 at the Kennebec River Rail Trail in Capitol Park.
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Maine resident nominated for Daytime Emmy Award
Jeff Kline can reel off a list of perks associated with his job — executive producer of animated TV shows — and most of them have something to do with childhood. Either his, or his daughter’s.
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SAD 11 lists Adult Education graduates
GARDINER — School Administrative District 11 Adult Education graduation was held June 6.
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TODAY’S EVENTS
Lions Club: Gardiner/Augusta Lions Club supper meeting, 6:30 p.m., at the clubhouse, 25 Lions Ave.; for more information, call Larry Ayotte, president, at 215-6989; or call Terry Cloutier at 485-7100.
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Big expansion planned for pipeline proposal
AUGUSTA — The prospective buyer of a company planning to build a natural gas pipeline through the Kennebec Valley region plans to spend $150 million on a massively expanded project.