The U.S. Department of Transportation says five New England schools will get a share of $77 million to promote transportation safety and efficiency.
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SNAPSHOT: Strike up the band
Robbie Cooper plays the baritone horn Tuesday as the Cony Middle School Band rehearses for its upcoming Caribbean Festival Concert, which raises money for a spring trip to Washington, D.C. The Caribbean Festival is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Cony High School. Tickets are $8 apiece. Dwight TIbbetts, right, leads the band […]
Officials mull changes after loss of Kestrel
AUGUSTA — The LePage administration wants to take a lesson from Wisconsin after that state’s public development authority lured away a planned aircraft manufacturing plant and hundreds of jobs once destined for Brunswick.
Occupy Maine files document in suit against Portland
PORTLAND — City officials have a narrow view of the rights of speech, assembly and petition that is wrong and offensive, Occupy Maine says in a memo filed Tuesday in its lawsuit over protesters’ encampment in Lincoln Park.
Vigil marks one month since disappearance
WATERVILLE — The father of 21-month-old Ayla Reynolds sat in the front row of First Congregational Church and held a candle for his missing daughter.
Change for area TVs begins today
AUGUSTA –Starting today, Time Warner Cable viewers in Augusta and surrounding communities will no longer be able to tune in without a digital conversion box.
Officials clear air regarding dispute
CHINA — After previously sparring over municipal funding for the fire department, Selectman Steven Hughes and South China Fire Chief Richard Morse uncrossed their wires at Monday’s selectmen’s meeting.
Man dies in fall at work
An Oakland man fell to his death Monday while working on an electrical transmission tower off Boom Road.
Shooting victim likely to survive
VASSALBORO — A 22-year-old man was shot and two people were arrested early Tuesday morning at a home on Whitehouse Road, according to Maine State Police. The arrests, however, were unrelated to the shooting.