AUGUSTA — A Republican-sponsored bill could become a compromise to Gov. Paul LePage’s widely unpopular budget plan to suspend state aid to Maine’s cities and towns for two years.
February 2013
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Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 19, seriously injures 2
LUXOR, Egypt — The terror lasted less than two minutes: Smoke poured from a hot air balloon carrying sightseers on a sunrise flight over the ancient city of Luxor, it burst in a flash of flame and then plummeted about 1,000 feet to earth. A farmer watched helplessly as tourists trying to escape the blazing gondola leaped to their deaths.
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Former Chelsea selectwoman loses bid to squash statements; federal trial cleared to start
Carole Swan is scheduled for trial on fraud and extortion charges in five weeks now that a federal judge has upheld rulings that refuse to suppress the former Chelsea selectwoman’s statements to investigators.
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Kennebec Journal area police log, Feb. 26, 2013
At 6:03 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Waldo Street.
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Morning Sentinel area police log, Feb. 26, 2013
IN ANSON, Monday at 5:54 p.m., an animal complaint was reported on Second Street.
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Municipal spending increase proposed in Ripley
RIPLEY — Town Meeting is strictly routine business this year, according to Ripley Town Clerk Vernal Sinclair.
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School parking lot on Waterville planners’ agenda
WATERVILLE — The Planning Board on Monday will consider a final plan by Mount Merici Academy for a 18,000-square-foot parking lot and drop-off area to be built off upper Western Avenue.
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Lower proposed Cambridge budget probably won’t mean tax cut
CAMBRIDGE — The proposed municipal budget before Town Meeting voters on Saturday is about 4 percent lower than the current one, but a drop in the property tax rate is unlikely because of uncertainty about state funding.
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Augusta Downtown Alliance may join Main Street program
AUGUSTA — The Augusta Downtown Alliance wants to join the Main Street Maine revitalization program, a step that would obligate members, local merchants and other donors and the city to pay jointly for a new downtown manager’s position.
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SNAPSHOT: Ferry, ‘cross the mercy
Augusta firefighters tow colleagues off the Kennebec River Tuesday in Augusta, during the department’s annual ice rescue training. The firefighters practice retrieving either an injured or stranded person trapped on the ice with dry suits and a floating sled, according to Battalion Chief Scott Dunbar.