RUMFORD — Sarah Wade is off to a fast start at the Class A skiing championships.
February 2013
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EASTERN A GIRLS BASKETBALL: Freshmen play key role for Lawrence
The No. 4 Bulldogs (14-5), winners of a combined two games the previous two seasons, are in the Eastern A semifinals. They will play No. 9 Cony (13-7) at 4 p.m. today at the Civic Center. “We have a lot of kids who just want to play basketball,” Lawrence third-year coach John Donato said. “We have some basketball junkies.”
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TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK: Forest Hills overcomes long drive, more to reach Augusta
It’s tough enough making the better than two-hour drive from Jackman to the Augusta Civic Center. But the journey to the Western Maine Class D tournament each year for the Forest Hills boys and girls basketball teams is further hindered since there are only two baskets in the school gymnasium.
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Waterville council gives first-round OK to KMD, Carver Street rezoning
WATERVILLE — City councilors on Tuesday voted 7-0 to approve rezoning two lots on Kennedy Memorial Drive and Carver Street to allow professional offices and financial institutions to operate there.
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Kennebec Journal area police log, Feb. 19, 2013
At 3:53 p.m., shoplifting was reported at Walmart on Civic Center Drive.
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Bill would ease police efforts to keep guns out of irresponsible hands, police say
AUGUSTA — While the Legislature moved Tuesday to shield concealed-weapon permit information from the public, Maine’s law enforcement community says better access to the information could help police get guns out of the hands of criminals.
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Fee changes for wood, bulky waste disposal draw no objections at Belgrade hearing
BELGRADE — The Board of Selectpersons is proposing fee changes to the transfer station to avoid unexpected costs of disposing of clean wood and bulky waste.
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Manchester planners meet Thursday
MANCHESTER — The Planning Board in scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss proposed ordinance revisions including those regulating itinerant vendors, multi-family housing density and frontage requirements, and subdivisions.
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Legislature, governor move fast to seal concealed-weapons permit owners’ records
AUGUSTA — The identity of Mainers who have permits to carry concealed guns will be shielded from the state’s right-to-know law for the first time since at least 1985 following action Tuesday by the Legislature and Gov. Paul LePage.
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Committee pulls plug on proposal to ban handheld cellphone use while driving
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee voted 10-1 Tuesday against a bill that would ban most motorists from using handheld cellphones.