A new traffic pattern will be in place Monday for three months for motorists who use exit 113 when traveling south on Interstate 95.
May 2013
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Maines, Rioux named Cony coaches
Thomas men’s coach T.J. Maines is the new Cony boys coach while women’s coach Ted Rioux will coach the Cony girls team. Both were approved Wednesday night by the Augusta Board of Education.
GOLF: Scott tries to return to earth
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Adam Scott never had to take this much time walking from the clubhouse to the practice range at TPC Sawgrass.
Former U.S. official gives minute-by-minute account of Benghazi consulate attack
A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September.
SNAPSHOT: Negotiation training
Kaitlynn Littlefield is escorted Wednesday from the former Hodgkins Middle School in Augusta by a member of Augusta Police Department’s special response team during hostage negotiation training in Augusta. Littefield and four colleagues from Crisis in Counseling portrayed hostages while law enforcement students from Thomas College and the University of Maine at Augusta depicted armed gunmen barricaded in a classroom, according to Augusta Police Lt. Kevin Lully. Negotiators from the Lewiston and Augusta Police Departments practiced persuading the hostage takers to surrender during the day-long training.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Gardiner’s Rollins just misses no-hitter vs. Winslow
WINSLOW — Gardiner hasn’t won any softball games by the mercy rule this season, but that’s about the only thing the Tigers haven’t done this season. The Tigers remained unbeaten Wednesday, showcasing their speed, aggressiveness, pitching and defense.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Maranacook turning corner
Maranacook coach Eric Brown knew the Black Bears success this season would depend on the development of their pitching staff. Now as the Black Bears hit the halfway point, the staff are starting to come around.
Morning Sentinel area police log, May 8, 2013
CLARIFICATION: A listing Tuesday in the Waterville police log should have reported that a man was summoned on charges that he was drinking liquor in public while in The Chez’s parking lot in Waterville.
East Madison woman opens garden for Mother’s Day swap
EAST MADISON — An East Madison woman plans to open her perennial gardens to the public Friday and Saturday for an open-house flower swap for Mother’s Day.
After LePage veto of superintendent residency bill, Augusta schools may change charter
With Gov. Paul LePage vetoing a bill that would allow local school boards to override superintendent residency requirements, Augusta school officials may target November to change the city charter so they can look outside Augusta for their next superintendent.