Dwindling membership and lagging attendance at recent Skowhegan Budget and Finance Committee meetings could mean the end of the group that reviews proposed spending and makes recommendations for the annual Town Meeting.
May 2013
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Proposed Oakland budget won’t shift tax rate
Oakland voters will be asked on Tuesday to approve a $4.2 million municipal budget that town leaders have recommended.
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Bingham woman’s song celebrates Acadian trek down old Canada Road
Martha Sterling-Golden, of Bingham, is a singer-songwriter who recently wrote a song about immigrants’ journeys down the Canada Road, traveling from Quebec to areas across northern Maine, in the 1830s.
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Farmington saves big by building fire truck from scratch
The town of Farmington has a new firetruck, thanks to volunteer firefighters and public works officials who built the vehicle themselves as a cost-saving measure.
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Why is ballet big in Russia?
Dance has been a prominent pastime in Russian villages ever since those villages first formed, and enjoyed hundreds of years of financial support from Russian royalty, beginning with Peter the Great in the early 1700s.
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Messalonskee student selected for St. Petersburg ballet academy
Gabrielle Perkins, 17, of Oakland, has become the only American accepted this year into one of the world’s most prestigious ballet academies: the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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New Richmond library gets go-ahead without public vote
Richmond selectmen voted 4–1 last week to build a new library, saying there’s no need to bring the long-discussed project to voters at a town meeting or referendum, as it will be built with funds donated privately.
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The comfort of an old barn
There’s something exquisite about an old barn standing there in a field, a remnant of a time when farmers tossed hay into wagons with pitchforks on a hot summer day, the scent of fresh hay wafting through the air.
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Report on cause of downtown Waterville blaze expected Monday
Waterville Fire Department Capt. Rodney Alderman said a report on a downtown fire that destroyed one building and damaged two others is expected Monday.
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13-year-old China boy arrested after alleged theft, chase and altercation Saturday
A 13-year-old China boy was arrested early Saturday on multiple charges — includng driving without a license and eluding an officer — after two encounters with a sheriff’s deputy within a short time.