Richard and Vanessa Jordan spent months trying to ready Wiscasset Speedway for the season opener early last month.
May 2013
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L.L. Bean to monitor overseas production in wake of Bangladesh factory collapse
In the wake of a factory collapse in Bangladesh last week that killed more than 500 people, Maine retailer L.L. Bean, which sells clothes made by contractors around the world, said it is stepping up monitoring efforts and factory visits of overseas production sites.
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Bill seeks to ensure welfare clients’ are prepared for long-term employment
AUGUSTA — House Speaker Mark Eves, a North Berwick Democrat, on Friday presented a proposal designed to ensure that welfare recipients are prepared for long-term employment.
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Lawmakers review plan to change charter school funding
Lawmakers on the Education Committee reviewing plans to change how the state’s charter schools are funded say they are not inclined to support a plan by the LePage administration to spread out funding among all schools, and instead want to look at paying for charter schools as a line item in the state budget.
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Marijuana legalization bill supported by civil liberties groups, opposed by law enforcement
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee began hearing testimony on a marijuana legalization bill, L.D. 1229, Friday that’s supported by civil liberties groups, but opposed by an odd coupling of law-enforcement and medical-marijuana interests.
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One word: Florida
I don’t like old people. Old people have scared me since I was a kid at my father’s funeral. They kept coming by the row of chairs, hugging my mother, and then standing there smiling and staring at me. Then they’d take my hand and squeeze it. Their hands were ice-cold, and had big brown spots all over them. They smelled of talcum powder.
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Kennebec Journal area police log, May 3, 2013
A teenage girl was injured Friday in a Buker Road crash that knocked out electricity in three communities.
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Augusta City Council spikes proposal to blast in North Augusta
At the urging of neighbors, city councilors killed Auburn Concrete’s proposal for a zone change to allow it to blast rock at its Civic Center Drive plant.
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Obamacare cost overruns threaten thousands, states say
Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul because of cost overruns, officials from a number of states say.