Howard Tuttle, the new superintendent of Regional School Unit 12, discusses the challenges in his district, his ideas on teacher evaluation, and his initiatives for the district’s future.
July 2013
Augusta District Court, June 27 – July 4, 2013
The following cases involving area residents were closed from June 27 to July 4, 2013, in Augusta District Court.
Augusta’s Red Barn restaurant seeks noise-rule exception for summer concerts
The Red Barn restaurant in Augusta is seeking permission to exceed the city’s noise limits during a planned summer series of hourlong outdoor concerts.
Waterville to skip public school budget validation votes
Waterville residents will not go to the polls next year to validate the school budget, as they have for the past three years.
Pittston’s Colburn House has experienced wealth of American history
The Major Reuben Colburn House, painted red and surrounded by bright summer flowers, has been a center of American history, including Col. Benedict Arnold’s march to Quebec in 1775, and the focus of a thriving Maine family for 248 years.
Mass. ATV rider hurt in Saturday accident in The Forks
Rob Krajneck, 32, suffered two cracked back vertebrae after an all-terrain vehicle accident on an old logging road Saturday in The Forks, according to the Maine Warden Service.
Public invited to tour new Waterville PD HQ on Thursday, Friday
The public will have opportunities to tour the brand-new Waterville Police Department headquarters at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. Friday.
Franklin County firefighters call Quebec train derailment scene a surreal horror
Franklin County Emergency Management Director Tim Hardy and Phillips firefighter Josh Bachelder called the Saturday train derailment and fire in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, a horrific scene of destruction.
A letter to the future young man
May I impart some humble advice to my dear little Julius, who, I’m sure, will have the good sense to take what is worthwhile and leave the rest?
Morning Sentinel area police log, July 7, 2013
IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 2:58 p.m., threatening was reported on Wilkes Street.