Commercial development and high traffic counts are driving consideration of a station at Leighton Road and Anthony Avenue.
June 2014
Vassalboro budget OK means slight increase
The $3.7 million budget approved at Monday’s Town Meeting includes $37,000 more in town spending.
Norridgewock proposes TIF around natural gas pipeline
The town is looking to increase revenue and prevent tax assessments from going up by protecting parts of downtown from higher valuations.
Waterville teens help elderly woman fallen on side of the road
The 86-year-old woman had fallen along West River Road after midnight while trying to walk from Woodlands Senior Living to the city’s South End.
Seattle raises minimum wage; will others follow?
The measure, which will take effect on April 1, 2015, will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, the highest in the nation.
Thorndike woman charged with burning son dies
Michelle Dunworth, awaiting trial on child endangerment and domestic violence charges, died of natural causes on Mother’s Day.
Benton crash slows I-95 traffic
Police have advised southbound drivers to detour around the site.
Author returns to Fairfield to promote animal book
Sharon Peters, who spent many childhood days in Benton, will discuss her book at Lawrence Public Library.
Maine’s welfare consultant uninvited to congressional poverty hearing
Gary Alexander, who the state is paying $925,000 to evaluate its welfare system, has been under siege following revelations of plagiarism in his latest report.