The long winter has made for one of the best snowmobile seasons in years, expected to stretch into May in some parts of Somerset and Franklin counties.
2014
Kennebec Savings Bank changing structure
The Augusta bank’s changes will make it better prepared for a financial crisis and to give it more flexibility in the future.
Augusta District Court
Cases closed March 27-April 9, 2014, in Augusta District Court.
Flood watch in effect for Kennebec, Franklin, Somerset, Waldo counties
River Flow Advisory commission, which in March determined flood potential is higher than normal in Maine this year, will talk again Monday.
More testing, strong state response sought on link to arsenic in wells, IQ
Columbia University is seeking federal money to test a majority of Kennebec County’s 17,000 wells.
Nuala Pell, widow of late U.S. senator, dies
Claiborne Pell, who represented Rhode Island in the Senate for 36 years, died in 2009.
U.N Security Council meeting Sunday night on Ukraine
The emergency meeting is at Russia’s request to discuss the growing crisis.
Two bodies found in New Jersey side of Hudson River
The unidentified men were between 20 and 25 years old, police say.
U.S. looking into Syrian toxic gas attack
The reports of the attack in a rural village north of Damascus remain unsubstantiated, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. says.
‘Mad Men’ end in sight for Weiner with new season
Creator Matthew Weiner’s goal is not to wallop the audience with a grand ending.