A legislative committee voted unanimously to request the review amid transparency concerns raised by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority’s critics.
March 2015
Posted inMaine, News
Investigator says space heater caused Waterville fire
The Silver Street fire that displaced four tenants Thursday was contained to the first floor of the apartment building.
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Posted inMaine, News
Maine National Guard receives $32 million in federal funding for new Augusta HQ
Groundbreaking on the massive complex in north Augusta is slated for late this summer.
Posted inCommunity
Maine Catholic Parishes to host ‘The Light is On for You’
Sacrament of reconciliation focus of initiative March 23-27.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Edgecomb teacher, finalist for $1 million prize, awaits announcement
Nancie Atwell, founder of the Center for Teaching and Learning, heads for Dubai, where the winner of the first-ever Global Teacher Prize will be announced on Sunday.
Posted inNation & World, News
Haiti teacher among 10 finalists for $1 million prize
The school headmaster and chemistry teacher joins a Maine teacher and eight others worldwide in the running for the ‘Nobel Prize for teaching.’
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Health officials suspect food contamination made 22 Portland schoolchildren ill
The children, who all recovered quickly, started throwing up an hour after lunch Tuesday. A pickled beet salad is under suspicion.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
US wholesale prices down for fourth straight month
While gas prices rose in February, the cost of food declined.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
‘A lot of things went wrong’ in erroneous Kennebec County inmate release
Freeman A. Taylor turned himself in after he was accidentally released Thursday, and jail officials are investigating how it happened.
Posted inMaine, News
IRS says 4,500 Maine taxpayers owed millions in 2011 refunds
Time is running out to file for unclaimed refunds.