Environmental groups will use the 2 p.m. event Saturday to highlight concerns with transporting crude oil by rail and the “blast zone” an explosion could endanger.
July 2015
Posted inMaine, News
Franklin County Commissioner Hardy recalled as outspoken advocate
With 22 years of service as county commissioner, Fred Hardy, who died July 4, was known for his frugal spending and community work in the Farmington area.
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Posted inCommunity
Sheepscot watershed focus of aliance’s July 16 event
Celebration to include picnic, puppetry, more.
Posted inCommunity
Kennebec Historical Society talk set for July 15
Colby history professor Elizabeth D. Leonard to give talk about “Women in the American Civil War.”
Posted inCommunity
Pittsfield library to host events July 16
Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause truck to visit; sidewalk art and games planned on lawn; Egg Festival Kiddie Parade scheduled.
Posted inNews, Politics
List of bills awaiting action by Gov. Paul LePage
Fifty-one pieces of legislation enacted in the House and Senate but not yet assigned chapter numbers.
Posted inMaine, News
Kennebec County taxes to increase by an average of 3 percent
A jail reform bill passed by the Legislature is forcing the county to pick up costs that the state covered previously.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage asks legislative offices to stop writing bills into law
The governor’s lawyer accuses the staff of the Office of Revisors of being ‘overly partisan’ because of an ongoing dispute over whether LePage still has time to veto legislation.