Most people in attendance at Wednesday’s City Council meeting spoke in favor of continuing to fund the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Gardiner, Gardiner Main Street and Johnson Hall Performing Arts.
July 2015
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
RSU 4 board approves budget
School members representing Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales agreed to send an $18.5 million budget package to voters.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Two men sought in Weld, New Vineyard, Jay burglaries
State police released surveillance camera images of the men who stole cigarettes and alcohol.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Legislative effort to increase well water testing fails after LePage veto
The bill was a response to recent scientific findings on arsenic, a carcinogen occurring naturally in Maine’s bedrock, which is a problem in central and Down East portions of Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Politics
Maine businesses grateful for bond bills that passed, but see ‘room for more’
Lawmakers approved bond proposals for roads and senior housing but rejected others that the Maine State Chamber of Commerce supported.
Posted inMaine, News
Waterville parks are now ‘carry in, carry out’
The policy saves up to 16 staff hours a week in the city Parks and Recreation Department.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police say they caught Fairfield copper thief red-handed
Joshua Dean Elliot was arrested at a Kelley Street house he broke into early Tuesday morning, and police said they found him removing copper pipe.
Posted inMaine, News
Morning Sentinel July 1 police log
Waterville-area police reports for July 1, 2015.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Signs warn motorists of Burton search
‘Armed and dangerous’ Parkman man has been wanted for murder since his ex-girlfriend’s body was found June 5, and signs, including one in Athens, are intended to warn vacationers.
Posted inMaine, News
After adoption, Sidney jeweler discovers family link to Declaration of Independence signer
When Hallowell shows the document this weekend, it’ll have new meaning to Jack Turner, whose ancestor Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, signed it in 1776.