Erskine to take on Mt. View Mustangs.
January 2015
Maine Youth Wilderness Leadership Program offered
Application deadline is Feb. 8.
Katz announces Maine Government Summer Internship Program
Application deadline is March 1.
LePage budget seeks a $2 million private legal contingency
The governor wants money to hire outside lawyers in cases that the state’s attorney general declines to take, a move that the AG’s office calls ‘baffling and unprecedented.’
Proposed Maine law would require inspection of hayride vehicles
The bill is in direct response to a fatal haunted hayride accident in Mechanic Falls in October.
Nova Star ferry to winter in South Carolina
So far, no winter work has been found for the vessel, but the company hasn’t ruled out the possibility.
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association to offer visit Jan. 19 to Alna’s Trout Book Preserve
SVCA’s Program Manager Lynne Flaccus to lead exploration.
UMA received $1 million donation for capital campaign
The donation puts the University of Maine at Augusta more than halfway to its goal of $5 million for the 50th Anniversary Fund campaign.
U.S. loosens embargo on Cuba, making trade and travel easier
The measure allows Americans to use credit cards in Cuba and U.S. companies to export telephone, computer and Internet technologies, among other changes.
Target closing up shop in Canada, shuttering 133 stores
Target entered Canada in 2013 and faced problems from the get-go, including costly regulations, a slow economy and increasing competition.