Lance James Henderson, who helped with the Republicans’ coordinated campaign in Maine in 2014, was hired as the West Virginia attorney general’s chief of staff.
October 2015
Posted inCommunity
Heart & Humor benefit dinner, auction held Oct. 2 in Augusta
More than $21,000 raised for three-dozen Central Maine food organizations.
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Posted inCommunity
Hospice Volunteers to offer training starting Oct. 26 in Skowhegan
To register, call 474-7775 or email [email protected].
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Kennebec County Democrats choose candidates for sheriff, county commissioner
The Democrats needed to select nominees to fill slots left open by the death of Commissioner Beverly Daggett and Sheriff Randall Liberty’s departure to take a new job.
Posted inLifestyle, News
Champion shares secrets to growing a 2,000-pound pumpkin
Ron Wallace works up to 40 hours a week on his hobby, checking for mice and disease and burying vines, keeping pumpkins covered in sheets to protect the skin.
Posted inTravel Talk
Introducing Travel Trocities – a nightmare of a commute to Maine
I’ve been collecting stories about horrendous travel experiences for many years, some that happened to me, some that happened to others, and have decided to present these in a new series called “Travel Trocities.” This story came to me many years ago, from a New York lobbyist who had a very hard time getting to […]
Posted inBusiness, News
Applications for US weekly jobless benefits rose last week
The four-week average for benefit applications, a proxy for job layoffs, declined.
Posted inNation & World
Pentagon: American killed in raid to free Iraqis held by Islamic State
U.S. special operations forces kill and capture a number of militants and recover a trove of valuable intelligence about the terrorist organization.
Posted inMaine, News
Embden couple has big plans for former Anson Town Office
The 97-year-old building is listed by Maine Preservation as one of the state’s most endangered historic places, and Bill and Lori Messer plan to renovate it as an apartment, offices and a performance space for country jamborees.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine rights panel to hear arguments on BIW workers’ bias complaints
A committee investigation found reasonable grounds for the charges in three of 18 cases, but the review continues.