The city’s housing director lauded recent downtown apartment projects but said much more need to be done to ease the local housing shortage.
June 2016
Posted inBaseball, Sports
American Legion baseball getting more kids involved with re-entry rule
Messalonskee, Augusta among those expected to contend in Zones 1 and 2.
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Posted inMaine, News
Longtime committee member named grand marshal for Winslow’s Fourth of July parade
Dan Quirion, who volunteered on the committee for 23 years, will lead the parade to Fort Halifax.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
SAD 74 superintendent to resign in August
Ken Coville, who has worked in the Anson-based school district for 12 years, including five as superintendent, said his last day will be in August and he plans to retire.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Islesboro voters OK move toward becoming Maine’s first ‘gigabit island’
Islanders approve a $3.8 million bond package to build ultra-fast fiber-optic internet service for homes and businesses.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine native begins confirmation process to become ambassador to Lithuania
Orono native Anne Hall, a resident of Blue Hill, is introduced to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Sen. Susan Collins.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs, Sports
Red Sox prospect Moncada ‘excited for the promotion’ to Portland
Yoan Moncada makes his debut this evening with the Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Pop-Up 265 bringing art gallery to downtown Augusta
The gallery follows a low-overhead, high-impact model to showcase art on Water Street.
Posted inMaine, News
Revised Augusta bedbug ordinance would apply to all rental buildings
It would also hold tenants responsible if they don’t cooperate with efforts to get rid of the bugs.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
SunEdison sale of Aroostook wind farm concerns Somerset County activists
An anti-wind group in Somerset County says it is concerned that the wind farm sale could mean changes at a proposed development near Moosehead Lake.