A drastic reduction in the size of the furnace needed has opened the practice to a much wider audience.
March 2017
Posted inBoys Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
For Gardiner hockey team, it’s defense first
Top-seeded Tigers rely on success in their own zone as playoffs begin.
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Posted inMaine, News
Tribal-state relations are ‘fractured and broken’ over sovereignty issues
Leaders of Maine Indian tribes tell lawmakers that the 37-year-old federal settlement intended to resolve tribal-state issues has failed and needs to be revisited.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Bill would ban use of elephants in traveling acts’ Maine shows
Supporters say the animal acts are cruel and unnatural, but an elephant trainer says many Maine children can’t see an elephant anywhere else.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Northern Girl food processing company ceases operations
The innovative Aroostook County-based vegetable packaging operation hopes to find a buyer.
Posted inMaine, News
St. Albans voters to weigh budget proposal up $82K at Town Meeting
The proposed $1.13 million budget includes previously approved costs, such as $30,000 for a bond payment for the town’s sand-and-salt shed and nearly $29,000 for a lease payment for a new firetruck.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Waterville school officials to study feasibility of closing Albert S. Hall School
Superintendent Eric Haley is citing rising costs, declining enrollments and scarcity of school funding as reasons for studying the closure of the city school serving fourth- and fifth-graders.
Posted inBusiness
Wall Street snaps up chat group stock debut
Steady trading at a high price demonstrates the great demand for Snap’s initial public offering.
Posted inMaine, News
With petition signatures validated, Hallowell to reconsider fire station decision
The next step will be a public hearing sometime before March 26, and then the City Council can decide to vacate its decision to save the Fire Department and share a station in Farmingdale.
Posted inMaine, News
Anson voters to consider longtime tax discounts at Town Meeting
The Anson Select Board has prepared a $1.68 million budget that does not include costs for the tax discounts.