The organization’s directors made the decision after seeing race participation and fundraising for breast cancer research decrease in recent years.
March 2017
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Augusta man arrested after heroin found in home
Officers from the Augusta Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency secured a search warrant after an investigation of several months of drug sales from the home.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, News
Dip in temps may mean sap won’t just go with the flow
But Maine Maple Sunday is still on tap with fresh syrup, candy and tours of sugarhouses statewide.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Waterville parking panel seeks solutions to dormitory’s displacement of 90 Concourse spaces
Suggestions include imposing a time limit on more spaces and arranging shuttle trips to and from more far-flung parking options.
Posted inNation & World
Gorsuch tells Democrats he’ll make up his own mind
The Supreme Court nominee is pressed on whether he can be independent of Trump.
Posted inBusiness
Airbnb doubling its investment in China
Aibiying will target the 300 million millennials who are starting to earn incomes and pursue travel.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
‘Public education is in trouble,’ Waterville school superintendent says at budget forum
Funding cuts in Waterville schools and an expectation that employees work overtime and double time are ‘burning our staff up,’ Eric Haley told a crowd of about 150 people.
Posted inBusiness
Major advertisers boycott YouTube
AT&T, Verizon and others say their ads had appeared alongside unsavory video on the Google-owned site.
Posted inNation & World, News
Gun violence has impact on U.S. taxpayers
A new study says bullets mean billions of dollars in treatment of often-uninsured victims.
Posted inBusiness
Changes brewing at Starbucks
A new CEO takes the helm with U.S. sales down but confidence up over growth in China and digital efforts.