Plus, tons of other organized family fun, including food-centric festivals and community celebrations.
2023
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Next generation of Mainers desperately needs a climate budget
The negligent underfunding of state agencies devoted to the protection and defense of our natural resources cannot stand.
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Posted inMaine, Politics
Legislative session drags on; costs pile up
The end date for lawmakers to wrap up work was supposed to be June 21. That has now been extended beyond the July 4 holiday this week.
Posted inOn this date
July 3, 1986: Tabitha King’s $20,000 trinket thought to be lost in Waterville found — at her home, input sought on Scott Paper Co. proposed hydroelectric dam on river, and pain ‘is what we perceive’ says doctor
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inCommunity
Ag department reminds Maine producers to file crop acreage reports
The major deadline for most crops is July 17.
Posted inCommunity
University of Maine at Augusta names spring honor students
University of Maine at Augusta has announced the 2023 spring full-time and part-time president’s lists and the 2023 spring full-time and part-time dean’s lists. The full-time president’s and dean’s lists are issued once a semester. The part-time president’s and dean’s lists are issued once a year. Students, along with their hometown, are listed alphabetically by […]
Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
10 states plan to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves
State officials say that the EPA’s standards aren’t good enough and that the agency’s testing and certification program is so ineffective that it has failed to ensure even those standards.
Posted inSports
NASCAR Cup Series: Shane van Gisbergen wins Chicago street race
Van Gisbergen wins his Cup Series debut in a race delayed and then shortened because of historic rainfall and fading sunlight.
Posted inMaine
OSHA delivers latest penalty to Worcester Resources: nearly $24,000 in fines
The national safety agency says the Washington County-based business continues to violate rules concerning work-related injuries and illnesses.
Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is making a long-awaited trip to China this week
Yellen, who has called the notion of an economic decoupling from China ‘disastrous,’ has frequently said in the past year that she would like to visit China.