The court has dismissed a case involving a Wells hotel that could have made it harder for people with disabilities to learn in advance whether hotel accommodations meet their needs.
2023
U.S. job openings fall to lowest level since March 2021 as labor market cools
U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, in a sign that hiring is cooling in the face of higher interest rates yet remains at a still-healthy pace.
Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund administrators to gather public input at Wednesday town hall
Draft protocol will be finalized after public comment period ends; payout of funds expected early 2024.
Holiday handbell concert set for Dec. 13 in Augusta
AUGUSTA — The always popular Winthrop Area Handbell Ringers return for a free, festive holiday concert at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the Community Meeting Room at Lithgow Public Library at 45 Winthrop St. They will perform a medley of holiday favorites. For more information, call the library at 207-626-2415 or visit lithgowlibrary.org. […]
Somerset officer found justified in shooting armed man in Norridgewock in 2021
Deputy Michael Lyman ‘reasonably believed’ that Trevor A. Caouette posed an ‘imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death’ before the officer shot and wounded the man who was pointing a handgun at police, the attorney general’s office concluded in a report.
Martin Schram: Covering Kissinger’s century
President Richard Nixon was work-vacationing in his Western White House estate at San Clemente and not far away, the White House press corps was about to be briefed by the world’s most famous anonymous authority on all foreign policies. Which is to say, another ritual Vietnam War policy/press corps kabuki was about to start. It […]
Maine Commercial Real Estate Transactions: November 2023
Broker submitted sales and leases for land, industrial, office, retail and more.
For sale: Hospitality potential at historic residence in Maine’s Lakes Region
$2.5 million | 353 Bell Hill Road, Otisfield
Dec. 5, 1988: Motorist damages police cruiser & Big Apple store in car-ramming spree in Farmington, Santa makes a visit to Skowhegan in parade, and Sidney begins exploration of trash-disposal alternatives
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.