The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteers Program is asking gardeners to consider growing extra produce to donate to local food pantries.
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BRIDGE RESULTS
WATERVILLE — The Waterville non-sanctioned bridge club winners on March 31 were: Joanne Williams and Dollis Bizier, Betty Perry and Judy Jones, Julie Richards and Connie Begin, Patricia Kick and Lou Veilleux, Nancy Ferris and Jimmie Bradeen tied with Lee Duff and Claudette McNeil, Jeannie Viles and Rona Backstrom.
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Big changes in store for South China market under new management
SOUTH CHINA — Since it opened almost 33 years ago, Tobey’s Market has been owned by just three families.
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Local grain key to economic health, says corporation
SKOWHEGAN — The Somerset Economic Development Corp. sees a future in which local farmers raise food for local people, providing jobs and business support while relieving poverty and improving nutrition in rural Maine.
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ON BASEBALL: Boles does it the right way
FORT MYERS, Fla. — When Kevin Boles checked in with his dad at the end of the day, Kevin wanted to talk baseball.
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Hundreds rally for hockey’s future in central Maine
HALLOWELL — More than 350 people attended a sun-splashed rally at the Kennebec Ice Arena, where the roof collapsed in March, displacing numerous hockey and skating organizations.
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RSU 18 superintendent shaking up budget presentation
OAKLAND — Don’t expect the proposed 2011-12 school budget for Regional School Unit 18 to be presented Wednesday in the same old way.
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Private prison debate continues
A group of Republican lawmakers from central Maine have proposed legislation that would allow the state to send Maine prisoners to correctional facilities in other states, drawing the ire of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.
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MAINE COMPASS: Tired of diversions from ‘government by disrespect’
As Republican senators, we all want Gov. LePage and his administration to succeed. Yet we feel compelled to express our discomfort and dismay with the tone and spirit of some of the remarks he has made.
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Fire guts second floor of Tracy’s Tavern
OAKLAND — Combustibles placed too close to a portable electrical heater caused a fire early Sunday that damaged Tracy’s Tavern, a restaurant on Kennedy Memorial Drive, according to local and state fire officials.