WATERVILLE — After making a donation to the Taylor Tip-Off, a basketball tournament named after two sisters who lost their parents to domestic violence, people passed by a table covered in purple at the entrance to the Thomas College field house.
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BRIEFS: Fairfield hearing on natural gas; hunter dies; commission names leader
FAIRFIELD — A public hearing will be held on a proposed natural gas pipeline project at the Fairfield Town Council meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, at the Fairfield Community Center.
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No adult left behind
FARMINGTON — Jean Mason decided she wanted to go to college after raising her three sons, now ages 5, 7 and 8.
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Anson students’ family stories captured in book
ANSON — Sixteen-year-old Maeve Weggler has an image in her mind of her grandfather.
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Morrison family finds keys to success
HARMONY — John Morrison had already been in the logging business for 20 years when he took over the Chadbourne & Watson Garage in Harmony village in the fall of 1981.
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Home care, hospice and a boomer tsunami
There is a tsunami coming at the rate of 10,000 baby boomers a day who turn 65 and this will happen for the next 20 years.
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ON MAINE POLITICS: LePage approval rising? Maybe
AUGUSTA — How Mainers feel about Gov. Paul LePage and the job he’s been doing in his first 11 months as governor has been the topic of two recent polls.
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Did Thorndike voters approve building?
Is the new Thorndike Town Office building going to cost more than the selectmen thought? How can that be?
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Free trade is hurting American economy, life
New free trade agreements were just approved by Congress and the president. Although FTAs have been devastating for Maine and the U.S. economy, Sen. Olympia Snowe voted to pass Panama and Sen. Susan Collins voted to pass Korea and Colombia.
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Maine needs longer view than LIHEAP
Maine and Saudi Arabia have nothing in common, save one thing: An utter dependence on oil, with the price of it having a drastic effect on their residents and economies.