We have not heard much lately regarding the proposed wind project in Highland Plantation. We are very aware that, at some point in time, First Wind LLC likely will submit another application to the Land Use Regulation Commission with a few tweaks included for the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. There is also a […]
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OUR OPINION: Radical groups fill void of Occupy protests’ lack of focus, goals
There are a number of ways to view the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrators whose protests have multiplied in many places across the country and around the world.
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Jobs are there, but not good enough jobs for some
Americans are falling for it again, just a new strategy for the Obama campaign. The protesters on Wall Street are getting a lot of coverage from the mainstream news media, unlike when the tea party demonstrated. Wall Street demonstrators are protesting everything, and half of them don’t even know why they’re there, they just are. […]
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Home energy session in Waterville tonight
WATERVILLE — Sustain Mid Maine, Efficiency Maine and the communities of Waterville and Winslow will host an informational session about home energy upgrades and financing options at 6:30 tonight at the City Council Chambers.
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: UMF volleyball is on a roll
The University of Maine at Farmington women’s volleyball team has won four straight matches to improve to 11-8. The last time the Beavers finished with a winning record or won more than 10 games was in 2006, when they went 17-9.
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Three vying to be Anson selectman
ANSON — Three people are running to fill the selectman seat vacated by Darrol Bartlett.
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Skowhegan gets grant for municipal parking area
SKOWHEGAN — The town of Skowhegan has been awarded a $400,000 grant to improve the municipal parking area with pedestrian walkways, lighting, trees and directional signs.
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Sidney Board hears from engineering consultants
SIDNEY — Four members of Wright-Pierce, a Topsham-based engineering firm, pitched consulting services to the Board of Selectmen on Monday.
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SNAPSHOT: Streetside painter
Sarah Kinsela paints the curb outside the Caverly Country Market in Hinckley along busy Route 201 on Tuesday.
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Occupy Augusta enters Day Three
AUGUSTA — More than two dozen Occupy Augusta activists who have been camping in an expansive park across the street from the State House said Monday they’ll stay indefinitely in hopes of getting across their belief that government has failed the people and chooses instead to bow to the wishes of major corporations.