A $75 million expansion that was formally dedicated last week is open to air traffic and passengers.
Fryeburg Fair kicks off for 161st year
Maine’s final agricultural fair of the season opens today.
Caribou man wins Maine Marathon
Stephanie Crawford, 34, of Dover, N.H., won the women’s race in 3 hours, 7 minutes and 8 seconds.
SNAPSHOT: Next step, college
Tonya Gould, left, tries to get her seven-month-old son Briton Barnaby to look at photographer Diana Griggs, center. Her husband and fellow photographer Dennis Griggs helps Gould get her son to look up.
CORRECTION
The vote in a June referendum to abolish Readfield’s Public Works Department was 424 in favor and 419 against. An article on page A1 of Friday’s edition misstated the vote count becaue of a reporter error.
‘Prohibition’ in Maine set stage for national effort
The hard-won legislation was so groundbreaking, so controversial, it was known across the nation and beyond as “the Maine law.”
Bid for placement with relatives too late
When a child is removed from a home, placement with a relative — kinship care — is a regular procedure in Maine.
“Absurd’ delay in Senate on judicial nominations
WASHINGTON — When Nancy Torresen is confirmed — barring unforeseen problems — Monday by the Senate for the U.S. District Court in Maine, it will be an example of what passes for a smooth federal judicial nomination process these days.
City school board to discuss adding buses
AUGUSTA — The Augusta Board of Education meets Monday to discuss adding enough buses so all elementary schools can get out at the same time — a move intended to increase learning time at the schools.