COLCHESTER, Vt. — The following local high school students were awarded the 2011 Saint Michael’s College Book Award for Academic Achievement with a Social Conscience:
Births: July 5-7
AUGUSTA — A son, Dante Bachman, was born July 7 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Annette and Michael Bachman of Gardiner.
Organizations list bridge, cribbage winners
HALLOWELL — Spectrum Generations, the William S. Cohen Community Center, has announced its recent bridge and cribbage winners.
Lawn issue unresolved
AUGUSTA — After 12 years mowing someone else’s really hilly lawn that abuts her Winthrop Street residence, Jane Adams isn’t going to mow it anymore.
Tax maps revision, review nearly done
FARMINGDALE — What started as a short-term project to review and revise town tax maps is nearly complete after three years, former Selectman Eugene Moreau said this week.
Boiler center of talk
CHINA — Selectmen tonight will hear a pitch for the biomass boiler that Regional School Unit 18 officials hope will heat Messalonskee High School and Williams Elementary School in Oakland.
Vandals hit transfer station
LITCHFIELD — Vandals broke into the Litchfield Transfer Station office last week, severing all the electrical cords to render machinery useless, strewing photos of Elaine Carpenter’s grandchildren all over the floor and netting $8.
Butterfly Survey tackles knobby issues
JEFFERSON — Most people don’t know just what exactly distinguishes a butterfly from a moth.
‘Stinger’ wonders, where is media?
James O’Keefe is disappointed by journalists these days.