WATERVILLE — Busy downtowns are a vital part of any community, and the Taste of Greater Waterville didn’t disappoint Wednesday.
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Mount Vernon Avenue to be closed Sunday
AUGUSTA — Mount Vernon Avenue will be closed between Bond Street and Bond Brook Road to all but local traffic beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday.
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China selectmen engage in trash talk
CHINA — With the debate about commercial trash haulers serving town residents temporarily off the agenda, selectmen Monday began the broader task of updating the town’s solid waste management ordinance.
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DEP letters remind BPA ban compliance
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection has moved forward to implement rules of the recently passed ban on certain products containing the chemical bisphenol-A, according to the group that had criticized the DEP for a lack of progress.
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Grandma asks speeders to think of family
I live on Hankerson Road, in a little dip right in up at the beginning of the road. I’ve lived here for about seven years and like our little place in this town. I have a beautiful new granddaughter, my first grandchild, who I think of day and night (new grandmas will understand what I […]
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Births: June 20-30
AUGUSTA — A daughter, Aarabella Marie Tardiff, was born June 30 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Andrea and Aaron Tardiff of Augusta.
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A shame what Chelsea has come to
I was a citizen of Chelsea for more than 50 years, moving to Augusta in 2000. I think the town did the right thing to get the clique of Carol Swan out of the town. Flavia Kelley shouldn’t get a cent. My family lived in the town on Pinkham Road for more than 90 years. […]
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Gel developed for dolphin helps human amputees
AUGUSTA — Kevin Carroll held the door patiently — gladly, even — and launched into a steady stream of encouraging words.
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Readfield voters already had their say
What about the word “no” don’t the selectboard, town manager and others of Readfield understand? The voters of Readfield voted “no” on the maintenance building on June 7, and “yes” to abolish the public works. The voters of Readfield have spoken. Let’s get moving and get down to business. Carolyn Armstrong Readfield
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Make yourself heard on pension tax proposal
Saturday, July 23, Page B4 of the Kennebec Journal — buried in an article on Gov. Paul LePage addressing wood-based jobs, is his mention of not taxing pensions. People who favor this proposal, should make themselves heard. Charles Jones Augusta