State officials are considering three sites for a train layover and maintenance stop in Brunswick in response to neighbors’ objections to the first site selected by the New England Passenger Rail Authority.
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State senator takes position as leader of sportsmen’s lobby
The lawmaker who spearheaded the state’s new whitetail deer plan will take over as executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine.
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A bridge to the past
RICHMOND — The deteriorated 80-year-old swing bridge that takes traffic across the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden is targeted for replacement in 2013.
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A rise in the ranks
AUGUSTA — Augusta police Major Jared Mills still recalls being in Anthony Drouin’s shoes: Young, excited, wondering what the future holds.
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Marijuana dispensary outfit in deal with ex-NBA player
AUGUSTA — A financing agreement has been finalized between the holder of half of Maine’s medical marijuana dispensary licenses and a former professional basketball player.
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Center lists bridge, cribbage winners
HALLOWELL — Spectrum Generations, the William S. Cohen Community Center, has announced its recent bridge and cribbage winners.
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Camp teaches survival skills
BELGRADE — Rebecca Waterman, daughter of a firefighter, giggled recounting how she blistered her hands trying for nearly two hours to start a fire during Camp Loon’s Survivor Island.
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MacMaster gets 18 months in jail
AUGUSTA — A former captain with the Augusta Fire Department was ordered to serve a year and a half in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old girl at his Manchester home between April 2007 and April 2008.
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The Market rushes, opens for business
HALLOWELL — A new market opened Friday next door to the defunct Boynton’s Market — just in time for today’s Old Hallowell Day celebration.