Taps are out now, collecting sap to boil down into maple syrup, as back-and-forth weather has slowed maple sugaring slightly.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Building supply company seeks rezoning of former Sacred Heart Church property in Waterville
Ware-Butler Building Supply company proposes to expand the existing office building at the former church and store materials on the adjacent parking lot off Middle Street.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News
Waterville, Portland to maintain ties to Russian sister cities
Officials from Waterville and Kotlas, Russia, plan to participate in a call this week to discuss and reaffirm a relationship that began in the late 1980s, according to Waterville Mayor Jay Coelho.
Posted inMaine
New Vineyard man, infant son hurt in New Sharon crash
The infant, who was in a child safety seat, was taken by a LifeFlight of Maine helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
A new market provides hope for Maine’s organic dairy farmers
Organic Valley farmers cooperative offers more than a dozen Maine organic dairy farmers a new market for their milk after their current contracts with Horizon Organic end.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local Government, Maine
Pittston residents to vote on $1.5 million budget at annual Town Meeting
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, March 19, at Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School, 1023 Pittston School Street in Pittston, marking the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic that residents vote on warrant articles in the traditional meeting style.
Posted inCommunity, Local Government, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
Clinton considers moving Police Department into fire station, instead of expanding Town Office
Officials consider building new fire station at 37 Baker St., next to the Town Office.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Politics
Maine voters to see new district numbers beside candidate names on November ballot
The redistricting process is conducted every 10 years, following the U.S. census, and ensures districts’ populations do not become unbalanced and run afoul of the one-person, one-vote principle.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Eight-hour standoff in Whitefield ends in arrest early Saturday
Edward M. Poch, 64, is being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset after he allegedly threatened a woman with a knife and a gun at a Whitefield house, leading to a standoff with Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies and the Maine State Police.
Posted inLocal Government, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Rome voters adopt solar moratorium, vote on municipal budget at annual Town Meeting
The moratorium gives town officials 180 days to review and create ordinances on the development of commercial solar projects in Rome.