Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Residents are invited to meet and ask questions of candidates running for local office at a forum from 6:30 to 8 Wednesday at the Comfort Inn & Suites on U.S. Route 2.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Mainers need to focus their generosity in places that can provide the most help by donating money to volunteer agencies.
Residents will have a final opportunity to be heard Thursday, on their concerns of a $52.6 million city and school budget that would increase property taxes by 6.6 percent while Mayor William Stokes urge residents to speak to local officials and state legislators about the need for tax reforms.
Police are seeking one suspect, and possibly a second, in an assault at Walmart in Augusta, which sent a man to the hospital.
William Spaulding, 53, of Vassalboro, was taken to the hospital Tuesday after crashing his pickup truck head on into another truck, driven by Joshua Lamoreau, 34, of Monmouth, on Western Avenue in Manchester.
Twin Rivers, which has facilities in Madawaska and New Brunswick, produces specialty papers and lumber.
Kyle Dube’s Facebook page also indicates that he was born in Presque Isle but went to Orono schools. It's not clear how he knew Nichole Cable, who is five years younger than he is.
Acquaintance charged in murder of Glenburn girl
Teachers and administrators took issue on Tuesday with the weight given to student assessments in proposed regulations for teacher and principal evaluations.
COLLEGE BASEBALL: USM's Dexter no ordinary freshman
GORHAM -- University of Southern Maine freshman shortstop Sam Dexter is the son of a coach so it stands to reason he has an edge on many players his age when it comes to understand ...
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Augusta, Monday, At 6:52 p.m., an assault was reported on New England Road.
Feature obituary: Dr. Omar 'Chip' Crothers, 71, changed lives of thousands
Dr. Crothers was a prominent Portland surgeon and the driving force behind the formation of Maine Handicapped Skiing.
More Obama aides knew about IRS audit
But apparently the advisers did not tell the president, officials say.
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