Experts say young players, including Jacoby Grotton, 15, have helped revive interest in chess, with many learning to play from websites or apps.
cmnews
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Feds successful in taking Cornville home investigated for illegal marijuana grow
A home in Corinna that housed another suspected illegal growing operation was also ordered by a judge to be taken by federal authorities earlier this month.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, News
‘This will help a little bit’: Couple provide Sidney farmland for solar array to fight climate change
Carl and Janet Quirion allowed their land to be used for a new solar array in Sidney that is expected to produce enough electricity to power about 500 homes.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Clinton man charged with murder in Waterville shooting
Authorities investigated a shooting on Highwood Street that prompted school officials in Waterville, Oakland and Fairfield to take lockout precautions Tuesday morning. On a video from a nearby porch camera, below, what appears to be gunshots can be heard.
Posted inLocal & State
Watch: 100-year-old restored clock lifted into Readfield Union Meeting House
The 1930 clock was restored recently as part of a decadeslong renovation of the historic building.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
Republican candidate for Maine Legislature claims recent hurricanes were created by government
Republican Wendy Lee MacDowell, of Augusta, makes ‘weaponized weather’ conspiracies part of her campaign.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Largest union at Sappi’s Skowhegan paper mill holds rally amid contentious contract negotiations
Sappi company officials said in a statement they were ‘disappointed’ that members of United Steelworkers Local 4-9 rejected its offer and authorized a strike.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Young leaders, seen as key to ending toxicity of politics, gather in Waterville
Youth Voting Summit seeks to inspire high school, college-age youths to engage their peers in voting and civic leadership.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Sagadahoc deputy advocates for mental health care, bashes report from mass shooting commission
Sgt. Aaron Skolfield was joined by mental health advocates and a former legislator at a press conference Monday to publicize Maine’s Progressive Treatment Program, which they say could have prevented last year’s Lewiston shooting.
Posted inLocal & State
At State House ceremony, religious leaders honor victims of Lewiston mass shooting
A dozen religious leaders gathered Tuesday near the Maine State House to read passages and pray for the victims and families impacted by last October’s deadly shooting in Lewiston.