Gardiner Transfer Co., which already has a maintenance facility in the Libby Hill Business Park, has received approval to add a commercial transfer facility to the site to support its trash hauling business in central Maine.
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Hallowell-area school district returns Japanese, English teaching positions to proposed budget after community outcry
Regional School Unit 2’s proposed $34.5 million budget needed different spending cuts as a result of the changes, officials said.
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Waterville property owner plans to rebuild after downtown fire
Property owner Sidney Geller said he wants to move quickly to rebuild on Silver Street, and the owner of The Last Unicorn restaurant, John Picurro, said he wants to work with Geller to reopen on the same spot.
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Maine reduces do-not-eat wildlife advisory prompted by ‘forever chemicals’
People are advised not to eat deer, wild turkey and other game harvested in a 25-square-mile area of central Maine.
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Fire destroys The Last Unicorn restaurant in downtown Waterville
The blaze early Sunday morning leveled the eatery at 8 Silver St. and forced a road closure on Main Street downtown.
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‘Stuff the Tent’ helps prepare homeless people for the closure of the warming center
Organizers of Saturday’s event at South Parish Congregational Church collected money and items to pass along to those who are without housing in Augusta.
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Driver found in Pittsfield hit-and-run that injured 2, police say
The driver of the vehicle was found after the people were struck Wednesday, but it wasn’t clear if the motorist is in custody or has been charged in the matter.
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Richmond School Committee adds positions back into proposed budget after residents oppose cuts
The positions officials planned to cut included two that are now filled, and several that are vacant but that residents said are needed.
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Waterville officials assessing whether to expel students charged with making threat
Superintendent Eric Haley and Assistant Superintendent Peter Hallen of the Waterville Public Schools said Wednesday that school staff members, police, mental health professionals and others are working to determine if two students charged with terrorizing will remain in school.
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Nearly $1,200 worth of pre-rolled marijuana joints stolen from Winthrop shop
Earth Keeper Cannabis was one of five businesses reportedly burglarized early Monday morning.