AUGUSTA — The Finance Authority of Maine, which administers state and federal college grants and scholarships, announced that its annual College Goal Sunday dates and locations will be expanded this year to better meet the needs of Maine students and families. In addition to 10 regional events to be held Sunday, Jan. 30, 40 other […]
2011
Posted inMaine
History repeats itself in some governors’ inaugural speeches
AUGUSTA — Streamline government. Reduce spending. Create jobs. Cut red tape. Eliminate partisan politics. Stop the exodus of Maine youth. Those are some of the themes Gov.-elect Paul LePage could touch upon when he makes his inauguration speech at the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday morning. Mainers should be familiar with the issues, and not […]
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Posted inEncore
Sandy River Players will stage ‘Harvey’
FARMINGTON — The Sandy River Players will present Mary Chase’s classic comedy, “Harvey,” at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Alumni Theater, beginning Jan. 14 and running through Jan. 23. Best known as a movie starring Jimmy Stewart, the play opened on Broadway in 1944 and ran just over four years. The story revolves around […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Petition circulating on Front Street parking lot
FARMINGTON — A petition to preserve public parking in a Front Street lot began circulating last week. Signature gatherers seek to schedule a special town meeting to ask voters to direct selectmen to amend the Front Street parking lease by increasing payments to the lot owner and making changes to keep the 99-year lease intact, […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Equipment causes partial power outage
WILTON — A mechanical failure left 2,965 homes in Wilton and surrounding towns partially without power Monday during what is the supper hour for some. Reports of homes with half the lights on and half off, power to some homes and not others and a total lack of power began shortly after 5 p.m. but […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sabattus Republicans, independents to meet
SABATTUS — A political meeting for Sabattus Republicans and independents will be held at the Town Office, 190 Middle Road, at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 10. All are invited. For more information, call Paul W. Loesberg at 713-4342.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
Video to help teach snowmobilers about safety on ice
That’s the message that the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and the Maine Snowmobile Association are trying to get out to sledders as a warmer than usual December has kept lakes from freezing over solid, especially at inlets and outlets. “Winter got off to a slow start,” Maj. Gregory Sanborn, deputy chief of […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Welcome to the future. Stop looking at me.
What are you looking at? Don’t be coy, I saw you taking sidelong glances at the intricate lines around my eyes. Or maybe you were just considering waxen skin and wondering if I’m still alive at all. Go away, boy, you bother me. Forgive my bellicosity. It’s just that five days into January and my […]
Posted inBusiness
Entrepreneur contest: Public vote coming in February
LEWISTON — The deadline for the Twin Cities’ new entrepreneur contest passed over the weekend. Up next: A winnowing and community vote come February. On Monday, Paul Badeau, spokesman for the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council, declined to reveal the number of applications Launch L-A received. The contest was designed to lure an innovative young businessperson […]
Posted inHoroscope
Capricorn: Take advantage of your good fortune
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: January Jones, 33; Bradley Cooper, 36; Diane Keaton, 65; Robert Duvall, 80. Happy Birthday: You don’t have to impress anyone nor should you try. It’s up to you to call the shots. Originality doesn’t have to be expensive — use your imagination and do the work yourself. Passion is on […]