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Building a community garden, one giant pumpkin apart
Social distance was measured in fruit rather than feet Sunday at Saint Dominic Academy. “Keep one giant pumpkin apart,” the Rev. Seamus Griesbach told the dozen students, parents and teachers helping build a community garden on the Auburn campus. The governor and the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention would approve because, as Griesbach […]
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Maine schools cautiously plan for what a return to classes will look like in the fall
Masks? Plexiglas? Six feet of space? Districts are bracing for what a different start to the school year could look like.
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Plenty of power this summer, but is Maine looking at higher rates down the road?
Energy demand is down because of the pandemic, but utility bills unpaid by tens of thousands of people left jobless by the pandemic could drive electricity prices upward in some places in coming months
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For Memorial Day weekend, Mills orders flags lowered, says, ‘We are all soldiers in this fight’
Maine’s governor also called on residents to wear face masks where appropriate, ‘with pride, in honor of every patriot.’
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Firefighters battle flames and heat in West Paris
State officials are investigating the cause of a shed fire that burned over 4 acres of woods Friday.
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Konstantoulakis resigns from Mechanic Falls Town Council
Councilors will decide on a replacement.
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Arrest Log
Mason Day, 30, of Parsonsfield, theft, violating conditions of release, 4:58 p.m. May 13 in Parsonsfield by the Maine State Police. Michael Everett, 41, of West Paris, violating conditions of release, criminal mischief, 5:14 p.m. May 13 in Norway by the Norway Police Department. Austin Kimball, 22, of West Paris, eluding an officer, operating under […]
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Mahoosuc Bird Notes: Magnolia Warbler
Alexander Wilson, a Scottish ornithologist, first identified this bird in 1810. He found it in a Magnolia Tree in my home state of Mississippi – Thus the name Magnolia Warbler (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). No doubt, the bird that Wilson found was just passing through from Central America or the Caribbean on its […]
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Allstate donates to Good Shepherd Food Bank
AUBURN — Allstate Foundation Helping Hands has granted Good Shepherd Food Bank $10,000, in recognition of the volunteerism of Maine Allstate agency owners and financial specialists, which will provide 264 local families in need with an emergency food box. In addition, David Bochtler and Richard Moylan of Auburn, Martin Bailey, Patti Gagne and Jonathan Knowlton […]