In early August, a swarm of honeybees from Ray Shadis’ Edgecomb farm took off to find a new home. The swarm will not survive the winter without help, Shadis said.
Music Festival Celebrates Recovery in Walpole
Since it launched in 2008, Rockers in Recovery, a for-profit media and production company, has attracted tens of thousands to its music festivals and reached millions more through its online radio program. The message the organization is spreading through rock ‘n’ roll: there is hope, addiction recovery is possible.
Dresden Republican Brings ‘Common-Sense’ Approach to Legislature
State Rep. Jeffrey Pierce, R-Dresden, is seeking a second term in the Legislature to bring “good Maine common sense” to the legislative process, he said.
Arrowsic Man Wants to Bring ‘Sensible Economic Policies’ to Legislature
The opioid crisis, education, and health care are interconnected issues, William Neilson said. He said he plans to tackle those issues with “sensible economic policies” if elected to House District 53, which encompasses Arrowsic, Dresden, Georgetown, Phippsburg, part of Richmond, and Woolwich.
Wiscasset Classroom to Become Model For Literacy Education in Maine
In a unique partnership with the University of Maine at Orono, a Wiscasset Elementary School classroom will transform what literacy training looks like in Maine.
Wiscasset Elementary School Launches Halloween Costume Swap
For some students, the fear associated with Halloween is not having a costume to wear. Recognizing the anxiety this created in some of her students last year, Wiscasset Elementary School first-grade teacher Clara Brown is organizing a costume swap.
Whitefield Man’s Book Gives ‘Insider’s View’ of USSR’s Collapse
Louis Sell was standing behind George H.W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin in 1993, watching as the two signed the START II nuclear arms reduction treaty. In that moment, Sell, now of Whitefield, knew he would one day write a book about the collapse of the Soviet Union, he said.
Whitefield Residents Question Plan for Cellphone Tower
Whitefield residents overwhelmingly voted to change the town’s wireless communication ordinance in June to accommodate a cellphone company’s plan to build a tower in Whitefield. With the location of the tower site recently announced, about 30 residents turned out to a public hearing held by the Whitefield Planning Board on Wednesday, Aug. 17 to express their opposition to it.
Summons Issued for Illegal Dump in Dresden
The man allegedly responsible for dumping carpeting, tires, mattresses, a stove, a washing machine, and an assortment of other items on a 300-acre parcel of land on Gilmore Brook Road in Dresden has been identified and summonsed, Third Selectman Allan Moeller said at the Dresden Board of Selectmen’s Monday, Aug. 22 meeting.
Kennebec, Oxford Counties Contract with Two Bridges
Two Bridges Regional Jail now has contracts with three counties to house their inmates. The contracts are providing the jail with a critical source of revenue. The Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority unanimously approved contracts with Kennebec and Oxford counties at a special meeting Thursday, Aug. 18.
Jail Authority Suspends Bid Process for $500,000 Contract
The replacement of the air-handling units that heat and cool Two Bridges Regional Jail has become an emergency, Correctional Administrator Col. Mark Westrum said.
RSU 12 Approves Teachers’ Union Contract
Negotiations between the RSU 12 Board of Directors and the district teachers’ union came one step closer to completion when the board voted unanimously to approve a new teachers’ union contract Thursday, Aug. 11.
Boothbay Roundabout Proposal Heads to Town Vote
The fate of the proposed roundabout for the intersection of Route 27, Corey Lane, and Common Drive in Boothbay will be decided by the town’s voters in the Nov. 8 general election.
Carepartners Program ‘Enormous Leap’ in Outreach Effort to Addicts
MaineHealth’s CarePartners program celebrated its 15-year anniversary in Lincoln County in August. What began largely as a billing program for low-income individuals struggling with medical bills has grown into much more, said Anni Pat McKenney, coordinator of the Coulombe Center for Health Improvement.
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