Thursday, August 28, 2008

Staff photo Thomas Michael Corcoran

Griffen Ringle and Mike Paskell, students at the Good Will-Hinckley residential school, adjust chairs they helped make that are for sale at the school's farm stand in Hinckley.

Aquafest to highlight lakes' wonders
BELGRADE -- The Belgrade Lakes are an economic engine for the region.

China to retry tower rules
CHINA -- Planning Board members decided Tuesday evening to try again to get a Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Siting Ordinance before voters.

CLINTON: Town police budget back in voters' hands
CLINTON -- The town will go 58 hours per week without police coverage, if voters agree to scale back the police department's budget to last year's level.

Mallett School plans take shape
FARMINGTON -- If there is a "nugget of wisdom" coming from months of emotional debate over the new Mallett School here, it's the value of give-and-take.

'Older-Wisers' project eases transition
FARMINGTON -- Incoming high school freshmen usually steer clear of seniors who, in years past, have reputations of ruling the halls.

FARMINGTON: Property tax rate hike backed by selectmen
FARMINGTON -- Property taxpayers will see a 55-cent increase in the property tax rate when they open their tax bills later this summer.

SAD 12 rejects merger plan
JACKMAN -- Jackman-area school officials say they simply cannot work with a consolidation plan that includes school districts in Bingham, Anson-North Anson and Madison.

Efforts to close MERC plant multiply; former mayor sues
SACO -- The developer of the $100 million Saco Island project is in talks with the owner of a controversial trash incineration plant to buy the plant and then shut it down, officials at both companies said Wednesday.

Fine for SAD 53 possible
School Administrative District 53 is in a league of its own in Maine: It faces a $175,000 penalty from the state government, even though voters approved a school-consolidation plan required by law.

Unity man killed in collision
UNITY -- A Unity man died Wednesday after his vehicle was struck head on by a truck while turning into his driveway from U.S. Route 202.

Engineers not ready to give OK to stop evacuation near dam
WINSLOW -- Sebago Technics, the engineering firm monitoring riverbank integrity above a recent drawdown of the Fort Halifax Dam, suggested the town assume responsibility for evacuating residents in the case of heavy rainfall.

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