Recently added articles from Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME):
Well-connected developers turn potential white elephant into moneymaker.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Gary Remal Sep. 30--AUGUSTA, Maine -- City, state and area business leaders responded as if it were a natural disaster when Sanmina-SCI announced in 2002 that it was closing its computer manufacturing plant in north Augusta. They all worried the ...
MaineGeneral hospital proposal pitfalls are noted.
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Betty Adams Sep. 23--Shopping and health care may appear to be strange bedfellows. But in today's world, health care follows retail, said Warren Kessler, the man who led the region's health-care system for more than a quarter-century before retiring in 1998. ...
Road widening on tap in Maine.
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Gary Remal Sep. 23--AUGUSTA, Maine -- State transportation officials have unveiled a plan they hope will relieve chronic traffic congestion on outer Western Avenue. They want to add at least one lane on each side of a 2-mile stretch between Manchester and ...
Minimum-security jail advancing in Kennebec County, Maine.
Sep 20, 2007 ... Byline: Gary Remal Sep. 20--AUGUSTA, Maine -- Despite a proposal by the governor to put county jails under state control, Kennebec County officials said Tuesday they will move ahead with plans to build a 60-bed, minimum-security holding facility for as much as $5.5 million. ...
Adult bookshop issue turns a new page.
Sep 19, 2007 ... Byline: Mechele Cooper Sep. 19--FARMINGDALE, Maine -- The owner of an adult bookstore is alleging a special town meeting where voters barred his business from reopening was conducted improperly. Will Stuart, owner of 1st Amendment Adult Book & Video, said moderator ...
Proposal would shift hospital services from Augusta, Maine.
Sep 19, 2007 ... Byline: Betty Adams Sep. 19--Augusta would lose its full-service hospital downtown and instead would be served by an outpatient facility near the new cancer center. All inpatient care -- including surgery and obstetrics -- would move to one site in Waterville. ...
Frustrated school board willing to deal with state, but unsure how.
Sep 19, 2007 ... Byline: Keith Edwards Sep. 19--AUGUSTA -- Board of Education members said Tuesday they're willing to play by the state's school consolidation rules -- if they only knew what they were, and knew the state would play by them, too. Board members held a special meeting ...
Hallowell, Maine, entrepreneur launches Web-site design, hosting company.(Website overview)
Sep 16, 2007 ... Byline: Mechele Cooper Sep. 16--HALLOWELL -- William Sugg sat in front of a laptop in his sparsely furnished office and pulled up the home page for Planet Maine, his new Web site design and hosting company. Katahdin -- a mountain Sugg is proud to say he's climbed -- ...
City bus drivers unionize.
Sep 12, 2007 ... Byline: Betty Adams Sep. 12--AUGUSTA -- Augusta school bus drivers voted to unionize Tuesday, choosing to affiliate with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO. Forty-four school transportation workers were eligible to vote: 23 ...
U-turn puts $2M bus terminal on track.
Sep 12, 2007 ... Byline: Gary Remal Sep. 12--AUGUSTA -- Members of the Planning Board Tuesday quickly reversed their vote to limit hours of operation for a new $2 million Concord Trailways bus terminal in north Augusta when the company's president said the restriction might threaten the project ....
Hearing will examine Riverview Psychiatric Center capacity.
Sep 12, 2007 ... Byline: Susan Cover Sep. 12--AUGUSTA -- Lawmakers will take public comment Thursday on a report that showed a lack of available bed space at Riverview Psychiatric Center. The final report, released last month, showed that 85 percent of those eligible for a bed were ...