Susan McMillan

Staff Writer

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Published
June 2, 2014

New Richmond mobile home park owner continues improvements

Colonial Homes has bought Meadowbrook Trailer Park, and the owner says tenants can stay if they pay their rent.
Published
June 1, 2014

RSU 4 proposes $18.2 million budget that’s up 2.8 percent

Public referendum on the school spending plan is June 10.
Published
May 31, 2014

Municipal budget with 7 percent increase goes to Richmond Town Meeting

The budget, which includes more money for paving and other capital improvements, will go to town voters Tuesday.
Published
May 30, 2014

Augusta’s Farrington Elementary students first to benefit from laptop donation

A teacher sought the donation from the CEO of Kepware Technologies, a family friend, but other schools will soon follow.
Published
May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou touched hearts at Augusta Civic Center in 2010

After the poet died Wednesday, Mainers reflected on seeing her speak to an audience of nearly 5,000 in Augusta.
Published
May 26, 2014

Chainsaw art draws onlookers in Winthrop neighborhood

Donna Cheney commissioned Josh Landry to turn the trunk of a dying 150-year-old maple into a Maine wildlife scene.
Published
May 23, 2014

Manchester fifth-grader advances to national speech competition

T.J. Folsom, a student at Manchester Elementary School, became the state champion with his speech about positive thinking.
Published
May 22, 2014

MaineGeneral to lay off 16 employees, cut 128 jobs

The organization’s new Augusta hospital is overstaffed, CEO Chuck Hays said. Most of the jobs being eliminated are vacant.
Published
May 21, 2014

Augusta school board extends Anastasio’s contract until 2018

The interim superintendent’s future also depends on the outcome of a referendum calling for the removal of a residency requirement from the city charter.
Published
May 20, 2014

Winthrop school budget up 4 percent because of additional staff

Administrators are making final adjustments to the $10.3 million budget before it goes to Town Council and voters.