The town also approved a proposal to make the road commissioner’s job an appointive position rather than an elective one, as it has been.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Michael Kors buying Versace in $2 billion deal
The expanding company will be renamed Capri Holdings Ltd., with $8 billion in projected annual sales.
Waterville confectionary opens sweet space on Common Street
The owners of Christopher Hastings Confections said the timing felt right for a new retail space given other development efforts downtown.
Maine distillery plans release party for whiskey that’s come of age
Sweetgrass Winery & Distillery in Union started aging its small-batch Sunk Haze whiskey 7 years ago, and now it’s ready.
Lutherans to celebrate 50 years in Waterville church
Concordia College Choir from New York to perform on Saturday as part of church members’ celebration that was delayed one year due to the 500-year observance of the start of the Reformation.
Since Auburn boy is allergic to cats and dogs, family makes goats its pet project
‘We were totally flying by the seat of our pants as far as learning what they needed,’ says his mother.
Robert Indiana’s home on Vinalhaven needs work to become museum
Millions of dollars would have to be spent to fulfill the artist’s vision of transforming the mansion into a museum for displaying his artwork.
Maine’s artisanal cheese scene is growing up
Aged cheese is trickier to make than fresh, but the state’s cheesemakers are making headway.
MECA celebrates migration, and many others follow
‘Making Migration Visible’ opens next month and is joined by other art shows, exhibits and over events in its mission to tell a positive story about the subject.
Dine Out Maine: Lio serves well-prepared small plates in a mostly European vein
And they’re mostly inventive and delicious, too.