Saturday, November 7, 2009
Staff photo by Joe Phelan
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT: Mark Columbe, left, and Dale Hatch set up the dance floor lighting system at The 1st Floor hours before the new Augusta chem-free night club for teens was to open on Friday night. A group of parents pooled their money to open the nightclub in downtown Augusta. Coulombe, of Randolph, said a group of parents donated $10,000 to the project. The space can hold up to 200 people, he said For more information, visit http://myspace.com/the1st.floor.
Musta Got Lost: Ex-J. Geils singer to narrate concert
Although it may seem out of character for a rock star, Peter Wolf says it's really not a stretch for him to sit in with the Portland Symphony Orchestra.
Police say Heath was threatened
AUGUSTA -- A prominent figure in Maine's social conservative movement received a death threat at his former workplace Friday, three days after Maine voters approved a repeal of the state's same-sex marriage law.
Panel of 14 to design medical marijuana system
AUGUSTA -- Gov. John Baldacci on Friday signed an executive order to create a 14-member task force that will help apply an expansion of the state's medical-marijuana law.
AUGUSTA: Up the rails
AUGUSTA -- Scrap steel from the former Statler Tissue mill site is riding the rails to Quebec.
AUGUSTA: Airport to get fixup
AUGUSTA -- The Augusta State Airport terminal is getting a facelift, more space for passengers and a new roof.
Massacre could have been much worse
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.
Briefs
LITCHFIELD -- Selectmen will discuss several codes issues when they hold their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
NEWPORT: Police recover weapons in probe
NEWPORT -- Two guns have been found by authorities but a hunting rifle remains missing in the case of murder suspect Perley Goodrich Jr., Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Friday.
Cianbro co-founder Ival Cianchette dies
PITTSFIELD -- Ival "Bud" Cianchette, one of the four founding fathers of Cianbro Corp., died Thursday night at the age of 83.
Saunders pays up to settle
Saunders Manufacturing Co. Inc., of Readfield, will pay up to $575,000 to settle a patent infringement lawsuit involving clipboard design.
Many students absent, but most not due to H1N1
Schools throughout central Maine are seeing a sharp increase in student absenteeism -- but educators say only a fraction of those staying home sick have been stricken by swine flu.
Police Log
State police continue to look for guns, tools and other items stolen during a string of car burglaries late last month in Manchester and Readfield.
Attack 'outrageous,' says Augusta soldier stationed at Fort Hood
Text messages on his cell phone kept U.S. Army Specialist Anthony Gayne, of Augusta, informed as the tragedy of the Fort Hood shootings unfolded.
Okie seeks new trial
The man convicted 11 months ago of killing his father and former girlfriend wants the state's highest court to overturn his convictions.
Old Man Winter: He's still got it
Thursday's preview of winter weather resulted in puddles of slush for some communities and sidewalk shoveling in others.
Nation's jobless rate reaches 10 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought.
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