BELGRADE -- The Transfer Station will be closed on Saturday and reopen Sunday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Readfield selectmento meet Monday

READFIELD -- Selectmen meet Monday at 7 p.m. at the Town Office.

Wayne to lookat pay raises

WAYNE -- The Board of Selectmen meets Tuesday to discuss pay raises for some town staff members and to hear an update on efforts to build a new playground at Wayne Elementary School.

Board members will also consider naming a new chairman and vice chairman.

The meeting takes place at the elementary school at 7 p.m.

Workplace injuriestreated in Winthrop

WINTHROP -- An occupational health services clinic will open in September at MaineGeneral Health's facilities in downtown Winthrop, according to a statement released Thursday.

Occupational medicine physician Lisa Clarq will staff the clinic, which will specialize in treating Winthrop-area employees who have been injured or become ill on the job.

"It will mean less travel, less time away from work and more cost-effective care," Denise Dumont-Bernier, MaineGeneral's director of workplace health, said.

The clinic will coordinate with MaineGeneral's nearby Manchester facility, where occupational and physical therapy services also are available.

MaineGeneral's Winthrop facility houses Winthrop Family Practice, a pediatrics practice, an orthopedics office, imaging facilities and a laboratory.

Grant to providehousing for families

The Maine State Housing Authority will receive $568,812 in Family Unification grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Family Unification Grant Program provides funding to public housing agencies for families whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in separation or possible separation, U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced.

Siviski recognizedby state group

Donald Siviski, superintendent of Regional School Unit 2, has received an Outstanding Educational Leadership Award along with four other Maine superintendents.

Siviski was recognized for "exemplary leadership in education programs, service to the education profession and ... professional service to the Maine School Superintendents Association," according to a statement from the Maine School Management Association.

Regional School Unit 2 is the newly consolidated district that serves students from Dresden, Farmingdale, Hallowell, Monmouth and Richmond.

Compiled from staff reports