Readfield News

The electric cupcake maker that Jessica Hunnewell received for Christmas turned out a product too dry and uniform for human tastes.

Residents at the annual Town Meeting agreed to spend $12,000 in town money to pay for an education technician for the afternoon pre-kindergarten program at Manchester Elementary School.

Voters approved the municipal budget without any substantive changes at Town Meeting on Thursday.

This year's Town Meeting warrant features bonds for major capital improvement projects and measures that could affect the way town government operates.

Residents at next week's Town Meeting will vote on a budget that is down nearly $84,000 and decide whether to make the town manager a full-time employee.

Visitors to the Readfield Historical Society's open house on Sunday had the chance to learn about that period in Readfield and central Maine's history from a reenactor portraying Releaf Savage Gordon, a woman who lived a long but ordinary life in Readfield during the first half of the 19th century.

Then there are the more personal stories of people like Releaf Savage Gordon, a woman who lived a long but ordinary life in Readfield during the first half of the 19th century.

Gardiner-based RSU 11's $21.5M budget vote Tuesday; Readfield-based RSU 38's $15.7M budget vote on June 11 Budgets in two local school districts are ready to go to voters for a final decision in the next two weeks.

A 27-year-old man was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia by police responding to a crash in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 near mile-marker 109.

Travis Mills, an Afghanistan War Veteran and quadruple amputee, holds his daughter Chloe, 1, at Camp Kennebec in Begrade.

Following an executive session on May 13, the RSU 10 board appointed an interim superintendent to bridge the gap between the time Superintendent Interim superintendent for RSU 10 Richard Abramson of Arundel will begin his duties in late June after Supt.

The House of Representatives gave initial approval Monday to a proposed constitutional amendment to allow an enhanced early-voting system in Maine, but the vote tally was just short of the two-thirds needed for final passage.