Woolwich News

A woman from Woolwich is dead after an accident on route 127 in her hometown. It happened just a mile from her home.

CAMDEN : The Camden Select Board voted unanimously Nov. 3 to delay seeking a survey on the town's Sagamore Farm Road property and instead pursue assistance from Eaton Peabody Consulting with the development of a tax increment financing district for the community.

It will cost as much as $30 million every year and will have a devastating impact on our educational system.

3 to decide whether to repeal the school district consolidation law. The law was approved by the Legislature in June 2007, but faced opposition from many rural communities.

AUGUSTA : Last week over 10,000 households in Maine got the first glimpse of how seven state representatives voted on a bill.

The phones are quiet at Portland, Maine-area schools with few parents inquiring about the affect of a possible same-sex marriage law, school officials say.

At Tuesday night's nearly two-hour informational meeting, about 70 people learned that blasting begins Wednesday morning on Record Hill Wind LLC 's $120 million, 22-turbine wind farm project.

A Maine Department of Transportation employee who had remained at a job site late Monday night was nearly arrested.

A Maine Department of Transportation employee who had remained at a job site late Monday night was nearly arrested.

A man from Topsham who devoted much of his time to raising money for kids with cancer has died of cancer himself.

James I. Rockefeller, 76, of Dresden, died Monday, July 27, 2009, after a short illness.

Just 12 days after being appointed the new director of The Boat School-Husson, Clinton Tuttle resigned Wednesday.

The Green Economy has arrived: Woolwich-based contractor Reed and Reed has won a competitive bid to build the first commercial-scale wind power project in Massachusetts.

A Maine-based contractor has begun limited work on the future site of wind turbines on Brodie Mountain, after receiving authorization from the project's owner.

ROCKLAND : From 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 3, traditional Celtic band The Ladies of the Lake will perform at Rock City Books & Coffee, 328 Main St.

Motorcycle riders from around Maine are rallying to help one of their best friends-and they're doing it with a big bike ride this Sunday.

BATHA a ' Voters in the five communities of Regional School Unit 1 ratified a $25 million fiscal 2010 budget 424-141 in a referendum on Tuesday.

Calais, despite being named for the French channel port, sounds like callous . In other name news, Bangor is Bang-gore , Damariscotta is Dam-ur-scotta , and the town next to Biddeford is pronounced Sah-co . Old timers agree that you don't pronounce the second "w" in Woolwich .

A few years ago Jon Biehler took a life-changing bicycle ride through the US state of Maine.

ROCKLAND : University College at Rockland will host a summer graduate course from the University of Southern Maine.