Susan McMillan

Staff Writer

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Published
December 5, 2012

Palermo residents vote to withdraw from RSU 12

PALERMO — In a vote at a special town meeting Wednesday, Palermo became the third town in Regional School Unit 12 to seek withdrawal from the RSU.
Published
December 2, 2012

Study: Maine’s most attractive school districts

Using U.S. Census data, economists determine which Maine school districts parents with young children most often move to — and which ones they most often leave.
Published
November 30, 2012

Spring Road house in Augusta damaged by fire on Friday

AUGUSTA — A fire at a house on Spring Road was extinguished quickly Friday but not before causing significant damage.
Published
November 30, 2012

Update: Firefighters stop house fire on Augusta’s Spring Road

Firefighters stopped a house fire at 283 Spring Road in Augusta this afternoon, the city’s fire chief said.
Published
November 25, 2012

New Hallowell candy store both sweet, offbeat

HALLOWELL — Like most candy stores, Scrummy Afters is light, bright and full of stripes, dots and colors.
Published
November 22, 2012

Palermo voters consider RSU 12 withdrawal at Dec. 5 town meeting

PALERMO — With residents worried by loss of local control and a coming tax hike, Palermo could become the third town to seek withdrawal from Regional School Unit 12.
Published
November 18, 2012

Hallowell fire station plans stuck in impasse over current structure

HALLOWELL — The committee studying what to do about a home for the fire department is finding itself divided over the past and the future.
Published
November 8, 2012

Area residents helping Superstorm Sandy victims

AUGUSTA — Seeing images of cities inundated by floods, homes swept away or burned down and hungry people lined up for food in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, Jani Clark couldn’t stay put in Maine.
Published
November 7, 2012

RSU 12 voters agree to new cost-sharing plan

SOMERVILLE — A new cost-sharing method for Regional School Unit 12 was approved by a large margin, passing even in towns likely to pay more in taxes.
Published
November 4, 2012

Manuscript, West African instrument donated to University of Maine at Augusta

AUGUSTA — One of the University of Maine at Augusta’s first academic research publications, and an example of the instrument it explores, have arrived in Maine via a roundabout route: through the Ivory Coast and Germany.