Gardiner officials consider consequences of sludge crisis

As the cost of hauling sludge from wastewater treatment plants spikes after two state laws have limited how it can be handled, city leaders are weighing how to pay for the additional unanticipated costs of shipping it to Canada.

Pine State Trading Co. announces 2 new executive leaders

Maine Drilling & Blasting’s Jason Riley elected president of New Hampshire Good Roads Association

Gardiner student earns New York Institute of Technology honors

Crisis building at Kennebec County wastewater treatment plants

Wastewater treatment plant operators across Maine face paying higher fees to truck sludge to New Brunswick after two state laws curtailed how biosolid disposal is handled.

Local Cub, Boy Scouts take part in Scout Sunday services

Services were held in Augusta, Camden, China, Gardiner and Skowhegan.

State entomologist demonstrates how to curb browntail moths this winter, ahead of the spring

Maine Forest Service entomologist Colleen Teerling gave a presentation Saturday to a small crowd at Gardiner Public Library on how to use a pole pruner and saw to cut browntail moth nests out of trees.

Gardiner Area High names honor roll students

Augusta City Council approves increasing fees by 15% at landfill used by residents of several area municipalities

Officials are looking to put away funds to help pay for the potential vertical expansion of the landfill, which could cost about $20 million and extend the landfill's lifetime by 12 to 15 years.

Gardiner Regional Middle School lists honor students