1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (409+ words) MADISON " Voters Monday night gave initial approval of a school budget that would come with a 10% tax increase. The $11. 98 million budget proposal for Maine School Administrative District 59 heads next to the ballot for the validation referendum June 9. Polls in Madison…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (847+ words) MADISON " Town officials failed to follow proper procedure when voting to terminate their town manager's employment last month, the town's attorney said, so they reversed that decision, suspended her and recently reached an agreement in which she resigned. Why exactly…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (718+ words) MADISON " Denise Ducharme is out as town manager, after 2" years in the town's top administrative job. The town said in a brief statement issued Tuesday night that the Select Board did not renew Ducharme's contract. The three-year contract was set…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1296+ words) SKOWHEGAN " The owner of a shuttered medical cannabis shop in Madison is facing additional charges for a scuffle with court officers that already landed him in jail for 14 days. Prosecutors on Friday charged Daniel Safranec, 40, of Madison, with one Class…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1105+ words) SKOWHEGAN " A judge called a Madison man's outburst the worst courtroom conduct he has ever seen as he ordered him to serve 14 days in jail for contempt. Chief District Judge Brent Davis handed down the order Thursday, one day after…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (659+ words) As far as central Maine football goes, the matchups don't get more much immersed in history than this " nor do the postseason implications get much bigger. No teams in Class D North have won more Gold Balls than Winslow's 11 and…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (446+ words) With a chance to clinch a playoff spot the Portland Hearts of Pine had one of their worst first halves of the season. After conceding two first half goals, Portland lost Saturday's USL League One game to Forward Madison, 3-1. It…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (377+ words) SKOWHEGAN " A Madison man was sentenced this week to serve at least two years behind bars for stabbing his elderly landlord. Superior Court Chief Justice Robert E. Mullen handed down the sentence of six years in prison, with all but two…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (761+ words) The Kingston Trio will take the stage at 7: 30 p. m. Friday'at The Waldo Theater, 916 Main St. , Waldoboro. Bulla en el Barrio has planned an immersive evening of bullerengue, the vibrant traditional music of Colombia's Caribbean coast, at 7: 30 p. m. Friday at Gordon Center for…...