AUGUSTA — Republicans unveiled a tax-cut package Thursday that would lower the income tax, create an annual sales tax holiday and eliminate the sales tax on fuel used in all commercial vessels in the Gulf of Maine.
April 2011
CORRECTIONS
KENTS HILL — Kents Hill Orchard occupies 91 acres. The size was given incorrectly Wednesday in a story on Page A1.
Collecting tolls, and anger, on turnpike
AUGUSTA — Jay Colby, who has worked as a toll collector for the Maine Turnpike Authority for 32 years, said he has never seen motorists so angry.
Large deficit remains after school reductions in Winthrop
WINTHROP — The ax fell, but the tree didn’t.
‘Income redistribution’ going from bottom to top
In all the media coverage of the budget talks these many weeks, why is so little being made of the corollary to spending cuts, namely, increased revenues? To speak of the very wealthy bearing more of the burden usually brings a cry of “income redistribution.” Has it escaped everyone’s attention that we are already seeing […]
LePage spokesman in foreclosure
AUGUSTA — A top aide to Gov. Paul LePage is losing five buildings — including one destroyed by arson last week — to foreclosure.
Selectmen in Chelsea eye plow contracts and staff overtime
CHELSEA — Selectmen discussed the elimination of a Town Office position, restructuring the Budget Committee, accumulated staff overtime costs and winter plowing Wednesday.
Former MTA chief traveled in high style on agency’s dime
AUGUSTA — Charges on the credit cards the Maine Turnpike Authority issued to Executive Director Paul Violette show the style in which he traveled as he met with bankers, engineers and toll organizations in North America and Europe.
Police Log
At 11:12 a.m., police arrested Lacie Chapman, 28, of Waterville on a warrant for failure to pay fines.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Teams hope to kick off season today
The high school sports season opens this week in central Maine with an abbreviated schedule that includes a little track, girls lacrosse and Richmond baseball and softball. The majority of schools begin schedules next week.