GARDINER — Residents will get a break from a tax increase this year because the City Council has approved a $8.7 million budget that’s decreased 1.7 percent.
June 2012
Posted inNews
Man to spend 13 months in prison for violations
AUGUSTA — A judge on Tuesday ordered an Oakland man to serve 13 months behind bars on driving and drug violations.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Flood one of Legislature’s hardest workers
I am very pleased that Pat Flood has submitted his name to be a candidate for Senate District 21. I have worked with Flood for the past eight years, serving with him in the House and as the senator covering his House District. Flood has done an excellent job representing his constituents and they have […]
Posted inNews
Chelsea board to talk pipeline, revaluation at meeting
CHELSEA — Selectmen tonight will discuss plans for a townwide revaluation and natural gas pipeline coming through town.
Posted inNews
Film festival honors Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker
WATERVILLE — Three-time Academy Award-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker will be honored next month at the 15th annual 2012 Maine International Film Festival.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Cutting edge
Alton Oliver welds together the cutting edge on the bucket of a tractor at the organic dairy farm he operates in Weeks Mills, China, with his brother, George. The siblings were repairing implements and checking electric fences during a rain break from haying at the Oliver Dairy Farm.
Posted inSports
MLB: Red Sox rally to beat Blue Jays
BOSTON (AP) — Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a tying solo homer with two out in the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Posted inSports
MLB: Obama zinger gets buzz
WASHINGTON (AP) — Were they booing the president? Or were they “Youuuk-ing” him?
Posted inNews
Planners hope new zoning will benefit Farmington growth
FARMINGTON — Farmington’s zoning ordinance is unnecessarily discouraging businesses, according to town leaders, who have drafted a proposal that they hope will help the town grow.
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Residents criticize Poliquin land change
GEORGETOWN — Some Georgetown residents are saying state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin’s request to move his 10 acres of waterfront property out of the state’s Tree Growth Tax law is a tacit admission that he should never have been allowed to enroll in a program that has saved him thousands of dollars in property taxes.