Augusta area police reports for Jan. 8, 2019.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Barclaycard to lay off hundreds at Wilton call center
The Franklin County town’s largest employer will shut down on March 31, the town manager said.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine
Maine songwriter Amy Allen is ‘through-the-roof excited’ to have her first No. 1 hit
‘Without Me’ by Halsey reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Posted inMaine
Pastor of evangelical church, women’s shelter in Solon dies Friday
The Rev. Timothy P. Hunt served as pastor for a number of central Maine churches, most recently the New Hope Evangelical Free Church, and ministered to the women and children at the New Hope Women’s Shelter.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Government shutdown a stinging blow to Maine’s craft breweries
The federal bureau that approves company expansions and beer labels for out-of-state sales has been closed since Dec. 22, preventing breweries from introducing new releases outside Maine.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Morning Sentinel Jan. 8 police log
Waterville area police reports for Jan. 8, 2019.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Partial government shutdown leaves some small businesses in tax limbo
Ambiguities in the revised federal code mean self-employed Mainers in the real estate and insurance industries may have to file for an extension or submit best-guess numbers.
Posted inMaine
Federal shutdown pushing interest rate for Farmingdale fire station loan higher than estimated
Town officials are soliciting offers from local banks while interests rates have changed at the USDA, which is closed during the federal government’s shutdown.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Debate brewing over gun control bills pending in Maine Legislature
But the state’s newly elected Democratic governor says she won’t support a universal background-check measure that voters have already rejected at the ballot box.
Posted inMaine, Outdoors
Father and son rescued from Mount Katahdin amid whiteout
Rangers were alerted to the hikers after seeing the lights from their headlamps on Dudley Trail.