Augusta might partner with other area municipalities — including Gardiner, Hallowell, Waterville and Winthrop — to provide group training.
2020
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Augusta city clerk to return to clerk’s job in Waterville
Patti Dubois, who left her job as Waterville city clerk recently to become the city clerk in Augusta, is returning June 29 to her former job at Waterville City Hall, and Matt Skehan, director of the Waterville Parks & Recreation Department, will become the city’s director of Public Works when Mark Turner retires July 2.
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Posted inBusiness
Federal Reserve launches corporate bond-buying program
The purchases should make it cheaper for companies to borrow.
Posted inMaine Crime, Times Record
Wiscasset police charge man for allegedly pointing a gun at another driver
Wiscasset police charged a Hunter Proctor, 23, of Wiscasset with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and operating under the influence after an alleged road rage incident Friday.
Posted inNation & World
Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim, polls find
In Michigan, black deaths per 100,000 black residents were four times the rate of white deaths per 100,000 white residents.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Company provided subpar steel for Navy submarine hulls, prosecutors say
A Kansas City-based foundry’s director of metallurgy had been falsifying the results of strength tests, indicating that the steel was strong enough to meet the Navy’s requirements when in fact it was not, federal investigators allege.
Posted inBusiness, Events
Watch: Like a Boss Now: One-on-one with Mike Simonds, EVP and COO of Unum
Mike Simonds sat down with Masthead Maine CEO Lisa DeSisto for Like a Boss via Zoom webinar on May 29, 2020.
Posted inNation & World
France backs off chokehold ban, adds stun guns for police
Tasers are increasingly the weapon of choice for European law enforcement.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Ranked-choice opponents file signatures to try to repeal Maine’s law
A campaign funded largely by the GOP submitted petitions with 72,000 voter signatures in an attempt to prevent ranked-choice voting from being used in presidential elections in Maine.
Posted inBusiness
BP takes $17.5 billion hit as pandemic accelerates emissions cuts
In February, the oil company pledged to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions by 2050, but has been forced to move faster as the pandemic continues to squeeze profits.