The Board of Selectpersons authorized Town Manager Rhonda Irish to submit a letter to Franklin County commissioners asking why funding allocated to three nonprofit organizations has not been dispersed.
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Posted inAnimals, Maine, News
In bittersweet retirement ceremony, Wells honors ailing police dog for service to the town
Jagger, a 7-year-old German shepherd, was forced into retirement by a cancer diagnosis that required surgery to remove his right leg and shoulder.
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Posted inNews, Politics
Commission calls for pay hike for workers who provide home care for senior citizens
How much the increase to 125% of the state’s minimum wage would cost the state is not yet clear.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Joseph’s Market in Waterville works to make improvements after hepatitis A scare
The Waterville market has been working with state officials to make improvements to the store since a food service worker with hepatitis A virus infection prepared food there while infectious.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Buttigieg and Sanders lead, Biden back in the pack as Iowa caucus results come in
The results reflect 71% of precincts in the state – a day after technical problems marred the complicated process.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Times Record
L.L.Bean cuts 200 jobs, plans to close Lewiston call center in 2021
L.L.Bean has been in the historic Peck Building on Main Street since 1988.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta taxi operator, cited for junk cars in yard, seeks to renew license
Longtime Augusta business Al’s & Double R’s Taxi is working to comply with city codes after earlier being denied a license renewal, officials say.
Posted inNews, Politics
Watch videos: Sen. Collins will vote to acquit, Sen. King to convict Trump in impeachment
Collins says the president’s conduct was ‘improper’ but doesn’t warrant removal from office, while King says the president has never acknowledged he did anything wrong and expresses no remorse.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Old Orchard Beach man pleads guilty to murdering roommate
Dustan Bentley, 31, faces 25 to 40 years in prison for killing William Popplewell, 65, who died last year in the apartment the two men shared.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Former Bread of Life official pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
Jeffrey A. Tyler, 48, of Augusta denied allegations he sexually assaulted a female victim at least three times, beginning when she was a minor.