Increasing minimum wage has provoked some division within the party, with a couple senators saying they may oppose the provision.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Doug Ide appointed Hallowell’s interim city manager
The current Code Enforcement Officer was appointed as the Interim City Manager at a special meeting of the City Council on Monday.
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Posted inNation & World
Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested on U.S. drug charges
Emma Coronel Aispuro is charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana.
Posted inSports
MLB notebook: Red Sox place outfielder Cordero on COVID-19 reserve list
Franchy Cordero, acquired in the Andrew Benintendi trade, is the second Boston player put on the list.
Posted inNation & World
NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
The Perseverance rover will spend the next two years exploring the dry river delta and drilling into rocks that may hold evidence of life.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Carrabec schools superintendent calls for students to be learning in person all the time
Mike Tracy wrote in a letter to Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s congressional delegation that keeping students out of the classroom is negatively impacting them as more cases of drug abuse, food insecurity, mental health and domestic violence are reported.
Posted inMaine, News
Facing lawsuit, Maine courts speed access to civil complaint records
The court system announces the change less than 3 weeks after the Portland Press Herald and other news organizations filed a federal lawsuit.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Basketball notebook: Seedings beginning to take shape for central Maine basketball tournament
With a week left in the regular season, teams vie for seeds in the upcoming basketball tournament between Kennebec, Somerset, and Franklin county schools.
Posted inTimes Record
Responding to criticism from local businesses, Lisbon council approves new plan to close part of Main Street
The plan to close a 4,000-square-foot block of lower Main Street has been met with criticism from some of the businesses there who say they depend on traffic driving by their stores.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Kennebec Savings Bank, Kennebec Federal Savings merger imminent
The banks will become Kennebec Savings Bank when the merger is completed at 5:01 p.m. on March 5.