With a few adjustments, the majority of the five-person board voted in favor of Waste Management’s site plan review and shoreland zoning ordinances.
February 2021
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Conservative gathering to feature Trump’s false fraud claims
Some of the nation’s leading conservatives are gathering at a conference in Florida that will endorse former President Donald Trump’s continued dominance in Republican politics and promote his false claim that he lost the election only because of widespread voter fraud.
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Posted inLocal & State
Maine Senate confirms nomination of DEP commissioner
The confirmation of Melanie Loyzim was one of more than 50 nominations considered for posts ranging from the judiciary to the Maine Turnpike Authority to the Maine Board of Education.
Posted inLocal & State, News
New round of federal rent relief becomes available Monday
Applications for $200 million in new funding can be filed beginning at noon Monday.
Posted inLocal & State, News
News organizations’ lawsuit amended to challenge new rules on court filings
The updated lawsuit by the Press Herald and other news organization says the attempt by the Maine court system to remedy delayed access to digital filings ‘replaces one First Amendment violation with another.’
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine Senate confirms nomination of DEP commissioner
Melanie Loyzim has worked in a variety of roles in the DEP, including acting commissioner.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Local roundup: Forest Hills boys basketball rolls to win over Mt. Abram
Parker Desjardins has 26 points and 14 rebounds in the Tigers’ victory.
Posted inNews
Rangeley Plantation woman uninjured in truck rollover
The pickup went off snow-covered and icy South Shore Drive.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
The airstrike was the first military action undertaken by the Biden administration.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Augusta may declare 2 homes, commercial garage ‘dangerous’
Properties on Mount Vernon Avenue and South Grove Street, have problems including missing sections of roof.