Isaiah Peppard, who has served as selectman in Pittston when he lived there, is running against Andrew Vellani, a former Farmingdale selectman who resigned 10 months into his term, in the Nov. 8 special election to fill the third seat on the town board.
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Posted inSports
Love ’em or hate ’em, Astros back on baseball’s biggest stage
The stench of a 2017 cheating scandal still clings to a Houston team that has won four of the last six AL pennants.
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Posted inElection 2022, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Mount Vernon voters to weigh in on high-speed internet project
If residents approve of appropriating up to $3.1 million for the project, a fiber-to-the-home service offered by Matrix Design Group could become available in late 2024.
Posted inElection 2022, Nation & World, News, Politics
Conspiracy pushers nationwide target races for local election posts
An unknown number of election conspiracy theorists are running for one of the 10,000 positions nationwide that administer local elections and oversee the people who actually hand out ballots, tally votes and report results.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
St. Louis school gunman had AR-15-style weapon, 600 rounds of ammo
Orlando Harris, who was killed by police, left behind a hand-written note offering his explanation for the shooting Monday at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
Posted inNation & World, News
Pingree and other House progressives rescind letter calling for direct talks with Putin
The reversal comes a day after the letter triggered fierce pushback from many Democrats, as well as from Ukrainian officials, who argued it was unrealistic to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Posted inNation & World, News
Heart attack deaths jumped sharply among young U.S. adults in 2nd year of pandemic
These excessively higher rates of heart attack-related death have persisted throughout the pandemic, including the possibility that COVID-19 could trigger or accelerate coronary artery disease.
Posted inNation & World, News
Putin scrambles to boost weapons production for Ukraine war
Ukrainian authorities ask citizens not to return home yet and further tax the country’s battered energy infrastructure, and Western countries consider how to rebuild Ukraine when the war ends.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education
Two Spruce Mountain students expelled indefinitely
Livermore parent tells RSU 73 board that racism should not be tolerated.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Halloween Trail of Terror set for Oct. 28, 29 in Union
The Friends of Union Fair plan to sponsor its annual Halloween Trail of Terror from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29, at 175 Fairgrounds Lane in Union. The trail is an after-dark, outdoors, escorted walking event through the barns and around the grounds of the Union Fairground. The core team […]