The next step is a vote by the full Legislature, with two-thirds majority approval needed to pass; then it would need approval from a majority of state voters.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville Planning Board to consider downtown housing proposal
The DePre family is proposing to build 21 apartments at 155 and 165 Main St., across the street from the Colby College-owned Bill & Joan Alfond Main Street Commons.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Winthrop teen summonsed after crash sends pickup truck into Cobbossee Stream
Police say Chase Cloutier, 19, of Winthrop, was issued a summons for imprudent speed after the pickup truck he was driving crashed through a guardrail on Route 126 at the West Gardiner-Litchfield town line and ended up submerged.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump arrives in Florida for court appearance in classified documents case
The Justice Department’s first prosecution of a former president concerns conduct that prosecutors say jeopardized national security, with Espionage Act charges carrying the prospect of a significant prison sentence.
Posted inNation & World, News
60 years after Medgar Evers’ murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacy
It’s been 60 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered outside his Mississippi home
Posted inMaine, News
House, Senate agree to let voters decide about new state flag
Gov. Janet Mills hasn’t yet weighed in on a bill that would ask voters this fall whether they want to replace the current state flag with one based on the design used until 1909 that is comprised of a pine tree and blue star.
Posted inNation & World, News
Ukraine claims recapture of 7 eastern villages in early stages of counteroffensive
Despite their small size, capturing the villages is an incursion into the first line of Russian defenses and could allow Ukrainian forces to try a deeper thrust into occupied areas.
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‘Rock of Ages’ to be staged at Waterville Opera House
“Rock of Ages” will be staged June 16-25 at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. June 16, 17, 23 and 24 and 2 p.m. June 18 and 25. Based on the book by Chris D’Arienzo, arrangements and orchestrations by Ethan Popp, and presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. […]
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U.K. will conclude Johnson ‘partygate’ inquiry
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls it a kangaroo court, while the panel says he has ‘impugned the integrity’ of Parliament.
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Gardiner artist’s ‘Reawakening’ show to open June 16
Monkitree to host opening reception, exhibit through Aug. 12 in Gardiner.