She is trying to beat a 2019 record by a man, who did it in little more than six months.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammed
The kingdom still relies on the U.S. to be the security guarantor for the wider Middle East as tensions have risen over Iran’s nuclear program.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Richmond approves $2.1 million town budget and $7.9 million school budget at Town Meeting
The $2.9 million budget was cut down to $2.1 million from an article adjustment and $500,000 used from the undesignated fund to lower the amount raised. The school budget was passed at $7.9 million for the first-year Richmond School Department.
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Franklin County commissioners approve $9 million budget for county government, jail
Most of the Budget Advisory Committee’s nearly $9.3 million budget will stand; jail vote going back for revote.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Lawmakers work on bill to let Wabanaki tribes benefit from federal laws
The bill would grant the Wabanaki tribes in Maine to federal laws that benefit the nation’s 570 other federally recognized tribes.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Red Sox score four in eighth to beat Guardians
James Paxton strikes out nine in seven innings as Boston wins, 5-4.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council gives preliminary approval to $56.34 million municipal and school budget
The combined budget for 2023-24 represents an increase of $4.8 million from the spending plan approved last year, driven largely by bumps in salaries and rising costs for electricity, fuel and liability insurance.
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Crash involving school bus in Belgrade sends people to the hospital
The crash involving 3 motor vehicles took place on Smithfield Road Tuesday afternoon.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Maranacook Community High School awards diplomas to 77 seniors
At the graduation ceremony Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center, students reminisced about their time together, exchanged special handshakes with their advisers and offered tokens of appreciation to family members.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Highway fund raises new tensions over state budget negotiations
A continuing services budget passed by Democrats in March did not include highway funding, which is used to fund operations for the Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and part of the Maine State Police.