An average of nearly 10% less money back is in part due to pandemic relief programs expiring.
2023
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
High school track and field preview: Strong indoor season gives way to hopeful outdoor campaign
Athletes look to build on great winter efforts, defend titles from 2022.
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Posted inLocal Government, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Clinton selectmen approve proposed $3.6 million operating budget
Residents at the Town Meeting in June will have final say on the budget, which represents a 9% increase to current spending.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Bill would protect access to gender-affirming care that’s being restricted by other states
MaineCare has covered gender-affirming care such as mental health counseling, surgery and hormone treatments since 2019, but guaranteeing coverage in state law would prevent a future governor from easily eliminating that coverage.
Posted inNation & World, News
Alicia Shepard, media writer and Watergate biographer, dies at 69
She examined the lives of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in a book about the legacy of the Watergate investigation.
Posted inNation & World, News
Judge blocks rules intended to protect nation’s waterways
The injunction applies to 24 states that filed a lawsuit. Maine is not among them, but New Hampshire is.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Somerville-based school district grapples with increased costs of educating its teenagers
Regional School Unit 12 does not have a high school and must pay for students to attend public or private schools outside the district.
Posted inMaine, Times Record
‘Hole in our hearts’: Family of Bowdoin graduate detained by Russia speaks out
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich faces a 20-year prison sentence on spying charges in Russia.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Nation & World, News
NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled ‘state-affiliated media’
The privately owned nonprofit says it receives less than 1% of its annual budget from the federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting. PBS and the BBC were given the same label.
Posted inLife & Culture, Morning Sentinel
Colby College Woodsmen team competes with Dartmouth, UVM
The team took part Saturday in a variety of events including pulp toss, cross-cut saw, log decking and axe throw.