Officials said they are pleased with the performance of City Manager Gary Lamb, whose annual salary will increase to nearly $100,000 in August.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
How ominous is the U.S. debt limit problem?
So far, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden are playing what could be a dangerous game of chicken with the world’s largest economy in the middle.
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Posted inMaine
Influenza cases decline for 4th week in Maine
There were only 13 new hospitalizations for influenza, compared to 67 the previous week.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Husband of missing Massachusetts woman faces murder charge
Ana Walshe, 39, was reportedly last seen leaving their home in the affluent coastal community of Cohasset in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, purportedly to take a ride-hailing vehicle to Logan International Airport.
Posted inNation & World, News
Taliban bought blue check marks on Twitter, report says
Twitter has long been used by the Taliban but the group’s accounts had never been verified previously.
Posted inNation & World, News
Shooter stood over California mom holding baby, killed both
A family is slaughtered, including a teenage mother and her baby, in a targeted attack that police say is related to gangs and drugs.
Posted inNews, Sports
Tom Brady walks off field at postseason’s end toward … what? He doesn’t say.
If this is the end for Tom Brady with the Buccaneers – or if it was Brady’s final NFL game – it was an inglorious conclusion.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
White House defends its delayed, limited disclosure about documents
The discovery complicates a federal probe into former President Donald Trump and is a political headache for President Biden.
Posted inNews
Franklin County changes meeting dates; accepts bid for interest on ARPA funds
The county will put $4 million into an account at Franklin Savings Bank and earn 3.5% on interest for four weeks. When the time is up, they could choose to renew.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Making pig livers humanlike are part of quest to ease organ shortage
If tests on using a bioengineered organ as a human ‘liver assist’ work, it would be a critical step toward eventually attempting a bioengineered organ transplant – probably a kidney.