Voters at the annual Town Meeting approved a $5.48 million municipal budget with a less than 1% increase in the amount of money to be raised by taxation.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.
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Company planning to make insulation at former Madison mill receives $250,000 grant
The award from the U.S. Forest Service will fund product testing and marketing for GO Lab Inc. at the former Madison Paper Industries mill in Madison.
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Waterville children’s bookstore gets backlash for drag queen event
Drag Queen Story Hour at the Children’s Book Cellar is intended to educate and share the culture of LGBTQ people in the community, but some question its motives and appropriateness.
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Dispute over unlicensed Rome junkyard heading to court
Town officials say Larry and Janet DiPietro have failed to clean up their junkyard at 602 Augusta Road after the town refused to issue them a permit nearly two years ago.
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Fairfield Town Meeting voters to consider recycling, large trash pickup
Residents at the annual Town Meeting will also consider changes at the Fairfield Police Department, including the addition of a new MDEA agent to be paid for by the state.
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Former board chairwoman says group working to reopen Madison food bank
Shannon Drury said Friday she resigned as chairwoman of the board of the People Who Care Food Cupboard after some residents complained about the stipend she was receiving and donations declined.
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Graduating UMF senior starts program to address loneliness among the elderly
Abbie Hartford started the UMF Senior Buddy program at four Farmington homes for the elderly and said she hopes to see her work continue after graduation.
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Settlements total $417,000 for former Fairfield-area school administrators cut under controversial plan
Superintendent Reza Namin said the money for the buy-outs will come from insurance and funds left over in the current budget.
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Madison food cupboard closes after complaints about leadership
The People Who Care Food Cupboard closed Wednesday, about three months after residents at a public meeting complained about new leadership.
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CMP says it won’t use herbicides in proposed new power line corridor
But some opponents of the New England Clean Energy Connect project say the promise doesn’t touch other environmental concerns in the 53 miles of new transmission line corridor from Beattie Township through The Forks.