The board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the City Hall Annex at 46 Front St.
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January storms leave many working waterfronts in Maine adrift
Back-to-back natural disasters caused significant damage to Maine’s coastal infrastructure, leaving some wharf owners to wonder what it will take to rebuild and how they’ll pay for it.
Swish Indoor Golf opens at Hathaway Creative Center
The simulator is designed to welcome golfers of all skill levels and offer a golf experience paired with food and beverage options.
Maine State Credit Union to open operations center in Farmingdale
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Imposter scams topped Maine’s 7,500 fraud complaints in 2023
The Federal Trade Commission received fraud reports from consumers in Maine totaling more than $17 million last year.
Mills plans to accelerate $50 million relief proposal for storm-damaged Maine communities
The governor hopes a separate bill will move more quickly through legislative review and provide more immediate support to hard-hit areas.
Smiling Hill Farm could be a roadblock for preferred Gorham Connector route
The 500-acre, 13th-generation family operation in Westbrook wants to preserve the farmland and forest it has cultivated and harvested since 1720, but some of its woodland lies in the path of the Maine Turnpike Authority’s proposed 4-lane highway.
Legislation that boosts access to railroad data leaves out the public
The bill before the Legislature is designed to expand the types of information railroads are required to give the state so that emergency management and public safety agencies can prepare for potential rail disasters.
In rural Utah, concern over efforts to use Colorado River water to extract lithium
A company’s plan in southeast Utah to extract lithium is adding to an anxiety familiar in this part of the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River.