The Fed is widely expected to announce a modest quarter-point cut in its benchmark rate when it meets in mid-September.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Kittery man pleads not guilty to charges related to Jan. 6 attack
Lincoln Deming is accused of helping rioters overtake the West Plaza and entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Waterville woman left a legacy of goodwill
Joan Phillips-Sandy, longtime Waterville lawyer, school board chairwoman and community servant, died much too young at age 78, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inCommunity
Ice cream social, children’s garden opening set for Bath
BATH — The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and Bath at Play plan to celebrate the last day of summer vacation with an ice cream social at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 2, at LOCAL Garden, 63 Lemont St. The land trust has planned a grand opening of an imaginative reading nook at a wooden hobbit […]
Posted inBusiness, News
Mainers could pay $32 million for grid upgrade in New Hampshire
Eversource Energy says replacing hundreds of power line poles and structures would make the 49-mile line more resilient to storms, but ratepayer advocates across New England say it’s excessive and too costly.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Bowdoinham Community School to partially close building after finding asbestos
Small amounts were found in the original section of the building, which was built in the 1950s. The district said detected levels are ‘extremely low.’
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
UMaine System plans to move ahead with sale of Hutchinson Center to church
System officials say that considering the Belfast evangelical group’s religious affiliation could amount to illegal discrimination.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Harris urges Americans to chart a ‘new way forward’ as she accepts Democratic nomination
Vice President Kamala Harris is the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to accept a major party’s presidential nomination, and if elected, she would be the first female U.S. president.
Posted inMaine
Wilton approves using Town Office parking lot to clean, drain and dry boats
State law requires the practice to prevent introduction of invasive species.
Posted inMaine, Times Record
Bath Iron Works starts work on latest warship
The Bath shipyard marked the beginning of fabrication for the future USS Richard G. Lugar on Wednesday.