The state plans to hire 35 employees and spend $8 million to upgrade its online registration system.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Detente declared in Spruce Head’s lobster turf war
The Mazzetta Company moved its ‘blockade’ boat and the local co-op paused its legal fight, shifting the battle for Maine’s working waterfront to a 60-day negotiation.
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Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Could the Maine budget be overturned in a people’s veto?
The Maine Department of the Secretary of State released language Tuesday for a proposed ballot question seeking to overturn the supplemental budget, but the applicant behind the effort said he is no longer pursuing it.
Posted inMaine, News
Gas prices tick toward $4.50 a gallon in Maine despite Iran ceasefire
Gas and oil prices have continued to rise even though American fighting in the Middle East ostensibly ended weeks ago.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News
3 guys fishing in Belgrade’s Peninsula Park
Photographer Joe Phelan focuses on a morning of fishing fun.
Posted inMaine, News
Biddeford organization will run the only family shelter in York County
The future of the family shelter in Sanford had been uncertain after the nonprofit that previously ran it closed last year.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
The Maine moms who make their restaurants happen
For Mother’s Day, we checked in with Gray’s Two Mums Kitchen and Lisbon’s Two Moms Diner.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Portland man charged with murder in stabbing of group home employee, police say
The victim was identified as Marlene McNeill, 40, of Gorham. A former co-worker described her as grounded and compassionate — and her death as tragic.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News
Maine woman buries the dead who have no one left to say goodbye
‘It matters a great deal to me that people are not sent on the next journey alone,’ Janie Sweeney says.
Posted inCommunity, Maine
Eagles soar above the water in Skowhegan
Photographer Rich Abrahamson focuses on 2 birds gliding over the Kennebec River.