The increase comes after taxpayers were hit with a 9.8% increase last year, due largely to an increase in wages and inflation in the costs of materials and services, according to officials.
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Anson man indicted on charges of tampering with victim, soliciting murder after domestic violence incident
Brian D. Cloutier, 61, of North Anson, was indicted on charges related to the alleged assault in March and subsequently attempting to tamper with the alleged victim, according to court records.
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Week In Photos May 24-31, 2024
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: The ‘merry month of June’
When we are young, June was the beginning of what seemed an endless summer, but as we grow older, we learn that the season passes in the blink of an eye, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Update: Athens man identified in single-vehicle fatal crash in Hartland
Matthew J. Sites, 56, of Athens, who was killed in the crash, was a longtime newspaper carrier for the Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Bust at illegal marijuana grow site near St. Albans day care turns up hundreds of plants, police say
The property marks the 18th illegal marijuana grow busted in Somerset County this year, police said.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
‘A space that’s welcoming for everyone’: A Coffeehouse opens in Waterville
A Coffeehouse is now open in the former Record Connection building at 252 Main St. in Waterville, where patrons are invited to drop in, sip coffee or tea, enjoy a meal, play a tune, read a book or talk politics.
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Inside a Vassalboro woman’s crusade for public access
Through most of the pandemic, Vassalboro did not record or livestream its public meetings, leaving many residents in the dark about municipal business, so Laura Jones decided to change that.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Mother of Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide files lawsuit over ‘reckless and conscious disregard’
The mother of a Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide in the Madison jail two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the county, sheriff and jail officials failed to provide adequate mental and physical health care to inmate Virgil White, of Athens, who was suffering from mental illness.
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Update: Maine State Police investigating offensive language, swastika painted on post office in Thorndike
Postal workers spent Wednesday painting over graffiti that had been spray-painted in bright yellow on the post office on Mountain View Road.