Educators, maintenance staff and supervisory staff at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland outlined their concerns and demands in a letter to the Department of Corrections.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Indictments handed up in Readfield, Clinton home arson cases
Joseph E. McLaughlin of Readfield and Jamie M. Perry of Waterville were both indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury this month.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Labor advocates, farmers call for changes to proposed minimum wage for farmworkers
Some want a lower minimum wage for young farmworkers, while others advocate preserving the right to sue an agricultural employer for failing to pay minimum wage.
Posted inMaine, Times Record
BIW gets contract to maintain Zumwalt-class destroyers
The Navy renewed a contract with ship-building company Bath Iron Works to continue services on three Bath-built Zumwalt destroyers.
Posted inLocal Government, Maine
Farmington voters elect officers, honor retiring selectman, Budget Committee member
Selectman Stephan Bunker and Budget Committee member Lloyd Smith were recognized for their many years of service.
Posted inMaine, News
1,000 Mainers still without power, days after ice storm
In all, 203,809 CMP customers were left in the dark by storm outages.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Sheriffs bust 3 more illegal cannabis operations in Somerset County
More than 1,000 marijuana plants, over 30 pounds of processed cannabis, and other “drug paraphernalia and documentation” was confiscated when authorities executed search warrants at two residences in Norridgewock and one in Madison, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
Posted inMaine, News
New affordable rental housing coming to Waterville and Hallowell as Maine makes strides to ease housing shortage
Gov. Janet Mills joined local officials Tuesday at a housing summit hosted by the Greater Portland Council of Governments focused on finding solutions to build more housing to ease the market and improve the workforce shortage.
Posted inMaine, News
Travelers at Portland jetport can visit the moon. Or at least a chunk of it
A moon chunk on display there weighs about 94 pounds and is the result of an asteroid striking the moon. It’s on loan from a Bethel museum.
Posted inMaine, News
11-year-old boy killed in snowmobile crash in Aroostook County
Game wardens say the boy crashed into a corner of his family’s garage while trying to park the vehicle.