Commissioners’ pay has remained the same since 2016, but that year they voted to not to take benefits and accept a $12,000 annual salary — it just never stuck.
News
Local, state and national news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Retired Maine general says Pete Hegseth unqualified to lead Pentagon
Democrat Jon Treacy of Oxford warns Trump’s choices for his Cabinet are ‘buffoons and clowns.’
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, News
Farmington expecting last FEMA payment for 2022-23 flood damage
Leia Bridges, administrative assistant for Farmington Fire Rescue/Public Works, shared information on reimbursements from floods in 2022 and 2023.
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics
Golden proposes universal 10% tariff, saying it will protect Maine workers
The Democrat says his proposal, first introduced in September, would make the U.S. more equal with trading partners that for years have protected their industries and workers.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Farmington, Massachusetts men indicted on cocaine, fentanyl charges in Franklin County
Miguel Alvarez Jr. 39, of Webster, Massachusetts, and Jason C. Robbins, 42, of Farmington are charged with aggravated drug trafficking.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Car hits pedestrian in Fairfield, driver flees, police say
The Fairfield Police Department said Sunday it was investigating the alleged hit-and-run crash, which occurred at about 5:45 p.m. Saturday on a dark stretch of Oakland Road.
Posted inLocal Government
Lance Harvell to fill vacant Farmington director seat until elections
Harvell has taken out nomination papers for election in March.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine’s 2nd District was a rare exception in polarized November election
Only 16 of 435 congressional districts nationwide supported a House candidate and a presidential candidate from different parties, and one of those districts is in Maine.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Four charged in Fairfield drug bust
Three people were arrested in a traffic stop, while the fourth was taken into custody the following day.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville music school to open at Railroad Square
Elm City Music Community School will offer private and group classes to people of all ages and abilities in areas including strings, woodwinds and brass instruments, piano, vocals and percussion.