The Recreation Committee will hold a children’s Halloween Boo Bash from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 26 at the French Falls Recreation Area on French Falls Lane.
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Wilton Planning Board sets hearing on Dunkin’ coffee shop application
Ardent Adventures of Acton, Massachusetts, has a purchase and sale agreement with owner Melissa Ellis of Wilton.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Warby Parker store coming to the Old Port
The eyewear company plans to move into a nearly 2,000-square-foot space at 184 Middle St. early next year.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News, Politics
Republican House candidate from Augusta claims government created recent hurricanes
In a series of posts on Facebook, Wendy Lee MacDowell, who is running against incumbent Rep. Bill Bridgeo in House District 60, falsely claimed the government is manufacturing “weaponized weather” to target conservative states with storms and seize land for lithium mining.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement with Justice Department
The Justice Department said the bank allowed money laundering networks to move $670 million through TD Bank accounts over a period of several years.
Posted inBusiness, News
Federal court sides with Avangrid in dispute over western Maine power corridor
A New Hampshire nuclear power station owned by NextEra must perform a safety upgrade critical to Avangrid’s 145-mile NECEC transmission line through western Maine, a federal appeals court ruled this month.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Social Security recipients will get 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, after a historically large 8.7% benefit increase in 2023, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
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US inflation reaches lowest point in 3 years, though some price pressures remain
Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race.
Posted inNation & World, News
Prince, Princess of Wales meet with bereaved parents of 3 children killed in stabbing attack
The royal couple met privately with the families of the children who were killed at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July. They also met with their teacher and emergency workers.
Posted inCommunity
W.I.N.G.S. to dedicate clothes closet trailer in Fairfield Oct. 13
The program provides rehab bags for those seeking recovery.