RANDOLPH — Town and environmental officials are divided over a recently dusted-off municipal ordinance that would assess a fee on every ice fishing shack put up along the town’s Kennebec River frontage.
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Wounded vets find normalcy in shooting event
NORTH ANSON — For a few minutes Sunday, Tim Valliere, 25, of Portland, felt normal.
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5K, 1-mile fun runscheduled for July 30
RICHMOND — Richmond Area Health Center will hold a 5K and 1-mile community fun run on July 30, beginning with registration at 7:30 a.m. at the health center, 24 Gardiner St.
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Departing downtown director pleased with accomplishments
RICHMOND — When Darryl Sterling was hired by the town nearly 11 years ago, the former Etonic shoe plant at the head of the downtown was empty, the downtown had one restaurant, the closest thing to a public bathroom was a Porta-Potty on the waterfront, and job seekers seemed to have only a few options within Richmond’s borders.
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Couple feels cut off by structure
BELGRADE LAKES — There’s not much to see from Richard and Joan Tripp’s screen porch — except for a very tall, very white structure.
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Domestic violence LePage radio topic
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage tackled the difficult subject of domestic violence in a recent weekly radio address, asking men to step up to make “this behavior socially unacceptable.”
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We should think about voting before Election Day
Kay Rand’s column (July 3) criticized the Legislature’s repeal of Election Day voter registration; labeling it “shameful.” Rand, formerly chief of staff to Gov. Angus King, arguably supported voter procrastination in the article. Rand contended Mainers should be allowed to delay voter registration, to the last minute, because sometimes auto registrations and inspection stickers expire […]
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Roadwork scheduled to begin on US 202
Motorists traveling U.S. Route 202 between Augusta and Winthrop will soon encounter evidence of roadwork, but officials say a minimum of disruption, as a repaving job gets under way on four miles of the major east-west corridor.
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Winthrop library welcomes Susan Conley
WINTHROP — Nationally acclaimed and bestselling writer Susan Conley will give a talk at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Charles M. Bailey Public Library.
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Streets neglected, but state parking lot paved
Now if you want to be impressed about some of our decisionmakers here in Augusta, consider this. Our paved roads, such as Mount Vernon Avenue, are being neglected. But what are they paving? The state employees’ parking lot to the rear of the State House. They must feel it very important that our state employees […]